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First Mithridatic War and the role of Lucius Cornelius Sulla in Rome (89-87 BC)

The first Mithridatic war (89-85 BC) Mithridates VI Eupator  - King of Pontus (120 -63BC). His father was Mithridates V which led origin from Achaemenids, and...

Short historical facts about chess game

The exact origin of chess is a mystery. The oldest clearly recognizable Chess pieces have been excavated in ancient Afrasiab, today's Samarkand, in Uzbekistan....

Discovery in Ancient city Pompeii near Naples – Skeletons and coins

Pompeii was an ancient Roman town-city in the Campania region of Italy. Researchers believe that the town Pompeii was founded in the seventh or...

New discovery of 13 skulls from Eneolithic period with traces of surgery

The skulls are discovered in southern Russia by German-Russian archaeologists team. Skull belonged to both male and female persons, and to the ages, it...

Lucius Cornelius Sulla as dictator

In the spring of 83 BC, 40.000 Sulla’s troops landed at Brundisium. Young Gnaeus Pompeius, approached to Sulla and brought to him two of...

A brief history of chocolate

Chocolate was first produced in Mesoamerica as far back as pre Columbian Indian tribes. It was then primarily consumed as a beverage. In pre-Columbian...

Neolithic figurine from Skara Brae (Scotland) rediscovered in box

Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland (Scotland). Neolithic settlement has been...

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