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Julius Caesar was believed to have messed up the months in a year, but was trying to fix the solar calendar, resulting in one ...

The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in Greek history, appearing in many of the legends of Greek mythology.

Sanity seems conspicuously absent from his actions. What mind, driven by a profound disregard for history and human dignity, ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

B acteria, among the oldest of life forms, have lived in seemingly every possible habitat on the planet, from ocean trenches ...