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Commentary The meaning of religious freedom remains one of the more contested areas of our constitutional politics. The ...

Berikut peristiwa-peristiwa penting yang dikutip Okezone dari Wikipedia: 13 Juli 100 SM - Lahirnya Julius Caesar Julius Caesar merupakan seorang pemimpin militer dan politikus Romawi yang kekuasaannya terhadap Gallia Comata memperluas dunia Romawi hingga Oceanus Atlanticus, melancarkan serangan Romawi pertama ke Britania, dan memperkenalkan pengaruh Romawi terhadap Gaul (Prancis kini). Caesar menjadi diktator seumur hidup, dan memusatkan pemerintahan yang makin melemah dalam republik tersebut. Caesar meninggal dunia pada 15 Maret 44 SM akibat ditusuk hingga mati oleh Marcus Junius Brutus dan ...

Sections of the Roman camp wall foundations were dated with a new technique known as “optically stimulated luminescence” (OSL). In physics, OSL is a method for measuring doses from ionizing radiation and this made it possible for the scientists to assess the last time  quartz crystals  in the foundations were exposed to sunlight, revealing how long they were buried under the walls, thus, disclosing the date of the wall’s construction. Lomba do Mouro is the oldest scientifically identified Roman camp to date in northern Hispania. It was constructed by around 10,000 Roman troops. The ...

Remarkable English Renaissance Wall Hangings: ‘The Noble Women’ On the top floor of Hardwick Hall, five wall hangings of noblewomen—Zenobia, Lucretia, Cleopatra, Penelope, and Artemisia—once adorned the high walls of Bess of Hardwick’s small private chamber. These women were not only of noble birth but also of noble character, bringing to mind all 16th-century womanly virtues. During the English Renaissance, stories from the ancient world inspired many educated people. In the 1570s, five wall hangings of noblewomen, featuring five ladies and their allegorical virtues, were made at ...

According to ancient Roman authors, Lars Porsena lived towards the end of the 6 th century BC, around the time the Roman monarchy was overthrown. As a matter of fact, Lars Porsena’s tale is closely associated with Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (more commonly known as Tarquin the Proud), who ruled Rome from 534 to 509 BC. Tarquin was the seventh and last king of Rome and is regarded today as a semi-legendary figure. According to the ancient Romans, Tarquin was either the son or grandson of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, and the son-in-law of Servius Tullius. The former was Rome’s fifth king, w...