The Real Severans Prelude - The Rank Usurper: Numerianus the Grammarian
With his forces having secured the defeat and then murder of the pretender Pescennius Niger through victories at Cyzicus, Nicaea and...
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Precious Metals at the Beginning and End of Jesus’ Life III: Judas’ Thirty Pieces of Silver
After looking at ‘magi gold’ and the ‘tribute penny’, perhaps the most famous numismatic episode in Jesus’ life comes during his final...
A Soldier and A Scholar 45 - Cimon's Calamity
Episode 45 - Another of Athens' most prominent men and skilled generals finds himself on the outside looking in as Cimon faces the music...
Camels and Cats on Cyprus?: The Revolt of Calocaerus
The fourth century may have played host to some Roman emperors of great stature - Diocletian, Constantine I and Theodosius I, but it also...
IJDOD VII: Indiana Jones and the Siege of Syracuse
SPOILERS for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny As to be expected with a Hollywood movie, particularly one that does not claim to be...
A Soldier and A Scholar 44 - When Disaster Strikes
Episode 44 - With the Greeks at each other's throats (as per usual), the gods decide to demonstrate their displeasure... but with what?...
Precious Metals at the Beginning and End of Jesus’ Life II: ‘Render Unto Caesar’
The Tribute Money by Titian Looking at the possibilities of what any numismatic golden gift that Jesus might have received as a newborn...
A Soldier and A Scholar 43 -Good Friends, Better Enemies
Episode 43 - With the Persian threat abating, the Greeks resort to their traditional opponents... each other......
IJDOD VI: Indiana Jones and the Tomb of Archimedes
SPOILERS for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Passing through a French chateau, a Berlin-bound Nazi plunder train, a professor’s...
300 Spartans (1962) and the Battle of Thermopylae
O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their words. We all know the story of the Battle of Thermopylae,...
A Soldier and A Scholar 42 - Cimon and Thasos
Episode 42 - The Delian League takes a turn towards naked empire, as Cimon and his cohorts turn on their own......
IJDOD V: Indiana Jones and the Ear of Dionysius
SPOILERS for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny “Search where Dionysius... hears each whisper... like a hurricane.” Using the...
Still Projecting Power: The Romans and the Fortress of Sarkel
By the turn of the 9th century, the frontiers of the Roman Empire had contracted significantly since its heyday. Even with some limited...
A Soldier and a Scholar 41 - An End to the Persian Threat
Episode 41: The Delian League, with Cimon at its head, fulfils its purpose with a decisive defeat of the Persians......
Precious Metals at the Beginning and End of Jesus’ Life I: Magi Gold
At almost the very outset of his life, the newborn Jesus of Nazareth was presented with three gifts by the magi – gold, frankincense,...
A Soldier and a Scholar 40 - Delian Domination II
Episode 40: The Delian League continues its string of victories, but what happens when it turns its attentions against one of its own......
IJDOD IV: Indiana Jones and the Polybius Square
SPOILERS for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny According a conversation between Helena Shaw and Indiana Jones regarding the work of...
Roman Christmas Days
Roman Christmas Days I: 25 December 89BC - Triumph of Pompeius Strabo On the first day of Roman Christmas, we present for thee… a...
A Soldier and a Scholar 39 - Delian Domination
Episode 39: The Delian League has won several victories to expand its dominance, but is there another expansion of domination going on...
‘Carausius II’: An Unknown British Usurper?
'Carausius II' The usurpation of Carausius in the last quarter of the third century is a popular subject at the moment – the island of...
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