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A triumphant march over a tyrant's corpse
Two days after his legendary vision, Constantine the Great entered Rome in a grand adventus following his decisive victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. The crowds erupted in jubilation as the body of his rival Maxentius was fished from the Tiber and beheaded. The new master of Rome would transform the empire, legalizing Christianity and founding Constantinople.
Love and anarchy in a revolutionary's heart
In France, Emilienne Morin was born into an anarcho-syndicalist family that shaped her destiny as a lifelong revolutionary. As journalist, activist, and companion to the legendary Spanish anarchist Buenaventura Durruti, she lived a life of clandestine resistance across Europe. Her writings and legal defense work sustained the anarchist movement through its darkest hours.
A C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff from Toledo Express Airport in Ohio, U.
A C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff from Toledo Express Airport in Ohio, U.S., resulting in 22 deaths.