I'm starting in on Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War. After that, Herodotus' Histories. Why? Because giant ants will wait for no man. Suetonius' Lives of the Caesars next? I won't read it for accuracy, but what the hell.
A proper update will come in the morrow, but before that, here's what happened in 1157, according to Wikipedia!
" * January 12–March 16 – Caliph Al-Muqtafi Successfully defended Baghdad against the coalition forces of Sultan Muhammad of Hamadan,and Atabeg Qutb-adin of Mosul
* Albert I of Brandenburg begins his ruthless program to pacify the Slavic region.
* June 11 – Albert I of Brandenburg, also called, The Bear (Ger: Albrecht der Bär), becomes the founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany and the first Margrave.
* August 21 – Sancho III and Ferdinand II, the sons of King Alfonso VII of Castile, divide his kingdom between them upon his death.
* October 23—Battle of Grathe Heath: A civil war in Denmark ends with the death of King Sweyn III. Valdemar I of Denmark becomes king of all Denmark and restores and rebuilds the country.
* Henry II of England grants a charter to the merchants of Lincoln (approximate date).
* Henry II of England invades Wales and is defeated at the Battle of Ewloe by Owain Gwynedd."
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