16 May 2018 Did Antonina Use Witchcraft to Enslave the Mighty Byzantine General Belisarius? By MartiniF History & Tradition 0 Flavius Belisarius (500 - 565 AD) personified the perfect example of what a general of a powerful empire ought to have been. He was almost invincible in battle as he restored the influence of the Byzantine Empire in North Africa and Italy during... Read More
14 May 2018 The Seven Most Deadly Weapons of the Crusades, or Were There Eight? By Cam Rea History & Tradition 1 Any weapon can be deadly when properly used, so by no means is this list all inclusive. The timeline of the Crusades spans from 1096 AD to 1272 AD, with the 9th Crusade dealing with the Muslim Near-East and North-Africa. Of course, there were many... Read More
04 May 2018 The Cost of War: Supply and Demand – Part II By Cam Rea History & Tradition 0 Once loans had been secured and granted, the World War I monster had an appetite that could not be satiated. The American banking firms, munitions industries, industries and agriculture worked hand-in-hand to fulfill the needs of the Allied Powers.... Read More
02 May 2018 The Cost of War: Democracy Comes at a Price – Part 1 By Cam Rea History & Tradition 1 A Serbian by the name of Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, on 28 June 1914. The action of Princip would lead the world into a war of unbelievable devastation. How... Read More
30 Apr 2018 Horace, the Misunderstood Soldier turned Poet and Creator of “Carpe Diem” By MartiniF History & Tradition, Politics & Social Structure 0 The literary works of Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65 - 68 BC), or Horace, spans an extraordinarily wide range, making him one of the central authors in Latin literature. Horace seemed to be just as comfortable writing about love and wine as he was... Read More