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Rome combined splendor and brutality. Besides the gladiator fights and the beasts devouring Christians, many less known but no less cruel customs are mentioned by the ancient sources. And other ancient peoples equaled or surpassed the Romans in the cruelty of their customs.

10 Monarchs Who Killed or Mutilated Their Own Sons

History provides us with many examples of how absolute power can corrupt even the closest family ties: suspicion of rebellion and conspiracy; the appearance of too little aptitude for rule - or too much, making a young prince too popular; or just a moment of rage. These have been enough to cause powerful fathers to kill sons, secure in the knowledge that they could do so with impunity. If you are a monarch, you might kill your son and still be remembered by posterity as “The Great”, or even kill two sons and be remembered as “The Magnificent” …

10 Little Known Facts about Che Guevara

Che Guevara is a tragic figure, who wanted to make the world a better place and made it worse, who did many wrong, even evil things, with the best intentions, firmly convinced, until his last moment, that he is the good guy and fights the good fight. He becomes even more interesting at a closer look; one may discover unexpected aspects.

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