The Virtue of Julius Caesar : Clemency Pt 2

Clementia Caesaris In March 45…

The Virtue of Julius Caesar : Clemency Pt 1

In ancient Rome, Gaius Julius…

Basilica San Marco , Venice Italy

St. Mark was a native…

Crushed Iron : Tomyris

The story of Tomyris and…

Prison Diary of Perpetua 202AD

The Martyrdom of Saints Perpetua…

Alexander the Great : Baghdad 323 BC

It was May of 323…

Espionage In The Achaemenid Empire

In the 6th century BC,…

Espionage in Ancient Greece

All dates are B.C. unless…

Seasoned Veterans : Mongol, Ming, and Qing Dynasties

Once the silk road was…

Flash Point: Rome

The end came quickly. A…

Scorched Earth :Vercingetorix

For every Roman hero, there…

Rome IS Burning

The Burning of Rome, 64…

Damnatio Memoriae: Post-Mortem Oblivion

Many nations and civilizations have…

Nothing Is Ours, Except Time

Seneca was born in Corduba…

Tartessos

Tartessos existed from the 9th –…

The Law of the Twelve Tables: LEX DUO′DECIM TABULA′RUM

Law of the Twelve Tables,…

Ambiorix

 Roman leaders Julius Caesar, Crassus, and…

Roman Espionage

No civilization in the ancient…

Dreams of Divine Retribution and the Ascent of Darius

Cyrus the Great was the founder…

Arabic to AI: Ancient Roots of the Algorithm

The word, Algorithm sounds hi-tech,…

The Treachery of Pausanias of Sparta

Pausanias (Greek: Παυσανίας; died c. 470 BC) was a Spartan regent, general,…

Hydna of Scione

  In Greece, you can…

Sino-Roman Relations

Sino-Roman relations started first on an…

Onslaught, Roman Forces, take on the Druids.

At the height of the…

The Abbey of San Fruttuoso

from the blog this Italian…

Dining With the Scourge of God, 448 AD

In the f4h century an…

Dying Gaul

Dying Gaul was part of a…

The Seduction of Marc Antony

Cleopatra Seduces Antony, 41 BC…

Witness Statement, Death of Socrates.

On a day in 399…

Taking Caesar pt 1

Gaius Marius, was one of…

Taking Ceasar pt 2

Sulla was able to retire…

The Egyptian ‘Dream Book’

The Ancient Egyptian Book of Dreams is the…

How the Pharaohs Recognized and Prepared for Climate Disaster

Researchers have pieced together ancient…

The History of Diplomatic Immunity

Diplomatic immunity:  protection or exemption…

Siege of Paris : Vikings vs Franks

Charlemagne’s grandson, Charles the Bald,  was…

SheildMaiden :Freydis Eiriksdottir

The Sagas of Icelanders, also…

Viking Politics

Through out much Viking Age  (800-.…

Libellus Required

A  libellus (plural libelli) in the Roman Empire was…

Roman Forces in Britain

Letters Home from the Roman…

Faking it: Ancient Counterfeiters:Viking Swords

The Vikings had every advantage…

Silk Road

The Silk Road was dominated…

Natale di Roma : Birth of Rome

Historical groups evoke ancient Roman…

Calcio Storico: The Most Brutal Sport on Earth

Vsqve ad finem is a Latin…

The Celtic War Queen Who Challenged Rome

Boudica slaughtered a Roman army.…

A Celtic Queen and Caractacus British leaders

Britain was a thorn in…

A Celtic Queen’s Last Battle

Emperor Claudius was poisoned in…

The Doomsday Book

The Domesday Book recorded in two volumes…

Dresden Codex

The Dresden, Madrid, and Paris…

Fallen Empire

Hannibal (247 – between 183…

The Amarna letters

The Amarna Letters are among…

Palermo Stone

The Palermo Stone is one of…

Parthian shot

The Parthian shot was a…

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