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History Of Monetary Systems Book: Chapter IV: Gothic Moneys Author: Del Mar, Alexander Chapter IV: Gothic Moneys Chapter Contents Proofs that the earlier sagas were altered in the mediaeval ages - Among these is their frequent mention of baug-money: an institution which did not survive the contact...

Ancient Rome The Grandeur of Rome, Gary Edward Forsythe: Assistant Professor of Classical Languages and Literatures, University of Chicago. Author of The Historian L. Calpurnius Piso Frugi and the Roman Annalistic Tradition. Robert A. Guisepi: Author of Ancient Voices (Re-printed by permission) "Re...

The Mayflower Compact Agreement Between the Settlers at New Plymouth : 1620 IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We, whose names are underwritten, the Loyal Subjects of our dread Sovereign Lord King James, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. Having u...

Suetonius: De Vita Caesarum--TiberiusThe Lives of the Caesars--Tiberius. I. THE patrician branch of the CIaudian family (for there was, besides, a plebeian branch of no less influence and prestige) originated at Regilli, a town of the Sabines. From there it moved to Rome shortly after the founding o ...

World War One, Passchendaele The third major battle of Ypres, also known as the Battle of Passchendaele, took place between July and November, 1917. General Sir Douglas Haig, the British Commander in Chief in France, was encouraged by the gains made at the offensive at Messines in June 1917. Haig wa...

CONGRATULATIONS FROM JEFFERSON DAVISON REDUCING FT. SUMTERDAVIS, JEFFERSON. The actual received telegram, from Jefferson Davis to General P.G. T.Beauregard, Charleston, South Carolina, April 13, 1861. One page, oblong 8vo. On printed"AMERICAN TELEGRAPH COMPANY" telegraph stationery. A telegram of th...

Alexander the Great Unless Alexander was himself ultimately responsible for his father's assassination (an implausible view, but one already canvassed in antiquity), he cannot have foreseen the moment of his own succession to a father who, though grizzled, was in the prime of life. His reaction to t...

War Between China And JapanAuthor: MacGowan, J.By J. MacGowan1894It might almost be said of the situation in the Far East that the mainquestion is whether Korea should be the Ireland of China or the Ireland ofJapan, and this virtually was what led to the war in 1894 between those twoPowers. The Japa...

A History Christianity Edited By: Robert A. Guisepi The Rise And Triumph Of Christianity The Rise And Triumph Of Christianity Through the long centuries that witnessed the decline of the Roman Empire and the invasions of the Germans, an increasingly powerful force became evident in the Mediterranea...

The American Civil War, George Armstrong Custer (1839 - 1876)Edited by: Robert Guisepi2002 Thank you to Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War for this fine work.Although better known for his Indian fighting, George Custer compiled a creditable record as a cavalry leader in the latter part of the ...

A History of England The Kings and Queens of England Saxon 802-839 Egbert 839-858 Ethelwulf 858-860 Ethelbald 860-865 Ethelbert 865-871 Ethelred 871-899 Alfred the Great 901-924 Edward the Elder 924-939 Athelstan 939-946 Edmund I 946-955 Edred 955-959 Edwy 959-975 Edgar 975-978 Edward the Martyr ...

Description of Huns and Goths About AD 390 By Ammianus Marcellinus Source: Robinson, James, ed. Readings in European History. Vol. I. Boston & New York: Ginn & Co., 1904. Ammianus Marcellinus, a retired Roman soldier, wrote his descriptions of the Huns and Goths more than a decade after 376...