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A Construction Crew Was Renovating a Soccer Field—and Found the Bodies of 150 Ancient Roman Soldiers
When construction workers started churning up skeletal remains, a project to renovate a soccer field outside Vienna, Austria, ...
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From ‘Gone with the Wind’ to ‘Avengers: Endgame’: Biggest Box Office Hits of the Last 100+ Years
Dive deep into the biggest box office hits from each decade, from classic films to record-breaking franchises like Star Wars, Avatar, and the MCU.
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Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too—and created economic problems
Tariffs of 25% in ancient Rome led to the rise of black markets—a potential challenge for the Trump administration too.
What Ancient Rome can tell us about the fate of Trump’s tariffs
When tariffs were used in Ancient Rome, they often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems, Peter ...
Mass grave of the Roman empire is found under a Vienna soccer field
Under a soccer field in a Vienna neighborhood along the Danube River, archaeologists have found a mass grave dating to the era when the Roman Empire was battling Germanic tribes almost 2,000 years ago ...
Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too – and created other economic problems along the way
Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems.
A mass grave for fighters in a Roman Empire-era battle is revealed in Vienna
As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an unprecedented ...
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Roman Rosdolsky Breathed New Life Into Marx’s Capital
Ukrainian Marxist Roman Rosdolsky survived the Nazi concentration camps and went on to write one of the most important books about the making of Karl Marx’s Capital, paving the way for a revival of ...
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Why Ukrainians Won’t Give Up
To understand the position of Ukrainians, it is worth drawing parallels between Ukraine ... At the time, the British Empire ...
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Salt of the Earth: Part 1
From 6000 BC, the Chinese harvested salt crystals from Lake Yungchen which partially dried in the summer sun. Many other lakes around the world have been used in the same way. The wealth produced by ...
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New Update: 4 US Army Soldiers Killed After Going Missing During Training Exercise
Four US Army soldiers were killed after going missing during a training exercise in Lithuania, according to an announcement from NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. Rutte said Wednesday afternoon, ...