Presently Patricius and Hilarius were brought before the court, and were ordered to enumerate the whole series of their actions: and as...

The nation of all the Gauls is extremely devoted to superstitious rites; and on that account they who are troubled with unusually severe...

Our state has always held that everything should be considered secondary to religion, even in cases where it also wanted to demonstrate...

Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly-marked feature of all law – religions, or religions...

Stephen De Lancey to Cornelia Barclay De Lancey The Negro’s and Negro Women are inhumanly treated, are two-thirds naked, and are very...

Ambrose Serle: Journal, July 12-23, 1776: The Congress have at length thought it convenient to throw off the Mask. Their Declaration of...

Xerxes was attempting to cross the Hellespont with his army: It was from Abydos to this promontory, then, that the bridges were built by...

In Greek the names of the kings mean the following: Darius means “Achiever,” Xerxes “Warlike,” and “Artaxerxes “Extremely Warlike.” These...

The customs of those who live above the Krestonians are as follows. Each man has many wives, and whenever a man dies, a great contest...

And it makes me laugh when I see so many people nowadays drawing maps of the earth and not one of them giving an intelligent...

Convinced that Babylon was fated to be conquered now, Zopyros went to Darius and asked him whether he considered the capture of Babylon...

After this, Sennacharib king of the Arabians and Assyrians led a large army against Egypt, and naturally the warrior class refused to...

This pyramid was built like a flight of stairs, which some call battlements, others platforms. When they had completed the foundation...

Mr. President, The small Progress we have made, after 4 or 5 Weeks’ close Attendance and continual Reasonings with each other, our...

I agreed with you in Sentiments concerning the Old Testament, and thought the Clause in our Constitution, which required the Members of...

Being just return’d to Town from a little Excursion I find yours of the 22d containing a Number of Queries that would require a Pamphlet...

Having received certain Gallic reinforcement he again drew near to Sulla and just as the two armies were coming to an engagement a Gaul...

I am extremely grateful for your letter giving the stages of your voyaging; it showed that you have not forgotten our friendly relations,...

In a very long discourse, which is still extant, the royal preacher (Eusebius) expatiates on the various proofs of religion; but he...

but what were the secondary causes of the rapid growth of the Christian church? It will, perhaps appear that it was most effectually...

Yet we cannot forget that the temple of Diana at Ephesus, after having risen with increasing splendour from seven repeated misfortunes,...

The camp of a Roman legion presented the appearance of a fortified city. As soon as the space was marked out, the pioneers carefully...

Pliny describing the terror after Vesuvius erupted: The ashes now began to fall upon us, though in no great quantity. I looked back; a...

Plutarch: