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997 – At the Battle of Spercheios, fought at the river bearing the same name in Greece, Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos. 1519 – Martin Luther debates theologian John Eck at Pleissenburg Castle in Leipzig, Saxony. Luther denies the divine right of the Pope. More…
I was a Roman 3rd and 2nd BCE Roman dramatist. My comedies were often adaptations of lost originals of the Greek dramatist Menander of a century earlier. I wrote about 130 plays, of which 20 still exist. They feature such stock characters as the wise servant who knows more than his master. This theme is…
