Veni Vidi Vici
My journey through history
Cologne – Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium
Before the Roman General Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63 BC-12 AD) (son-in-law and lieutenant of Augustus, playing a key role in the naval Battle of Actium in 31 BC against Mark Anthony and Cleopatra VII and the original builder of the Pantheon) resettled the Germanic tribe of the Ubii in 38 BC, the region was
Trier – Another Rome
Table of Contents We love Germany and I spent quite some time there during my studies, but for some strange reasons only recently we decided to visit Trier, which is a couple of hours away from where we live. The city was a such a wonderful surprise to us
Tongeren and the Gallo-Romeins Museum
The name Atuatuca or Aduatuca as it’s sometimes mentioned, is translated from Celtic as “the place of the prophet” (Lauran Toorians, “Aduatuca, ‘place of the prophet’. The names of the Eburones as representatives of a Celtic language, with an excursus on Tungri”, in ATVATVCA / Publications of the Gallo-Roman Museum
St. Helena’s Pilgrimage to the Holy Places and the Crispus-Fausta Love Affair
In the Orthodox tradition the Christians always celebrate Constantine and his mother Helena together on the 21 May. For those who are not that familiarized with them, it sounds as if they were a married couple, an emperor and his empress: Saints Constantine and Helena, that are on the same