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55 AD- Emperor Nero is presented with an Aeophile, a small steam driven toy invented by the Greek philosopher Heron. Intrigued, Nero asks Heron (who resides in Egypt), what else the tiny toy can do. 56 AD- Heron presents a series of tiny models demonstrating various uses for steam power...

Sebastian Cassian, Latin Teacher at Ruby Agnes High School and Historian in Virginia, was quite bored today, it was a weekend and his fridge was almost empty, he would have to go get some Rice from Walmart. He started his car up and started to drive, he got a little bored on his way there so he...

Precious little is known about the Rasna in their early times. Most modern archaeologists agree that they were the descendants of Anatolian colonizers, possibly escaping Greek expansion. They were closely related to the Rhaetians to the northeast, who are believed to have branched off as they...