SOCRATES ON MARRIAGE

                Socrates was famously hen-pecked.  Here are two of his statements about marriage:                 When he was asked whether a man should get married or remain single.  Socrates:  “Let him take which course he may, he will repent it.”                 “By all means marry.  If you get a good wife, Read more

REGULUS

In the First Punic War, after victories in naval battles at Mylae and Ecnomus, the Romans decided to invade North Africa and attack the city of Carthage.  The army was led by Rome’s best general – Regulus.  Regulus defeated the Carthaginian army at Adys, but his peace terms were too Read more

THE HIGHEST BIDDER

In 193 A.D. in Ancient Rome, the Praetorian Guard assassinated the Emperor Pertinax and then auctioned off the throne to the highest bidder.  A wealthy senator named Didius Julianus offered the high bid – the equivalent of $1,000 per guard.  When word arrived of the death of Pertinax, a general Read more