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Marcus Aurelius (r. 161 to 180 CE) was a Roman emperor best known as the last of the Five Good Emperors of Rome (following Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, and Antoninus Pius) and as the author of the philosophical work Meditations. Although it has...

There were many famous women in Rome’s history from the early Kingdom of Rome through the Roman Republic but among the best known are those of the Roman Empire and, among these, the women of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty - the first dynasty...

Napoleonic Wars Part 1: Napoleon's brilliant 1805 campaign culminates in victory at Austerlitz.

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory - Arr. from "Pomp and Circumstance" March No. 1 · The Royal Choral Society · BBC Concert Orchestra · Barry Wordsworth The Last Night of the Proms Collection...

Provided to YouTube by Universal Music Group Schubert: Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "Trout" - IV. Thema - Andantino - Variazioni I-V - Allegretto · Emil Gilels · Amadeus Quartet Schubert: Piano Quintet "The Trout"; String Quartet...

Conductor: Herbert Von Karajan Berliner Philharmoniker

Miracle contraceptive, wonder drug, aphrodisiac, the origin of the heart symbol, and hemorrhoid cure??? Tiktok, National Geographic, even FACEBOOK are all obsessed with this plant, Silphium, which grew over 2000 years ago here near Cyrene...

This Greek philosopher, one of our favourites, spent his life arriving at fascinating answers to the largest puzzle there is: What makes people happy?

An explanation of the ancient philosophical position entitled Cyrenaicism which claims that the only good is physical pleasure, including the positions of the major Cyrenaics: Aristippus the Younger, Aristippus the Elder, Hegesias, Anniceris...

Travel video about the destination Cyrene in Libya. Cyrene, or, the 'Athens of Africa', is an ancient city on the slopes of the green mountain of Kyrenaika, a coastal region in eastern Libya. A kind of natural canyon connects the lower...