Ancient to Medieval History

The Roman Empire, which lasted for around 1,500 years, stands as one of the most significant examples of the rise and fall of a civilization in human history. And while it would have been fascinating to meet epic Roman emperors like Caligula or Commodus, in reality, living ...

According to the ancient historian Suetonius, the Roman emperor known as Caligula loved one of his horses, Incitatus, so much that he gave the steed a marble

From ancient Greece and Rome through the Middle Ages, people made sense of fossils using myth and legend.

This is Europe’s shameful and largely forgotten history of putting animal "criminals" on trial and either executing them or, for plagues of insects, ordering them to leave town not only by a certain day, but by an exact time. Such irrational barbarism is hard to fathom, but as early as 824 all the way up to the middle of the 18th century, animals were held to the same moral standards as humans, suffering the same capital punishments and even rotting in the same jails.

It's an ancient fact that Vikings were fierce warriors and they did plunder a lot. However, what is not particularly well-known is that even though there was no written law and only rune writing existed at the time; the ancient Viking society had a sophisticated government.

Cultures evolve or change over the ages; this is an undeniable fact. However, many of the practices of ancient people and cultures would be practically incomprehensible for most people today.

From China and Egypt to Rome and Greece, these ancient history facts are too raunchy, outrageous, and weird for any textbook you've ever read.

Here are 40 interesting Ancient Greece facts. 1-5 Ancient Greece Facts Image source 1. In the month before the ancient Olympics, no wars were permitted so that spectators could travel from across Greece unharmed. - Source 2. Cities in Greece struggle to build subway systems because they keep digging up ancient ruins. -

When most people hear about the ancient world, they automatically think of Ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt, Persia, Mesopotamia, China, and other great empires from the past.

When we think ancient, the first thought that comes to our head is unsophisticated or backward. But, what history has to say is completely opposite.

With the development of technologies and new methods of research, we can claim that we know everything about the ancients. However, the more we learn about their everyday life, the more this knowledge fascinates us because some practices of the ancients were too bizarre even for our modern standards. We at Bright Side gathered 10 facts about ancient people that will totally baffle and amaze you and make you say “Wow!”

The ancient world is forever a place of interest for many of us. But even if you’ve read widely on the ancients, it may come as a surprise that . . .