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Cologne – Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium

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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 inhabited by the Eburones, another Germanic […]

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St. Helena’s Pilgrimage to the Holy Places and the Crispus-Fausta Love Affair

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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 rank as the Apostles.  

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