“Crossing the Rubicon” is, if not a common phrase, something recognizable to most. It captures…
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Roman
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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…
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There exist specific places on our planet where nature and the supernatural seem to intertwine.…
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Much of the magic of ancient Rome is that it is not just the grand…
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It seems our collective understanding of history is often prone to misconceptions. Whether through half…
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The city of Baiae was an ancient Roman town found on the Northwest shore of…
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Of all the ancient civilizations, Egypt stands head and shoulders above the rest. No other…
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There are 7,151 living languages across the globe, which have been categorized into 142 different…
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The term paganism has always been something of an insult. First recorded in the fourth…
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History
(In Pics) Ten Extinct Animals which Survive only in Drawings
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenThe growth of the human race was, for much of it history, a slow and…
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Throughout human history, the truly seismic events that fundamentally changed to course of our civilizations…
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Unexplained Mysteries
Forgotten Technology: Ten Secrets we have Lost
by Joseph Greenby Joseph GreenMankind’s ingenuity and inventiveness is unparalleled and many would be forgiven for thinking that our…