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With rivalry in ancient Rome so fierce, a good wife proved a roman politician's most reliable asset and his most valuable political resource.

Media scrutiny of the new first lady is defining the public image of a Black Economic Elite class. As it turns out, these BEEs are not that different from WASPs.

Yuan-Tsung Chen offers a familial view of Chinese revolutionary Eugene Chen.

Tang Emperor Xuanzong showed off his great wealth with a troupe of 100 beautiful silk and jewel bedecked horses that danced in great precision during his Autumn Festival.

John Boynton Priestley was a prolific writer and informal spokesman for the 'common man' whom he had a great influence upon through his broadcasts during the War.

Unfaithful spendthrift or loyal Empress of France? Josephine Bonaparte is popularly known in history as the charming and promiscuous socialite who stole Napoleon's heart.

This collection of Krugman's columns for the New York Times from 1999 to 2003 explains why economic policy at that time favored those with political connections.

By the mid-70s, the devil had gone political and suburban, depicted through a cynical post-Watergate prism.

Ogden Avenue in Chicago, Illinois and the surrounding suburbs is named after Chicago's first mayor. A railroad entrepreneur and political figure, Ogden shaped America.

The role of a roman woman was always a supporting one. The training to prepare a girl for such a life began the moment she was born, if she were allowed to live at all.

Inept planning, partisan politics and insufficient military support places American troops in harms way. Not losing a battle does not mean you are winning the war!

The appointment of political generals by Abraham Lincoln was part of an effort to help unify the North and guarantee support from ethnic and political constituencies.

Disguised as a man, Deborah Samson fought during the American Revolution; after being wounded, she received an honorable discharge and began a public speaking career.

While historians generally claim that Herbert Hoover did nothing to stop the Great Depression, he actually did too much and made the crisis worse.

During the Civil War, the Union Army suffered crushing defeats under the command of seven different generals. The eighth and final general led the Union to victory.

From fertility anxieties to fatal beatings, the experience of being a wife in ancient Rome and the pressures this responsibility came with.

Thomas Jefferson provided an excellent summary of the debate over independence in the Continental Congress. Delegates were split in how they wanted to respond to Britain

Born into a family of master mariners, Samuel de Champlain is remembered today as the Father of New France and as one of Canada's most important explorers.