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Marie de France from an illuminated manuscript (Public Domain) — 06 Dec 2023

Anglo Saxon Women’s Wills: Freeing The Enslaved As Testimony Of Piety

By Viki Holton

History & Tradition

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Women’s wills which so miraculously have survived from late Anglo-Saxon times deliver some surprising bequests such as the enslaved, which is shocking, but they mirror the societal values which existed at that time. Owning enslaved people might...
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Marie de France from an illuminated manuscript (Public Domain) — 06 Dec 2023

Anglo Saxon Women’s Wills: Freeing The Enslaved As Testimony Of Piety

By Viki Holton

History & Tradition

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Women’s wills which so miraculously have survived from late Anglo-Saxon times deliver some surprising bequests such as the enslaved, which is shocking, but they mirror the societal values which existed at that time. Owning enslaved people might...
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Perseus and Andromeda by Peter Paul Rubens (1622) Hermitage Museum (Public Domain) — 04 Dec 2023

Perseus, The Greek Variant Of Sumerian Gilgamesh

By Willem McLoud

Mythology & Mystery

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Perseus is one of the greatest heroes of Greek tradition, venerated as a demigod. But is Perseus really of Greek origin or was his legend brought from elsewhere to Greece? According to the Greek father of history Herodotus in his The Histories...
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Perseus and Andromeda by Peter Paul Rubens (1622) Hermitage Museum (Public Domain) — 04 Dec 2023

Perseus, The Greek Variant Of Sumerian Gilgamesh

By Willem McLoud

Mythology & Mystery

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Perseus is one of the greatest heroes of Greek tradition, venerated as a demigod. But is Perseus really of Greek origin or was his legend brought from elsewhere to Greece? According to the Greek father of history Herodotus in his The Histories...
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Hercules and Iolaus, Fountain mosaic from the Anzio Nymphaeum, Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome. (Public Domain) — 01 Dec 2023

No Happy-Ever-After For The Doomed Lovers Of Hero Heracles

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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Heracles, born of the mortal woman Alcmene by Zeus, King of the Gods, is the greatest of the Greek heroes, yet he was not fated to an everlasting happy love life, until after his death. His popularity even reached ancient Rome (where he was known...
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Hercules and Iolaus, Fountain mosaic from the Anzio Nymphaeum, Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme, Rome. (Public Domain) — 01 Dec 2023

No Happy-Ever-After For The Doomed Lovers Of Hero Heracles

By MartiniF

Mythology & Mystery

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Heracles, born of the mortal woman Alcmene by Zeus, King of the Gods, is the greatest of the Greek heroes, yet he was not fated to an everlasting happy love life, until after his death. His popularity even reached ancient Rome (where he was known...
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The Beggars of Burgos by Gustave Dore (1875) (Public Domain) — 29 Nov 2023

How The Other 99 Percent Lived In The Ancient World

By Robert Garland

History & Tradition

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The Victorian essayist and historian Thomas Carlyle wrote, “No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.” Carlyle died half a century before women in England, Scotland and Wales received the vote, in...
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The Beggars of Burgos by Gustave Dore (1875) (Public Domain) — 29 Nov 2023

How The Other 99 Percent Lived In The Ancient World

By Robert Garland

History & Tradition

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The Victorian essayist and historian Thomas Carlyle wrote, “No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.” Carlyle died half a century before women in England, Scotland and Wales received the vote, in...
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The Fall Of The Western Roman Empire - A Military Perspective (405-455 AD) — 27 Nov 2023

The Fall Of The Western Roman Empire - A Military Perspective (405-455 AD)

By Mario Bartolini

History & Tradition

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In 376 AD, an alarming number of Visigoths erupted on the Danube frontier and overflowed into the northern Roman provinces of the Balkans. The recent arrival of a new invader in Eastern Europe, originating from the steppes of Central Asia, was at...
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The Fall Of The Western Roman Empire - A Military Perspective (405-455 AD) — 27 Nov 2023

The Fall Of The Western Roman Empire - A Military Perspective (405-455 AD)

By Mario Bartolini

History & Tradition

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In 376 AD, an alarming number of Visigoths erupted on the Danube frontier and overflowed into the northern Roman provinces of the Balkans. The recent arrival of a new invader in Eastern Europe, originating from the steppes of Central Asia, was at...
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Facade of Temple (CC BY-SA 3.0) — 24 Nov 2023

Hatra, Iraqi Sanctuary Of Deities Withstanding Assault Over 2,000 Years

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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The ruins of Hatra, located 290 kilometers (180 miles) northwest of modern Baghdad, tell the story of a second century AD Kingdom, whose rulers walked hand-in-hand with the reigning Arsacid Dynasty of the Parthian Empire. The origin of Hatra is...
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Facade of Temple (CC BY-SA 3.0) — 24 Nov 2023

Hatra, Iraqi Sanctuary Of Deities Withstanding Assault Over 2,000 Years

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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The ruins of Hatra, located 290 kilometers (180 miles) northwest of modern Baghdad, tell the story of a second century AD Kingdom, whose rulers walked hand-in-hand with the reigning Arsacid Dynasty of the Parthian Empire. The origin of Hatra is...
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Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry Plantagenet and their children in a mural found the chapel of Saint Radegund in Chinon, France. (Chinpat / CC BY-SA) — 22 Nov 2023

Formidable Medieval Queens Triumphing Kings And Popes

By Teresa Cole

History & Tradition

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In January 1077 a king came to the mountain fortress of Canossa in northern Italy to beg forgiveness from a Pope. In September 1141 two rival armies surrounded Winchester in southern England as besiegers became besieged. In January 1194 a ransom...
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Eleanor of Aquitaine, Henry Plantagenet and their children in a mural found the chapel of Saint Radegund in Chinon, France. (Chinpat / CC BY-SA) — 22 Nov 2023

Formidable Medieval Queens Triumphing Kings And Popes

By Teresa Cole

History & Tradition

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In January 1077 a king came to the mountain fortress of Canossa in northern Italy to beg forgiveness from a Pope. In September 1141 two rival armies surrounded Winchester in southern England as besiegers became besieged. In January 1194 a ransom...
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Sir Geoffrey Luttrell and his wife, Agnes Sutton entertaining. On the table are knives, spoons, dishes, and plates or trenchers of bread. (CC0) — 20 Nov 2023

Be It Known: Women’s Wills Mirroring Anglo-Saxon Times

By Viki Holton

History & Tradition

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Anglo-Saxon England was a wealthy world with a gold and silver coinage from the early 600s, beginning in Kent and East Anglia. It had been pagan in the 400s but by the ninth and tenth century it was fervently Christian with a highly...
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Sir Geoffrey Luttrell and his wife, Agnes Sutton entertaining. On the table are knives, spoons, dishes, and plates or trenchers of bread. (CC0) — 20 Nov 2023

Be It Known: Women’s Wills Mirroring Anglo-Saxon Times

By Viki Holton

History & Tradition

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Anglo-Saxon England was a wealthy world with a gold and silver coinage from the early 600s, beginning in Kent and East Anglia. It had been pagan in the 400s but by the ninth and tenth century it was fervently Christian with a highly...
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Arte Alhambra (Rumomo / CC BY-SA 4.0) — 17 Nov 2023

Islamic Umayyad Dynastic Influence In Iraq

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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When Europe was experiencing the so-called dark Middle Ages, during the seventh and eighth centuries AD, in the East, Islam was on the rise, and the Umayyad Dynasty was on the forefront of conquering territories from India to Spain. Officially...
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Arte Alhambra (Rumomo / CC BY-SA 4.0) — 17 Nov 2023

Islamic Umayyad Dynastic Influence In Iraq

By micki pistorius

Archaeology & Science

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When Europe was experiencing the so-called dark Middle Ages, during the seventh and eighth centuries AD, in the East, Islam was on the rise, and the Umayyad Dynasty was on the forefront of conquering territories from India to Spain. Officially...
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Cicero with his friend Atticus and brother Quintus, at his villa at Arpinum by Richard Wilson (1771) (Public Domain) — 16 Nov 2023

Letters From Cicero To Atticus: Insight Into The Lives Of Roman Scribae

By Philip Kay Bujak

History & Tradition

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“Every man can tell how many goats and sheep he possesses but not how many friends”. Marcus Tullius Cicero Titus Pomponius was neutral both in character and in policy. Perhaps this was his natural disposition or maybe it was the enduring fear...
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Cicero with his friend Atticus and brother Quintus, at his villa at Arpinum by Richard Wilson (1771) (Public Domain) — 16 Nov 2023

Letters From Cicero To Atticus: Insight Into The Lives Of Roman Scribae

By Philip Kay Bujak

History & Tradition

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“Every man can tell how many goats and sheep he possesses but not how many friends”. Marcus Tullius Cicero Titus Pomponius was neutral both in character and in policy. Perhaps this was his natural disposition or maybe it was the enduring fear...
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