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97Roman Emperor - Claudius
Roman emperor from 41 AD to 54 AD. Claudius was a scholar, historian and able administrator. One of the greatest of the early Roman emperors. He was made emperor by the Praetorian Guard after the murder of his nephew, Gaius Caligula, in AD 41.
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93How HubPage Tracking Works
If you haven't read it already I suggest you check out the light introduction to HubPage Referrals. It's a quick read and outlines the basics. Referrals work in two ways... 1) If someone signs up for a HubPages account via your referral link, you...
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88Roman Emperor - Nero
Born at Antium, his original name was Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; but in AD 50 his mother married her uncle, the emperor Claudius, who adopted and renamed him. In 53, at the age of 16, Nero married Octavia, daughter of Claudius and Messalina. On the death of Claudius in the following year Agrippina secured the succession of Nero to the exclusion of her stepson Britannicus, who was poisoned in 55.
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91Roman Emperor - Augustus
The Roman Republic ended with Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire began with Augustus Caesar. Augustus, the title originally conferred by the Roman senate in 27 B.C. upon Gaius Octavianus, the successor of Julius Caesar. It was afterwards borne by emperors both of the ancient empire and of the Holy Roman Empire.
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88What are Aqueducts?
An aqueduct is a bridge constructed for the conveyance of water across a valley. Civilization has always resulted in the growth of large towns which cannot exist without adequate water supply, and traces of extensive works for this purpose are everywhere found among the ruins of the earliest great towns. The Romans were the best of the ancient aqueduct builders, but by no means the first. The word aqueduct comes from two Latin words meaning "water" and "to lead".
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92Roman Emperor - Hadrian
Hadrian's official name was Publius Aelius Hadrian. He was born in Spain. His father died during Hadrian's youth, and Trajan, Hadrian's cousin, became his guardian. Trajan became emperor in 98. Hadrian became emperor after Trajan's death in 117.
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85Kangaroos
The kangaroo is a large marsupial (pouch-bearing animal) confined entirely to Australasia. Captain Cook was the first Eurpoean to observe the animal in 1770. There are 56 species. A male kangaroo stands from 6 to 7 feet; the female which carries the...
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86How Did We Get Our Calendar?
The calendar is a manmade system of dividing and measuring time. It involves the fixing of some definite era or point of time as a basis for reckoning (e.g: the Birth of Christ), and then the division of time...
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84Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (TAA40104)
Vocational Education and Training (VET) means education and training for work. This training system recognises the knowledge and skills of learners across 6 different levels of qualification ranging from Certificate 1 through to Advance Diploma. ...
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83Cool Fonts - Where to Download & How to Install
There are two types of fonts in the world: free ones and ones you have to pay for. And while on one hand you get what you pay for (quality in ways you can't understand until you need a full font set), on the other hand sometimes the best things...
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