How the French Revolution transferred welfare from Church to state

The French state took over jobs once done by the Church

During the Revolution, France took Church property and ended payments that had supported the Church. But the government also took over some of the Church's old duties, including paying clergy and caring for poor, sick, and orphaned people. Both wealth and social duties moved from Church to state.

Caesar’s death did not restore Rome’s republic

Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BC, but rival factions soon raised armies and civil wars followed. Caesar’s heir, Octavian, eventually took sole control and established a new Roman monarchy.

An ancient sailing story contained evidence its author did not understand

Herodotus wrote that Phoenician sailors saw the Sun to their north while sailing around Africa. He found the claim strange, but it is exactly what sailors could see after traveling south of the equator. A detail he doubted became evidence that the voyage may really have happened.

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How the French Revolution transferred welfare from Church to state

The French state took over jobs once done by the Church

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