3.32- The Committee of Public Safety

In the fall of 1793, the French Republic started to gain traction against its enemies. Setting up the stage for the Reign of Terror.

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In October 1793 the Reign of Terror got started with the executions of Marie Antoinette and the Girondins. 

Desde finales del siglo XVII, el alumbrado público permitió moverse por las ciudades con sensación de seguridad. 

In 303 AD Diocletian initiated the last and greatest of the Christian persecutions. 

The reign of Commodus turned on a botched assassination attempt orchestrated by his sister in 182 AD. 

In the decades after the Gauls abandoned Rome to its fate, the Romans were forced to battle both external threats and internal sedition. The Plebes, saddled with debt from the reconstruction, forced through reforms in 367 BC that finally gave them access to the most powerful offi ...  Show more