Word: imperiale
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The modern Games had hardly begun when the U.S. outraged the British by refusing to dip the flag to King Edward VII during the 1908 opening ceremonies in London. (Nor did the U.S. dip the flag to Queen Elizabeth II last week; she was not offended.) The Finns, then under...
The nations of Europe, Asia and Africa mostly owe their existences to accidents of geography or language, the fortunes of war or interference from imperial powers. But the U.S., to a very great extent, is the product of its citizens' own ingenuity. Faced with an untamed wilderness and distances...
Although independence had been months, even years, in coming, the week's events seemed startling in their sudden finality. July 2 declared the fact of separation. In another two days, on July 4, the Congress endorsed an extraordinary document, a Declaration that stated the Colonies' numerous reasons for leaving the...
In a time when the British Empire is being rent asunder, Edward Gibbon has produced an eloquent and authoritative account of the ruin of Imperial Rome. This is somewhat surprising, since Gibbon, 39, an inconspicuous Member of Parliament, has previously written only some brief essays and two minor volumes of...
By the end of the 2nd century, the Senate was ready to vote for any bully or bribegiver who thrust himself forward. Among the worst of Emperors was Commodus, a vice-ridden brute who enjoyed fighting in the arena as a gladiator and was murdered by his favorite concubine and...