click image for close-up The portrait of Agrippa Hull, a freeborn black man and Revolutionary War veteran who lived in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, hangs in the historical room of the town library.

Agrippa was born into a wealthy equestrian family in 63 BC, the same year as Octavian. Both were raised together, sponsored by Julius Caesar, along with a third, six years older friend, Gaius Maecenas ...

As the faith of the believers became more organized in the structure of the church, it was the Roman Emperor Constantine who issued the Edict of Milan in 313 A.D., which made the Christian faith ...

It is a remote paradise island where some of Italy’s most notorious terrorists and mafia bosses have served lengthy prison ...

A few observations and memories from my recent trip to Israel: ...

This article follows our family as we visit the Ancient Agora of Athens. Plus, learn about the history of this iconic ...

According to Jewish tradition, the most common bushes in the area of the desert around Mount Horeb were bramble bushes. The assumption of Jewish historians was ...

Grafton’s biographical approach to the masters of this recondite knowledge (with Faust, Marsilio Ficino, and Cornelius Agrippa being the most famous) is also a study in the art of reputation ...

Many African Americans, like Agrippa Hull and Prince Hall, did side with the Patriot cause. 5,000 black men served in the Continental Army, and hundreds more served on the sea. Had George ...

Although the grandson of the biblical villain Herod the Great, and the longest reigning and of the Herodian dynasty, Herod Agrippa II (fl. c. A.D. 28-c. 95) lacked a biography in any language until ...

It is a large, round temple with a massive dome. The original Panthon in Rome was commissioned by Marcus Agrippa in 27 AD. Unfortunately, it was later destroyed in a fire not once, but twice. Here are ...