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Thomas Jefferson, for example, admired the ancients, and even called himself an Epicurean.[1] But he also wrote: Let a just view be taken of the moral principles inculcated by the most esteemed of the sects of antt. [= ancient] philosophy, or of their individuals; particularly Pythagoras, Socrates, Epicurus, Cicero, Epictetus, Seneca, Antoninus [= Marcus Aurelius] …. 1. Their precepts related chiefly to ourselves, and the government of those passions which, unrestrained, would disturb our t...

First Blood in the Crimea: The Battle of Alma Following an amphibious landing on the Crimean Peninsula, the allied army of France and Great Britain marched on Sevastopol. Heres What You Need to Know: The Russian withdrawal would become a rout. On the morning of September 14, 1854, an Anglo-French fleet arrived off the coast of the Crimean Peninsula in the Black Sea. There were hundreds of vessels, including towering, three-decked warships, sleek frigates, and lumbering transports ready to disg...

The Empire of Trebizond Rises After The Fourth Crusade The foundation of the Empire of Trebizond (also known as the Trapezuntine Empire) is closely tied to the Fourth Crusade. Following the fall of Jerusalem to Saladin in 1187 AD, and the subsequent failure of the Third Crusade in capturing the holy city, the Fourth Crusade was promoted by Innocent III, who became pope in 1198 AD.     Like the preceding crusade, the original aim of the Fourth Crusade was to capture Jerusalem. This time, h...

Themyscira: The Home Of The Legendary Amazons Explained By Benito Cereno/Dec. 21, 2020 2:57 am EDT The legendary Amazons inspired fear in the Ancient Greeks and wonder in modern comic and movie fans. In antiquity, a tribe of bloodthirsty warrior women who excelled at horse-riding and archery represented the specter of barbarism that lurked at the edge of the known world. In the Wonder Woman comics and movies, the Amazons represent the kind of society that is possible when independent women a...