Biography

Friday, 20 February 2026

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Constantine the Great
In 307 Constantine married Maximian's daughter Fausta.
Five years later Constantine became the sole ruler of the West (there were two emperors in total at that time).
Hypatia
Hypatia's murder reverberated throughout the ancient world, but thanks to Cyril's power and foresight, no one was punished.
The investigation into the mathematician's death even reached the imperial court.
Hypatia
Bishop Cyril harboured a deep, pathological hatred for Hypatia.
He envied the mathematician's wisdom and extensive astronomical knowledge, but above all her popular ...
Homer
He was an itinerant poet and reciter.
He transmitted his epic poems orally, reciting them to anyone who would listen.  In his poems he ext ...
Gaius Julius Caesar
The famous "Veni, vidi, vici" report was sent by Caesar to his friend Amintius after the victorious battle of Zela fought against Pharnakes II, king of Pontus.
This battle took place after the end of the Alexandrian War and Caesar's departure from Egypt. However, it was not Caesar's last military success before returning to Rome.
Roland Garros
Garros ended up in German captivity in 1915. During a raid on the Courtrai railway station in German-controlled territory, a fuel line in his plane became clogged, forcing him to land. Garros was captured by the Germans and sent to a POW camp at the fortress of Magdeburg, where he spent three years.
Before being captured, Garros managed to set fire to the fuselage, but the plane's cannon and armore ...
Kate Middleton
After returning to the United Kingdom, she began her education in a private educational institution.
She attended St. Andrew’s in Pangbourne, Berkshire, then Downe House, which she dropped out of after ...
Antonio Vivaldi
Vivaldi composed the Four Seasons based on anonymous sonnets, each named after one of the seasons.
There is an assumption that he is the author of them. The score indicates which sonnet passages refer to which part of the music.
Gaius Julius Caesar
In the Julian calendar, July (iulius) was dedicated to Caesar.
Another, August (augustus) was dedicated to Octavian Augustus in later years.
Hypatia
Cyril of Alexandria became a saint of the Catholic Church and a prominent theologian who fought for the purity of Christianity.