Tag: Heroic

The Romans worshipped personal glory. Few things were more important to them than honor and accomplishment. Romans were taught from an early age to dream of parading through the streets in triumph. Examples of the Romans’ thirst for glory come up in many books written by Romans- Caesar fills h...

On the other hand, tendencies for altruism aren’t just limited to acts of bravery, it can even be a simple display of kindness like how a friendly neighbor enjoys baking cookies for charity. Her generosity might not just be a warm heart, but a genetic inheritance from a variant of...

476 AD is one of the most iconic dates in history. It was in this year that the Western Roman Empire fell, and for centuries historians regarded this moment when Europe left the world of antiquity behind to enter the Dark Ages. Modern historians see things in a more nuanced way regarding the tran...