Ludicrous Latin: Noster populus facit discrepantiam!
Friday, May 23, 2025
Our people make the difference!
Paris in the 60s. Mon Dieux!
Friday, May 23, 2025
History Schmistory: May 23. Hot Time in the Old Town.
Friday, May 23, 2025
1498: Girolamo Savonarola, Florentine priest, burnt at stake.
Ludicrous Latin: Ne auderis delere orbem rigidum meum!
Thursday, May 22, 2025
Don’t you dare erase my hard disk!
History Schmistory: May 22. Not so Constant-ine
Thursday, May 22, 2025
337: Emperor Constantine the Great dies, age 65, after a reign of 30+ years. After converting Rome to Chrisitanity, and founding a second empire at Constantinople, he dies before being able to collect Social Security.
History Schmistory: May 21 Otto-matic
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
993: Holy Roman Emperor Otto III is crowned.
History Schmistory: May 20. A Bunch of Nicea Guys.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
325: The Council of Nicea begins. Constantine opens it with a joke, ends it with a Creed.
History Schmistory: May 16. St. Petersburg Founded.
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
1703: St. Petersburg is founded by Peter the Great. In 1924, the name of the city was changed to Leningrad. In 1991, the city name was changed back to St. Petersburg. Tough on the GPS.
