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Jockey of Artemision – National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Credit: Joyofmuseums , CC BY-SA 4.0/WikipediaThe Jockey of Artemision, a large Greek bronze statue of a young boy riding a horse, is a magnificent surviving statue from Ancient Greece and a rare example of a racehorse in Greek sculpture.It was discovered in the fall of 1928 near…
Ancient ruins in Eleusis refuse to reveal the secrets of the Eleusinian Mysteries, when the sacred rites of Demeter and Persephone were enacted to circumvent death.
Livia Drusilla: 3rd Wife of First Roman Emperor Augustus
Livia Drusilla was born on the 30th of January 58 BC and was the daughter of Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus and his wife, Alfidia. The former was a Roman senator , and the adoptive son of Marcus Livius Drusus, the tribune of 91 BC. Around the time of Julius Caesar’s assassination , i.e., in 44 / 43 BC, Livia married Tiberius Claudius Nero, who is said to have been her cousin. In 42 BC, Livia gave birth to her first son, Tiberius.
In 39 BC, Livia was pregnant with her second son, Drusus. At the same time, Octavian (who later became known as Augustus) arrange for her to divorce her husband, so that he could marry her. Augustus himself was married at that time, to his second wife, Scribonia. In any case, after Livia gave birth to Drusus in January 38 BC, she divorced her husband, whilst Octavian divorced his wife. Apparently, Octavian arranged this marriage as he needed the political connections of Livia’s family.
Ancient Greek Inventions That are Still Used Today
The Parthenon in Athens. Credit: Paolina27/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0
Many Ancient Greek inventions, although created many centuries ago, still play an incredibly large role in our daily lives today.
Aside from core theoretical concepts such as philosophy and democracy, ancient Greeks contributed many mechanical inventions to the world that we still use today.
Alarm clocks, odometers were inventions of the Ancient Greeks
” width=”1080″>The first alarm clock was created in Ancient Greece by Ctesibus, a Hellenistic engineer and inventor.
Much to the dismay of all those who love to sleep in, Ctesibus cleverly developed an elaborate system of dropping pebbles onto a gong in order to make a sound.