What Were The Different Types Of Gladiator? | All About History
Aug 19, 2019 · Discover eight different classes of deadly fighters. Velitus . ⚔️Weapons: Spear 💪Strengths: Speed, mobility, ranged attacks
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Nov 1, 2024 · All about Gladiators Our All About section this issue is dedicated to the history of gladiators. From their original role as a funereal tribute all the way up to battles in the Colosseum, find out how they became so popular in ancient Rome and why they declined.
What If: Alternative history of the 20th Century
Dec 24, 2024 · From wars turning a different way to major figures avoiding their fates, there’s no telling which way history could have progressed with even the smallest variations. Thankfully, how expert historians and analysts no the ins and outs of some of these momentous stories and can ponder the possibilities.
Who was the most successful Roman gladiator? | All About History
Oct 22, 2014 · The gladiators of Ancient Rome were the sport stars of their day, drawing epic crowds and winning the respect of emperors. Although many perished in the arena, a rare few achieved fame and glory for their heroic deeds. One such success story is …
WomensWork100: Discover World War 1’s Link Between Suffrage …
Jun 9, 2018 · There were different attitudes towards different types of work – for example nursing was always regarded as traditional women’s work, whereas working in a munitions factory or serving overseas could be more challenging for family members to accept. Women were not conscripted and therefore had a freedom that men didn’t have.
Where did the Nazi salute come from? | All About History
Feb 27, 2015 · Lots of national gestures have meaning behind them, but the Hitler salute, known in German as Der Deutsche Grub, carries such heavy connotations, that in certain parts of the world you can be arrested for doing it.
The Delicious History Of Cake | All About History
Dec 18, 2019 · This all came together at the same time along with the increase in sugar in the 18th Century. It needed all of those things to create what we think of as a cake. Clearly, there was a different cake tradition before that but in the 18th Century it becomes this lighter, whiter, more refined thing that we think of today.
The Five: Q&A with Phillips O’Brien | All About History
Sep 16, 2024 · There was a different kind of dynamic among the leaders [once they knew] they would be on the winning side. As Churchill said, the day after Pearl Harbor was his best sleep. Churchill was, in many ways and oddly, the most tragic, because he had a way he wanted to fight the war [but had to go against it].
Evolution of the wheel | All About History
May 4, 2014 · Early humans in the Palaeolithic era (15,000 to 750,000 years ago) discovered that heavy, round objects could more easily be moved by rolling them than bulky, irregular ones.
Chinese Hopping Vampires: The Qing Dynasty roots behind the …
Dec 2, 2015 · Now a cult obsession thanks to Hong Kong horror movies of the 1980s and 1990s, the legend of the hopping vampire was first detailed in a series of supernatural reflections compiled between 1789 and 1798 by Ji Xiaolan (also known as Ji Yun) and collected posthumously in an 1800 volume entitled Yuewei Caotang Biji (閱微草堂筆記) – it’s English-language translation being the rather ...