De Rebus Bellicis is a fascinating work from the late Roman Empire, written around the…
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Amidst the dark reign of Nazi Germany, an intriguing and disturbing chapter unfolded as the…
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HistoryArchaeology
Corinthian Bronze: Flawless Metal Secret of the Ancients
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenIn 146 BC, the city of Corinth burned. Lucius Mummius Achaicus, statesman of the Roman…
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ArchaeologyHistoryScience & Nature
An Uncomfortable Thought: Are We Living in a Dark Age?
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenIt was the Italian scholar Petrarch who first coined the term “Dark Age” in the…
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When it comes to early ancient Rome the lines between fact and fiction, history and…
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History
Claudius and Caligula: Why was the Roman Republic never Restored?
by Kurt Readmanby Kurt ReadmanA casual glance at Roman history seems to suggest it followed a straightforward path. The…
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Orichalcum was clearly something valuable. It appears in Plato’s dialogues as a prized substance second…
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The Apicius Cookbook, known as the De Re Coquinaria or De Re Culinarian (On the…
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Sol Invictus, also known as the invincible sun or the unconquered sun, was the official…
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Roman history is full of mad, bad, and completely off-the-wall bonkers emperors. Even so, the…
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“Crossing the Rubicon” is, if not a common phrase, something recognizable to most. It captures…
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Archaeology
Aelia Capitolina: Jerusalem’s Five Centuries as a Roman Town
by Kurt Readmanby Kurt Readman70 AD was a terrible year for the Jews of Jerusalem. Half a decade earlier,…
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Myths & Legends
Finding King Arthur: Ambrosius Aurelianus and the Man Behind the Myth
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenKing Arthur, as we picture him, never existed. His character and his setting are 12th…
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Archaeology
The Roman Invasion of Anglesey and the Fall of the Celtic Druids
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenOne of the principle difficulties with history is that, most of the time, nobody wrote…
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“Consider the subtleness of the sea; how its most dreaded creatures glide under water, unapparent…