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The Grandeur That Was RomePage Two Date: 2002The Early Republic, 509-133 B.C.: Foreign AffairsThe growth of Rome from a small city-state to the dominant power in theMediterranean world in less than 400 years (509-133 B.C.) is a remarkablesuccess story. Roman expansion was not deliberately planned; r...

The Rights of Man 1789 The representatives of the French people, organized as a National Assembly, believing that the ignorance, neglect, or contempt of the rights of man are the sole cause of public calamities and of the corruption of governments, have determined to set forth in a solemn declaratio...

Various Authors Edited By: R. A.Guisepi First a handful of advisers. Then the Marines. Finally an army of half a million. That was the Vietnam War. It was an undeclared war. A war without front lines or clear objectives. A war against an elusive enemy. A war. "I am only 21. I do not remember the war...

Gaius Marius Marius, Gaius (circa 157-86BC), Roman general and statesman, who led the Populares during the civil war of 88-86BC. Caius Marius (died 86 B.C.E.) By PlutarchWritten 75 A.C.E.Translated by John Dryden We are altogether ignorant of any third name of Caius Marius; as also of Quintus Sertor ...

Peace Of Westphalia, War Of The FrondeAuthor: Hassall, ArthurPeace Of Westphalia, War Of The Fronde1648By the arbitrary impositions of the minister, Cardinal Mazarin, aninsurrection was provoked in France whereby Mazarin was temporarily drivenfrom power. This struggle is sometimes called the "War of...

LENIN (1870-1924). Few individuals in modern history had as profound an effect on their times or evoked as much heated debate as the Russian revolutionary Lenin. To his supporters, Lenin appeared as the individual who, through the sheer force of his will and dedication to the revolutionary struggle,...

The American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address Edited by: Robert Guisepi 2002 Washington, D.C.March 4, 1861 This speech had its origins in the back room of a store in Springfield, Illinois. Lincoln, who lived in Springfield for nearly 25 years, wrote the speech shortly before becom...

Persia Darius as an administrator. Author: Grote, George Although Darius consolidated and added to the conquests of his predecessors, it was as an administrator that he made his greatest contribution to Persian history. He completed the organization of the empire into satrapies, initiated by Cyrus t...

Travels Of Marco PoloBook: PrologueAuthor: Polo, MarcoPrologue Great princes, emperors and kings, dukes and marquises, counts, knights,and burgesses! and people of all degrees who desire to get knowledge of thevarious races of mankind and of the diversities of the sundry regions of theWorld, take t...

American Civil War Letter In 1861, a Union officer named Sullivan Ballou, assigned to the Grand Army of The Potomac, wrote home to his wife in Smithfield, Rhode Island. July 14, 1861 Dear Sarah, The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days, perhaps tomorrow, and lest I should no...

The American Civil War, John B. Gordon, Antietam Restoration of McClellan to command of the Federals--My command at General Lee's centre--Remarkable series of bayonet charges by the Union troops--How the centre was held--Bravery of the Union commander--A long struggle for life. THE war had now assu...

The United States Congress The Senate The U. S. Senate is one of the two houses of the legislature of the United States, established in 1789 under the Constitution. Each state elects two senators for six-year terms, the terms of about one-third of the Senate membership expiring every two years. The...