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The Glamorous Lives of Ancient Rome’s Vestal Virgins

What made Rome great? Military tactics? Strong leadership? State-of-the-art weaponry? Maybe it was a fusion of all these things. Ask an Ancient Roman, however, and they might give some credit to the gods and goddesses. Vesta in…

Was Robin Hood Just a Story or Was He Real?

Robin Hood. It’s a name that immediately conjures up that spritely outlaw fighting for those laboring under the yoke of injustice. It sets our imagination off down wild woodland paths and into the thicket. It takes us where…

How to Behave at the Court of Versailles

If you’ve ever daydreamed about how wonderful it would be to live at Versailles, let me let you in on a little secret: It was a lot tougher than you might think. Things in the modern world are very…