In 44 BC, not long after Caesar’s murder on the ides of March, the senate changed the name of the month of his birth, Quintilis, to Julius. By the 19th day of the following month Sextilis in the following year 43 BC, Caesar’s great nephew and adopted son and heir Octavian had wrangled an appointment… Continue reading #OTD 19 August
Tag: Jurisprude
#OTD 12 August
The death of Cleopatra on 12 August 30 BC is something that we in the west understandably see in a western context: end of Hellenistic Age, rise of Rome, and so on. But the queen’s death did not quite mark the very end of the Hellenistic Age. Two thousand years later, as the Middle East… Continue reading #OTD 12 August
#OTD 10 August
Nations comprise people and lands. In systems where the parliament or congress has two houses, the lower house is usually the people’s house and the upper house the house of lands. The house of lands is usually less powerful than the house of peoples, the famous exception being the US. As a rule of thumb,… Continue reading #OTD 10 August