This post is mostly a photographic presentation of monuments from Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. Continue reading “Monuments from Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia”
Monuments from Gujarat, India
This post is mostly a photographic presentation of monuments from Gujarat, India. Continue reading “Monuments from Gujarat, India”
Turkic immigrants in the Eastern Roman State during the first half of the 14th cen.
Turkic allies and mercenaries from Anatolia were employed in the 1320s–40s by the Byzantines mostly in internecine clashes and only episodically to repel external threats posed by the Bulgarians, the Serbs, and such. Continue reading “Turkic immigrants in the Eastern Roman State during the first half of the 14th cen.”
Monuments from Kaifeng, Henan, China
This post is mostly a photographic presentation of monuments from Kaifeng, Henan province, China.
The impressive Rani ki Vav at Gujarat, India
This post is mostly a photographic presentation of the impressive Rani ki Vav at Gujarat, India. Continue reading “The impressive Rani ki Vav at Gujarat, India”
Septimius Severus and administration of justice; one of the most important tasks of Roman emperors
“There is a people on earth that wages wars for the freedom of others, at its own expense, its own toils and risk—and stands firm not just for those at its borders, or peoples in its near vicinity, or those joint by connecting lands, but crosses the seas so that there would be no unjust rule in the world and justice, and divine and human law would everywhere prevail.” – Livy, 33,33 Continue reading “Septimius Severus and administration of justice; one of the most important tasks of Roman emperors”