The Roman Conquest of Jerusalem
The Roman conquest of Jerusalem was made possible by Pompey’s victory in the Third Mithridatic War. His reward for that campaign was sole control of the province of Syria, which…
The Eternally Young Raphael
Few stories are as tragic, or as uplifting, as the life of Raphael Sanzio da Urbino. Orphaned at eleven years old, he would go on to become one of the…