Ancient Greek geographer Strabo is one of the greatest writers in the ancient world, devoting his life to studying, writing, ...

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Marcus Furius Camillus, a Roman dictator returned from exile, defeats Bennus, a Gaul Chief, in Roman, Italy. Illustration published 1882. Original edition is from my ...

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We have seen that this fast began to be observed first in France; but thence it spread into England, as we find from Venerable Bede's history; into Italy ... the Church of Gaul adopted, in ...

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In a speech given to the House of Commons in 1948, Winston Churchill issued — the hot breath of war still blowing on the neck of Europe — a warning to the world: “Those who fail to learn from history ...

"Cosa Nostra", the mafia syndicate based in and around Palermo, terrorised Italy in the 1980s and 1990s, but has since been overtaken as Europe's most powerful mob by the Calabrian 'Ndrangheta.

“Cosa Nostra,” the mafia syndicate based in and around Palermo, terrorized Italy in the 1980s and 1990s, but has since been overtaken as Europe’s most powerful mob by the Calabrian ‘Ndranghet ...