Beethoven's opus eighteen quartets are considered by many to be the beginning of the Romantic era.

A flame burned at all times in Greek temples. Ancient Romans practiced fire worship, and they charged young girls known as Vestal Virgins with keeping temple fires lit in the temple of Vesta, goddess of the hearth.

the difference, in inches, between the girth just under the breasts and around the fullest part of the breasts, coded by a letter - less than 1 = AA, 1 = A, 2 = B, 3 = C etc

It looked to be another perfect day in the playland of the ultrarich.