Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans
The complete text of Clough's edition of Plutarch's Lives; containing fifty lives and eighteen comparisons.
Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans
Fact of the Day
Henry of Grosmont, 1st duke of Lancaster, enjoyed smelling scarlet cloth.
Quote of the Day
"Truly, when the day of judgement comes, it will not be a question of what we have read, but what we have done.
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~ Thomas à Kempis, 15th century
On This Day
1637 English poet and playwright Ben Jonson died, aged sixty-five.
1806 The Holy Roman Empire was dissolved following Francis II's abdication after his defeat by Napoleon at Austerlitz. It had been in existence in some form for a thousand years.
1945 The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, during the Second World War. 80,000 people were killed in the explosion, and tens of thousands subsequently died from radiation exposure.
1962 Jamaica gained independence from the British Empire.