Return to Lake Trasimène. A Failure of Intelligence
It’s odd talking about a battle I wrote about ten years ago. But this is not my first visit to Lake Trasimène. This is: ( …
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Roman History
Trebia. 218 BC
Trebia was the first major set piece battle between the Carthaginians and the Romans during the second Punic war. This was all out war …
Ticinus
Publius Cornelius Scipio In the fiorst battle of the Second Punic War, we see something rarely this nuanced. But we see cleverness. …
Cornered and Scared, Roman Soldiers are Comforted by a Leader.
In 61 AD, a new precept took the place of Prasutagus in Brittania. Prasutagus had a good working relationship with the Iceni people in Brittania. …
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Collapse. From the BBC
The Roman Empire, for example, was the victim of many ills including overexpansion, climatic change, environmental degradation and poor leadership. But it was also brought …
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Tacitus. Histories
Here is an excerpt from Book I. This is fascinating. Fortune was already, in an opposite quarter of the world, founding and making ready …
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Rome’s Imperial Power Was Expressed In Its Architecture.
The Appian Way, Via Appia, is a wonder to the world. Itself it stretches just short of 40 miles. But it was the …
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The Goths Fought For Rome. What They Were Really Fighting For Was A Homeland.
Alaric I. King Of The Goths. It was during 285 AD when Diocletian decided that the best way to manage the massive Roman Empire was …
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Yes, Even The Germanic Tribes At The Edges Of Rome Had Special Forces.
It seems that every society had a cadre of special forces soldiers. Of course they were all cloaked in the mystical fanaticism of some …
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The Sicarii, Jewish Revolutionaries Formed To Push Rome Out Of Israel.
The Sicarii were an underground society of Jewish terrorists who bred fear and dissension among the Roman occupiers and their sympathizers in the first …
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Caligula, Claudius and Nero
The last three emperors on the Julian-Claudian Dynasty are known for the louche behind the scenes behaviors and the tawdry nefarious machinations that …
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Great Maps Of Ancient Rome From Vox Media. Click To Enlarge.
The Rise of Christian Rome, 300 AD to 800 AD . The Third Century AD Was A Bad Time To BE A Roman Emperor. Between …
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Developer Yuri Victor Developed Maps That Encapsulate The History Of The Roman Empire.
This is Rome around the time of Trajan in 117 AD. This was Rome at its largest, and you can see from the overlay …
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Is This The Origin Of Christmas? Ancient Rome?
Word for word from a Facebook post: Juan Miguel Garcia II. How Did Christmas Come to Be Celebrated on December 25?Roman pagans first introduced the …
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Vindolanda, The Green Zone Of Ancient Rome.
Vindolanda A castrum was a Roman auxiliary garrison. Vindolanda was such a fortification south of Hadrian’s Wall in northern England near the current day …
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Luxurious Roman Way-Station Uncovered In Bulgaria.
Heated Pool .What looks to be a something akin to a Roman Marching Camp has been located in Bulgaria in Southern Europe. Called …
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Roman Graffiti Translated. Little Has Changed In Regards to Humanity
Found this compendium of Roman graffiti from Prof. Prof. Brian Harvey. At a Bar/Brothel of Innulus and Papilio: “Weep, you girls. My penis has …
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The Slums Of Rome, Jesus and Occupy Wall Street.
Jesus and the Money Changers – El Greco Around the time of Claudius, Roman historian Seutonius described his life in Rome. “Now …
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Did Shapur Really Have Emperor Valerian Taxidermied?
Roman Emperor Valerian Used As A Footstool For The Persian King. Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius was a Christian historian and writer who served …
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Homesick Roman.
An 1800 year old letter home from a Roman recruit to his parents in Egypt, then a Roman province has been found in …