Huns – Central Asian history
A drawing of a plaque made by Huns Who were the Huns? The Huns probably came from western China, where they were known as the Xiong-nu. They were part of the [...]
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Who was Charlemagne? Early Middle Ages
Who was Charlemagne? This is Charlemagne, or possibly his grandson (now in the Louvre Museum) What's Charlemagne's real name? Charlemagne's name is really Charles le Magne, or Charles the Great. [...]
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08, 2017
King Arthur’s Britain – Medieval history
Like the people King Arthur was fighting: Sutton Hoo invaders' helmet (500s-600s AD, now in the British Museum) The end of Roman Britain When Constantine III revolted in England in 406 AD and [...]
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08, 2017
Arcadius to Justin – Byzantine History
The Roman emperor Arcadius Honorius and Arcadius After the death of Theodosius in 395 AD, the empire fell to his sons, the west to Honorius and the east to Arcadius. Arcadius left all the work [...]
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08, 2017
Palaiologi – Fall of Constantinople
Palaiologi: Manuel II Paleologus -Second to last Byzantine Emperor The last dynasty of Byzantine emperors The Palaiologi were the last dynasty on the throne of the Roman Empire, from 1204 [...]
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08, 2017
Anastasius to Justin – Byzantine history
The Byzantine empress Ariadne, who married Anastasius. Now in the Louvre museum in Paris Anastasius becomes Roman Emperor When the Roman Emperor Zeno died in 491 AD, his widow Ariadne chose one of [...]
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Greek hoplites and democracy – Classical Greece
Greek hoplites and democracy - a Corinthian helmet from the 600s BC Hoplites needed armor When the Greek city-states turned to this new hoplite way of fighting, it meant that each man [...]
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Roman Greece – St. Paul and the Christians
Roman Greece: Map of the Roman Empire in 146 BC The Roman Empire expands By 275 BC, the Romans in Italy were beginning to expand out of Italy and conquer [...]
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07, 2017
Hellenistic and Roman government in Greece
Hellenistic government: Philip of Macedon Philip of Macedon In the 300s BC, Philip of Macedon conquered Greece. He ruled all of Greece as the king. (In theory Philip was only leading a league of Greek [...]
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07, 2017
Roman Corinth and St. Paul
The Temple of Octavia in Corinth, dedicated to the sister of the emperor Augustus Hellenistic Corinth After the Macedonians conquered Corinth in 338 BC, Corinth was not as powerful as [...]
