The last Roman emperors were beggars. As the Roman Empire fell in the east the last of the Caesars were forced to beg to their fellow European kings for help. A great and sad end to a once glorious empire. As the empire fought in battle to keep the Ottomans from conquering them they had to get help from wherever they could. But crusades, giant walls, and the support of the Kings of England and France could not save the empire of Rome. A tale of the end of an empire, of knights, crusaders, and th

Most men think about the Roman Empire at least once a day. But why does a civilization that collapsed 1,500 years ago still live rent free in our heads? It's not just Gladiator. It's not just the engineering or the emperors. The real reason is stranger than any of that, and it says a lot about how power actually works. Because the way we think about Rome? That's probably exactly how they wanted to be remembered. The conquest, the glory, the arena. Not the reality, that most of the Roman populati

The Timurid Empire is BACK! 🌏 #historyballs #Countryballs

America Lost 400,000. Russia Lost 24 Million | Richard Wolff

@Fireboy DML just dropped some fire with his new single,

Why It Sucked to Be a Court Dwarf in the Holy Roman Empire