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…against Great Britain. Of the many African Americans who fought in those battles, the most famous are Peter Salem, Cato Stedman, Cuff Whittemore, Cato Wood, Prince Estabrook, Caesar Ferrit, Samuel Craft, Lemuel Haynes, and Pomp Blackman. One of the most…

…their superiority. Lucan, another Roman poet, described Cleopatra as the "shame of Egypt" and "bane of Rome", using this to criticize Caesar. Presenting yet another hostile Roman perception of her reign, Lucan stressed the destructive effect Cleopatra had and would have…

…end of the town stood the Temple of Zeus, and on the other end stood the Temple of Cybele, “the mother of the gods.” Because of its temple to Tiberius Caesar Smyrna was known as the center of emperor worship in the Roman Empire. To the church in Smyrna…

…this fusion through his own depiction of the male nude. Julius II and the Sistine Ceiling The remainder of Michelangelo's career was largely controlled by his relationship with the papacy, and from 1505 to 1516 the Vatican became the focal point of his…

…areas of the United States joined Mrs. Henry J. Gaisman, benefactress of the restoration project, in marveling at the revealed genius of Raphael's palette. The School of Athens was painted by twenty-seven year-old Raphael Sanzio for Pope Julius II (1503…

…the greatest player in the history of the game? Perhaps. Then again, perhaps not. Michael Jordan filled the "greatness void" left by such players as Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, and Julius Erving. He has been coddled by referees and has amassed trophies…

…for elements. Formation of the periodic table In 1869, a Russian chemist named Dmitri Mendeleev and a German chemist named Julius Lothar Meyer independently announced their discovery of the periodic law. The law is based on their observation that when…

…. On 26 June 1959, Father Huddleston, together with Julius Nyerere who was later to become the first President of independent Tanzania and is a long time friend of Father Huddleston, addressed the founding meeting of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in London…

…4th century B.C.) used to be attributed to Leochares, is a Roman copy of a Hellenistic original. It is found at the end of the fifteenth century, perhaps at Anzio, and placed in the Vatican Belvedere by Pope Julius II. Compare to Apollo Belvedere…

…of Surgeons; Williams Julius Mickle Fellowship, University of London (1942); Charles Mickle Fellowship, University of Toronto (1944); John Scott Medal, City Guild of Philadelphia (1944); Cameron Prize, University of Edinburgh (1945); Moxon Medal, Royal College…