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=== Cicero === | |||
[[Cicero (nonfiction)|Cicero]] was a fawning climber, a tool of the Optimates (the "best people"), and a self-promoting, self-delighting hypocrite who reveled in his petty triumphs, among other reprehensible qualities. | |||
See: ''The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People’s History of Ancient Rome'' | |||
By [[Michael Parenti (nonfiction)|Michael Parenti]] | |||
New Press, New York, 2003 | |||
[[Cicero]] | |||
=== History Mash === | |||
1559 – During a jousting match, King Henry II of France was mortally wounded when fragments of Gabriel Montgomery's lance pierced his eye. | |||
1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crossed Niagara Gorge, making him one of the world's most famous tightrope walkers. | |||
1908 – A massive explosion occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska river in Siberia, flattening more than 2,150 square kilometres (830 sq mi) of forest | |||
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Online diary of Karl Jones for Tuesday June 30, 2020.
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Cicero
Cicero was a fawning climber, a tool of the Optimates (the "best people"), and a self-promoting, self-delighting hypocrite who reveled in his petty triumphs, among other reprehensible qualities.
See: The Assassination of Julius Caesar: A People’s History of Ancient Rome
New Press, New York, 2003
History Mash
1559 – During a jousting match, King Henry II of France was mortally wounded when fragments of Gabriel Montgomery's lance pierced his eye.
1859 – French acrobat Charles Blondin crossed Niagara Gorge, making him one of the world's most famous tightrope walkers.
1908 – A massive explosion occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska river in Siberia, flattening more than 2,150 square kilometres (830 sq mi) of forest