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“Useful Charts” tries to answer the big question: the Roman Empire
Alexis Romanov, Andreas, Andrew Romanov, Augustus, Byzantine Empire, Charlemagne, claimants, Constantine XI, Constantinople, Czars, Dundar Ali Osman, Felipe VI, Ferdinand and Isabella, France, Habsburgs, Holy Roman Empire, Irene, Istanbul, Ivan III, Jean-Christophe Napoleon, Julio-Claudian dynasty, Karl I, Karl von Habsburg, Matt Baker, Napoleon III, Nicholas II, Ottoman Empire, Roman Empire, royal titles, Russia, Russian Orthodox Church, Spain, The Four Lads, Turkey, Useful Charts, ZoeThe Roman Empire dates back to this day in 27BC, when Augustus assumed the title Princeps, to end (in the West) with Romulus Augustulus’ deposition in 476 and (in the East or Byzantine) with the defeat and death of Constantine XI by the Ottomans at Constintinople in 1453. So, who is the hypothetical Roman Emperor…
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HENRY “TUDOR” IN THE 21ST CENTURY?
“Tudor” justice, “wives”, Abraham Lincoln, Agrippina, Alexander the Great, Anastasia, Anne Boleyn, Augustus, Caligula, Catherine of Aragon, Catherine Parr, Christina of Denmark, Edmund “Tudor”, Elisabeth of Austria, Elizabeth I, executions, facial reconstruction, Grace Kelly, Henry VII, Henry VIII, Isabel of Castile, Jane Austen, Julius Caesar, Louis XIV, Louis XV, Madame de Pompadour, Marie Antoinette, Mary Stuart, Nefertiti, parsimonyWith advanced computer technology, more artists and other interested people are doing their own ‘facial reconstructions’ of famous historical figures, often giving them modern hair styles and clothes to let people see how they might have looked if they lived in the present day. The following article has 30 such images, and is interesting because…
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