06 Mar 2024 Tudor Intrigues and Intricacies - A Royal Guard’s Journal By Jan Knights History & Tradition 0 The journal of a certain Edward Underhill offers a rare insight into the intrigues and intricacies of the Tudor court, for as a member of the monarch’s personal guard, he interacted with all the Tudor monarchs except Henry VII. His journal... Read More
04 Mar 2024 Still Searching Aztec Montezuma’s Lost Treasure By jim willis History & Tradition 0 The missing gold of Montezuma, ninth Emperor of the Aztec Empire was buried by the Aztecs, the Utes protected it, the Spanish killed for it, and the Mormons looted it, but is the bulk of it still out there? On November 18, 1519, Spanish... Read More
28 Feb 2024 Cleopatra Selene, Serene Queen of Mauritania By Mary Naples History & Tradition 0 The only child of Cleopatra and Marc Antony’s to reach adulthood, Queen Cleopatra Selene (40 BC- 5 BC) of Mauretania was one of the most important women of the Augustan age— exceptional in and of itself considering the animosity in Rome against... Read More
23 Feb 2024 Tragic Coriolanus, Roman Warrior Or Traitor By MartiniF History & Tradition 0 William Shakespeare’s Roman play Antony and Cleopatra impresses upon the audience a vast universe which includes Rome, Alexandria, and Athens. In contrast, his other Roman play, Coriolanus, is limited to the little universe of Ancient Rome before... Read More
21 Feb 2024 The Byzantine Emperors 395 – 491 AD By Mario Bartolini History & Tradition 0 The Byzantine Emperors witnessed the disintegration of the western Roman Empire which did not survive past the fifth century. Contrary to the latter, the Byzantine Empire would subsist the successive waves of Germanic invasions to endure for... Read More