If you have made taxable gifts during your life, the amount of yourpersonal exemption will be reduced by the amount of those taxable gifts. The marital deduction. All property left to a surviving spouse passes free of estate tax.
Basil II was emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 976 to 1025. He has been described as hero-monster because he was a powerful and successful ruler, but also one of the most cruel, ruthless and merciless rulers in history. He ruined the lives of all of those who challenged his rule.
It was Bob Marley who sang that â2000 years of history could not be wiped away so easily.â. Lucius Septimius Bassianus (April 4, 188 â April 8, 217), commonly known as Caracalla, was a Black Roman Emperor who ruled from 211 to 217. Caracalla was the eldest son of Septimius Severus, the first black African-born Emperor of Rome. But before Septimius Severus, there had been other Roman-born black Emperors of Rome. This story of the other black emperors of Rome will be explored in another write-up, but for now we focus on Caracalla. Unlike his father Septimius Severus, Caracalla was born and raised in Italy.