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AncientPages.com - If asked to think of a single individual who epitomises the decadence, destruction and debauchery of Ancient Rome, the name Nero would surely be on many people’s
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AncientPages.com - On November 1, 1512, the Sistine Chapel's beautiful ceiling was shown to the public for the first time. The ceiling was commissioned by Pope Julius II and
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AncientPages.com - On September 15, 1616, the first public and free school for poor children in Europe was established on the initiative of Saint Joseph Calasanz. San José de Calasanz, Priest
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AncientPages.com - On September 3, 36 BC, the fleets of Sextus Pompeius and Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, off Naulochus, near Messina, Sicily, met in the naval Battle of Naulochus.
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AncientPages.com - On June 13, 313 AD, the Edict of Milan was signed by Roman Emperor Constantine, and the persecution of Christians ended. When Emperor Constantine ascended to the
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AncientPages.com - On June 9, 68, Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide. He was the notoriously brutal Roman Emperor responsible for the Great Fire of Rome, the bloody persecution
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AncientPages.com - The city of Rome had not been sacked for several centuries, but on May 6, 1527, it suffered the worst assault it had ever known, far
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AncientPages.com - The wreck of an ancient ship has been discovered off the coast of Salento. It is believed the wreck dates back to either the 12th or 13th century. The
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AncientPages.com - A 2000-year-old room plastered with frescoes was accidentally discovered during routine roadworks to install a gas pipeline under a busy street in central Rome, Italy. The find was
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AncientPages.com - A new study indicates that Neanderthal man arrived on the Italian peninsular some 100,000 years earlier than previously thought. Researchers analyzed radioactive deposits that were found in
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AncientPages.com - On September 3, 36 BC, the naval Battle of Naulochus was fought between the fleets of Sextus Pompeius and Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, off Naulochus, near Messina,
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Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Ancient sunken city of Baiae is located just 30 minutes northwest of Naples, Italy. Baiae was one of the most important cities of
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