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When money goes mad
In 1324, the richest man in history goes on a pilgrimage and gives away so much gold that he crashes the Egyptian economy for twelve years — then has to borrow money to get home. In ancient Rome,…
Who is the Fool?
In 480 BC, a Greek shepherd walks into the Persian camp and sells a secret mountain path for a bag of gold — three hundred Spartans die, and his name becomes the Greek word for nightmare. In 1630,…
When clothes make the character
In 1479 BC, a woman puts on a fake beard and rules Egypt for twenty-one years as one of its greatest pharaohs — and the inscriptions still call her "Daughter of Ra." In fifth-century China, a girl…
Game Over - When fun turns fatal
A Greek lawmaker is so popular that the crowd throws their coats at him to show their love — and he suffocates under the pile. An Olympic champion wins his third title in the ancient combat sport of…
Rich as Croesus, Cheap as Crassus
In the first century BC, the richest man in Rome creates a fire brigade — not to save buildings, but to buy them while they burn. If the owner refuses to sell, the firefighters watch it turn to…
Nothing must remain
Some victories are not enough. Some conquerors need to erase. In 689 BC, the Assyrian king Sennacherib floods Babylon — the most sacred city in the world — and steals its god. In 146 BC, Rome…
Winning Is Losing
What happens when you win the battle but lose everything else? Pyrrhus destroys the Roman army — twice — and then has to go home because he has no army left. The Crusaders conquer Jerusalem and spend…
When Desire Sits on the Throne
When desire takes the throne, reason walks out the back door. Helen of Troy launches a thousand ships and ten years of war. Mark Antony abandons Rome to follow Cleopatra dressed as Aphrodite — and an…
Game, Set, and Death
For five centuries, kings and princes charged at each other on horseback, lance in hand, at fifty kilometers per hour. For sport. For honor. To prove they were real men. A son of Saint Louis loses…
When the strong believe they are invincible
A Greek Olympic champion, six-time wrestling winner, devoured by wolves after getting his fingers trapped in a tree he tried to split with his bare hands. A twenty-three-year-old Chinese king crushed…
Hard Head, Soft Landing
A Greek poet killed by a tortoise dropped from the sky by an eagle. An Aztec emperor brought down by a sling stone thrown by his own people. A French prince knocked off his horse by a pig roaming the…
Don't Touch My Ego
Persian king orders his soldiers to whip the sea with chains. A Roman emperor massacres an entire city because people made jokes about him. A Chinese emperor executes nearly three thousand women from…
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