Of, or influenced by, ancient Greece and Rome.
Greco-Roman
Fact of the Day
The Wehrmacht lost more than 400,000 soldiers during the first two months of Operation Barbarossa.
Quote of the Day
"Nothing can be said in his vindication, but that his abolishing Religious Houses and leaving them to the ruinous depredations of time has been of infinite use to the landscape of England in general.
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~ Jane Austen on Henry VIII
On This Day
1492 The Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, struck outside the village of Ensisheim, in Alsace, France. The only witness was a small boy.
1872 The Mary Celeste left New York harbour bound for Genoa. She was found abandoned four weeks later.
1908 Notorious bank robbers Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were killed in a shoot-out with police in Bolivia (although their death will always be disputed).
1916 Jeanette Rankin of Montana became the first woman to be elected to the US Congress.
1917 (NS) The October Revolution started when the Bolsheviks seized control of Petrograd.