The Athenians are credited with coming up with a wide variety of concepts that are practiced in the modern world. They range from democracy to theatre and literature. Actually, many of the foundational rules that govern most countries today were written in Athens. For many years, the city was a powerhouse of new concepts. […]

By the time Harry Clarke (17 March 1889 – 6 January 1931) came to illustrate Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination in 1919, the work first published in 1902 had already been illustrated by Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac and Gustave Doré. Those were tough acts to follow, but Clarke’s twenty-four outlandish visions of … Continue reading "Harry Clarke’s 24 Sinsiter Illustrations for Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination, 1919" The post Harry Clarke’s 24 Sinsiter Illustrations for Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales of Mystery and Imagination, 1919 appeared first on Flashbak.

Augustus infamously had a difficult time securing an heir. Each man he chose died before his time until the old emperor had to “settle” for his stepson Tiberius. Augustus’s favorite heirs seem to have been his grandsons Lucius and Gaius Caesar, whom he groomed from infancy, but both died as young men.   The […]

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