This illustration, by the Italian artist Giovanni Battista Fontana (c. 1524-1587), was inspired by the death (or immortalization) of Rome’s mythological or legendary founder, Romulus. For more on the art and history, read our article here: thehistorianshut.com/2020/10/12/t...

“Highest good is like water. Because water excels in benefiting the myriad creatures without contending with them and settles where none would like to be, it comes close to the way.” -Lao Tzu (c. 6th-5th century BCE) thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/26/l... #quotes #history

(Article) Empress Dowager Dou’s Revenge Over The Death Of Her Grandson thehistorianshut.com/2020/10/11/e... #history

“Reading provokes recollection; recollection nourishes and expands memory, just as, quite the contrary, negligence and laziness provoke forgetfulness which darkens and confuses the memory of what has happened in the past.” -John Skylitzes (c. 1040-1101) thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/25/j... #quotes

This painting, created by the Dutch artist Cornelis Troost (c. 1697-1750), was inspired by the Battle of the Granicus, fought between Alexander the Great and the Persians in 334 BCE. For more info on the art and the history, read our article here: thehistorianshut.com/2020/10/11/a... #history #art

“This is the reason people cannot find peace. They give way to human fears, and prefer the pleasures of the present to the promises of the future.” -Second Epistle of Clement (written in the 2nd century CE) thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/22/s... #history #quotes

(Article) The Raucous First Meeting Between Chief Joseph And General Howard thehistorianshut.com/2020/10/08/t... #history

"Be not querulous, be Content with little, be kind, be free; avoid all superfluity, all vain prattling; be magnanimous.” -Marcus Aurelius (c. 121-180) thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/22/m... #history #quotes #Romans

In this painting, the French artist Merry-Joseph Blondel (c. 1781–1853) envisions the mythical or legendary King Numa Pompilius of Rome. For more info on the art and history, read our article here: thehistorianshut.com/2020/10/08/k... #art #history

“What good is it if I own lots of things but accomplish nothing?” -Alexander the Great (356 – 323 BCE) thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/21/a... #history #quotes

(Article) Diodorus Siculus’ Tale Of Brutal Punishments For People Who Killed Their Parents In Ancient Egypt thehistorianshut.com/2020/10/07/d... #history

“Fear does not generally admit of mercy in extreme danger.” -Julius Caesar (100-44 BCE) thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/21/j... #history #quotes

This illustration re-creates one of the most famous scenes from the 6th-century dysfunctional mother-daughter relationship between Queen Fredegund and her daughter, Rigunth. For more info on the art and history, read our article here: thehistorianshut.com/2020/10/07/i... #art #history

“Hence fatalism brings no benefit to Heaven above, no benefit to the spirits in the middle realm, and no benefit to mankind below.” -Mo Tzu (5th and 4th Centuries BCE) thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/19/m... #history #quotes

(Article) The Scandalous Death Of Duke Amalo thehistorianshut.com/2020/10/06/t... #history

“The government of the enlightened King? His achievements blanket the world but appear not to be of his own doing. His transforming influence touches the ten thousand things but the people do not depend on him…everything find its own way.” -Chuang Tzu thehistorianshut.com/chuang-tzu-3/ #quotes

(Article) The Opportunistic Italian Rebellion Against The Newly Crowned And Besieged Emperor Leo III Of Constantinople Read here: thehistorianshut.com/the-opportun... #history

“[W]hat can be more splendid than…where the man who gives orders to others is not the servant of greed, where the leader himself has embraced all the values which he preaches…, where he imposes no laws on the people which he does not obey…” -Cicero Source info: thehistorianshut.com/2026/06/24/c...

This painting by Simon Vouet (17th century), depicts King Menelaus of Sparta and his wife, Helen, receiving an eerily powerful potion during their troubled trip home following the Trojan War. For more on the art and its story, read our article here: thehistorianshut.com/2026/06/24/h... #art #Odyssey

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This illustration, from a 14th-century manuscript, depicts the death of Charlemagne (r. 768-814) and the subsequent spread of the news that the famous king and emperor was dead. For more on the art and history, read our article here: thehistorianshut.com/2020/10/06/d...

“I would rather have the wrath of the world upon me than the wrath of God.” -Martin Luther (1483-1546) thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/17/m... #history #quotes

(Article) The Costly Divine Message Given To Chaerephon thehistorianshut.com/2020/10/05/t... #history

“He and I had made a serious Agreement, that the one who happened first to die, should if possible make a friendly Visit to the other, and acquaint him how he found things in the Separate State. But he never fulfill’d his Promise.” -Benjamin Franklin thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/16/b...

This painting, by the Italian artist Salvator Rosa (c. 1615–1673), re-creates a scene from The Aeneid—an epic poem by the Roman poet Virgil (c. 70-19 BCE). For more info on the art and story, read our article here: thehistorianshut.com/2020/10/05/t...

“If someone is self-disciplined and good-tempered, old age isn’t too much of a burden; otherwise, it’s not just a question of old age, Socrates – such a person will find life difficult when he’s young as well.” -Plato (c. 427-347 BCE) thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/15/p... #history #quotes

(Article) The Norse God, Odin, Had A Fondness For Wedge-Shaped Battle Formations thehistorianshut.com/2020/10/04/t... #history

“Blind, I must bear this eye ailment, blunder to the fire, beg mercy from a maidservant; formerly a fierce king warmed to my words; the noble lords of lands gave me gold as reward.” -Egil Skallagrimsson (10th century) thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/14/e... #history #quotes #poetry

This ghostly scene by Andreas Bloch (1860–1917) draws inspiration from the Icelandic Laxdæla Saga. For more info on the art and story, read our article here: thehistorianshut.com/2020/10/04/g... #art

“The noblest of philosophies for sale, the most distinguished; who’ll buy? Who wants to be more than man? Who wants to apprehend the music of the spheres and to be born again?” -Lucian of Samosata (c. 2nd century) thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/14/l... #history #quotes

(Article) The 588 Plague Epidemic In Marseilles thehistorianshut.com/2020/10/01/t... #history

“Humans are short-sighted, stupid, ignorant of the share of good or evil which is coming to them.” -Homeric Hymn to Demeter (7th century BCE) thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/12/d... #history #quotes

This image, by the Italian artist Salvator Rosa (c. 1615–1673), depicts the mythical Greek hero, Jason, disabling a serpent or dragon that guarded the coveted golden fleece. For more on the art and story, read our article here: thehistorianshut.com/2020/10/01/j... #art #myth

“A man must not be without shame, for the shame of being without shame is shamelessness indeed.” -Mencius (c. 372-289 BCE) thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/11/m... #history #quotes

(Article) The Political And Criminal Descent Of Callixenus thehistorianshut.com/2020/09/30/t... #history

“Think thyself fit and worthy to speak, or do anything that is according to nature, and let not the reproach, or report of some that may ensue upon it, ever deter thee.” -Marcus Aurelius (121-180) thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/11/m... #history #quotes #Romans

This painting, by the Swedish artist Mårten Eskil Winge (1825–1896), depicts the Norse god, Thor (called Tor by the artist and Þórr in old Norse), fighting a group of giants. For more on the art and the mythology that inspired it, read our article here: thehistorianshut.com/2020/09/30/t...

“No part of philosophy is separate from another part; they all combine as a mixture.” -Diogenes Laertius (3rd Century) thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/08/d... #history #quotes

(Article) The Tale Of Ancient Egypt’s Revenge Against A Roman Cat-Killer thehistorianshut.com/2020/09/29/t... #history

“Of all the things which wisdom secures for the attainment of happiness throughout the whole of life, by far the greatest is the possession of friendship.” -Epicurus (341-270 BCE) thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/07/e... #history #quotes

This illustration, by the French artist Léon Davent (c. 16th century), depicts the Greek hero, Achilles, helping to recover the body of his friend, Patroclus, during the Trojan War. For more on the art and story, read our article here: thehistorianshut.com/2020/09/29/a...

“One thing is wisdom: to be skilled in the plan upon which all things are controlled throughout the universe.” -Heraclitus (6th and 5th Century BCE) thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/06/h... #history #quotes

(Article) King Guntram’s Legal Protections For His Daughter, Clotild thehistorianshut.com/2020/09/28/k... #history

“I enter the fray after careful reflection and in a sufficiently hostile frame of mind.” -Martin Luther (1483-1546) thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/05/m... #history #quotes

This illustration, by the German artist Johannes Gehrts (c.1855–1921), depicts a scene from the life of the legendary hero, Siegfried (or Sigurd), from Germanic and Norse folklore. For more info on the art and story, read our article here: thehistorianshut.com/2020/09/28/s...

“Better than living a hundred years not seeing arising and passing away, is a single day lived arising and passing away seen.” -The Dhammapada (recorded c. 3rd century BCE) thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/05/t... #history #quote

(Article) Eteonicus’ Deceitful Withdrawal From Mytilene thehistorianshut.com/2020/09/24/e... #history

“Man is nothing else than what he makes of himself.” -Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/04/j... #quotes #history

This painting, by the French artist Camille Corot (c. 1796-1875), re-creates the Biblical tale of Sodom and Gomorrah. For more info on the art and story, read our article here: thehistorianshut.com/2020/09/24/t...

“Historians exercise great power and some of them know it. They recreate the past, changing it to fit their own interpretations. Thus, they change the future as well.” -Frank Herbert (1920-1986) thehistorianshut.com/2016/09/03/f... #history #quotes