Hot, humid -- and heavy with child. Pregnancy can make the summer seem hotter. But following a few simple guidelines can keep you cool. It's hot, it's humid, and you're pregnant. True, that can be a recipe for misery, but there are ways to cope. I always have tremendous sympathy for women whose babies are due in the summer or early fall, says Debra Gilbert Rosenberg, LCSW, author of the recently released The New Mom's Companion: Care for Yourself While You Care for Your Newborn.
The Roman Empire At Its Peak. By on May 30, 2013. Quantity is certainly not quality. Despite encompassing an incredible five million-plus square kilometers by 117 AD, that vast expanse surely wouldnât be enjoyed for too much longer. As the empire expanded, the efficacy of its institutions contracted to the point that by 284 AD it was vulnerable to external attack and eventually collapsed. Savannah Cox is the Managing Editor of All That Is Interesting.
In its territorial peak after the conquest of Dacia by Trajan, the Roman Empire controlled approximately 5 900 000 kmÂ² (2,300,000 sq.mi.) of land surface, thereby being one of the largest ancient empires, exceeded only by the Persian Empire and the Han Empire.