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Saint Michael’s Mount in Cornwall (Public Domain) — 09 Jan 2023

Channel Island Hopping In Search of Illusive Ictis

By ashley cowie

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Saint Brendan’s Isle, Hy-Brasil and the Isle of Avalon are three of the many fabled islands that were once believed to have existed off the coastline of Britain. These were traditionally difficult islands to find, not only because they were all...
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Saint Michael’s Mount in Cornwall (Public Domain) — 09 Jan 2023

Channel Island Hopping In Search of Illusive Ictis

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Saint Brendan’s Isle, Hy-Brasil and the Isle of Avalon are three of the many fabled islands that were once believed to have existed off the coastline of Britain. These were traditionally difficult islands to find, not only because they were all...
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Spanish guerrilla resistance to the Napoleonic French invasion of Spain at the Battle of Valdepeñas (Public Domain) — 02 Jan 2023

Guerrilla Warriors Who Overthrew History

By ashley cowie

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Guerrilla warfare is a particular type of combat that is generally fought by trained civilians fighting for freedom from oppression and independence, rather than an official military unit. History is peppered with famous guerrilla warriors or...
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Spanish guerrilla resistance to the Napoleonic French invasion of Spain at the Battle of Valdepeñas (Public Domain) — 02 Jan 2023

Guerrilla Warriors Who Overthrew History

By ashley cowie

History & Tradition

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Guerrilla warfare is a particular type of combat that is generally fought by trained civilians fighting for freedom from oppression and independence, rather than an official military unit. History is peppered with famous guerrilla warriors or...
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Chariot race in Rome's Circus Maximus, as if seen from the starting gate. The Palatine Hill and Imperial palace are to the left, by Jean Léon Gérôme (1876) (Public Domain) — 30 Dec 2022

The Life Of A Celebrity Roman Chariot Horse

By Caroline Freema...

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“The horses burst through the sky and with swift-hooved feet cut a dash through the clouds, which blocked their way as borne on wings they passed the east wind.” (Ovid, Metamorphoses II.157–60) The Formula One of the Roman world was the...
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Chariot race in Rome's Circus Maximus, as if seen from the starting gate. The Palatine Hill and Imperial palace are to the left, by Jean Léon Gérôme (1876) (Public Domain) — 30 Dec 2022

The Life Of A Celebrity Roman Chariot Horse

By Caroline Freema...

History & Tradition

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“The horses burst through the sky and with swift-hooved feet cut a dash through the clouds, which blocked their way as borne on wings they passed the east wind.” (Ovid, Metamorphoses II.157–60) The Formula One of the Roman world was the...
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Spartan woman with warrior in the background (serhiibobyk / Adobe Stock) — 12 Dec 2022

The Slaveholding City-State Of Sparta’s Liberated Women

By Mary Naples

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On the face of it, Spartans might have felt right at home living under the iron fist of the Third Reich given that this city-state—more than any other in the Greek world—- sacrificed individuality on the altar of authoritarianism. In addition...
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Spartan woman with warrior in the background (serhiibobyk / Adobe Stock) — 12 Dec 2022

The Slaveholding City-State Of Sparta’s Liberated Women

By Mary Naples

History & Tradition

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On the face of it, Spartans might have felt right at home living under the iron fist of the Third Reich given that this city-state—more than any other in the Greek world—- sacrificed individuality on the altar of authoritarianism. In addition...
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La Vengeance des fils d'Antar by Nasreddine Dinet (1898) (Public Domain) — 09 Dec 2022

The Zanj Rebellion, Revolt Of African Slaves Against The Abbasid Caliphate

By Jake Leigh-Howarth

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Tucked away in an obscure chapter of medieval history, the Zanj rebellion, which raged between 869 to 883 AD, originating in the city of Basra in present-day Iraq, remains relatively unknown to the West. The rebellion pitted African slaves against...
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La Vengeance des fils d'Antar by Nasreddine Dinet (1898) (Public Domain) — 09 Dec 2022

The Zanj Rebellion, Revolt Of African Slaves Against The Abbasid Caliphate

By Jake Leigh-Howarth

History & Tradition

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Tucked away in an obscure chapter of medieval history, the Zanj rebellion, which raged between 869 to 883 AD, originating in the city of Basra in present-day Iraq, remains relatively unknown to the West. The rebellion pitted African slaves against...
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