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Fooling a Forger: 'Pompicus' and the Renegade Deserter
Ancient Greek philosophers - the term conjures up the names of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, with the stories of hemlock, the Academy...
ptcrawford
Jul 23, 20235 min read
A Soldier and a Scholar 13 - Athens V: Tyrants, Kings and Approaching War
Episode 13: Spurned lovers, backstabbing, foreign invasion, exile and plotting... all in 'preparation' for the Persian Wars......
ptcrawford
Jul 16, 20231 min read
ptcrawford
Jul 9, 20230 min read
Too Many Wives: Disputed Imperial Parentage and the Search for An Heir
Leo VI was born on 19 September 866 and as the second son of the emperor Basil I (867-886), he was crowned as junior emperor in 870 and...
ptcrawford
Jul 2, 20238 min read
Silbannacus: An Unknown Emperor
Say hello to Imperator Mar. Silbannacus Augustus. No, I had not heard of him either, which is hardly surprising as there is no record of...
ptcrawford
Jun 25, 20239 min read
A Soldier and a Scholar 12 - Athens IV: The Fall of Tyrants
Episode 12: We reach a pivotal point in Athenian history with the tyranny of Pisistratus, whose reforms pave the way for democracy and...
ptcrawford
Jun 18, 20231 min read
ptcrawford
Jun 11, 20230 min read
“Hereditary” Papal Succession? Anastasius I and Innocent I
“puto, ut sancti Innocentii, qui apostolicae cathedrae et supra dicti viri successor et filius est, teneas fidem” “I think that you...
ptcrawford
Jun 4, 20237 min read
The Ancient History of Mann
An island from the end of the Ice Age in Britain, the earliest identified inhabitants of the Isle of Mann were hunter-gatherers and...
ptcrawford
May 28, 202312 min read
A Soldier and a Scholar 11 - Athens III: Solon and the Athenian Constitution
Episode 11: Aric and Dr Crawford move on to character of Solon and the the constitutional changes he introduced to the Athenian system of...
ptcrawford
May 21, 20231 min read
ptcrawford
May 14, 20230 min read
All the Constantines
I had largely finished the outline of this blog by the time I found Clive Foss’ numismatic-based look at ‘Emperors called Constantine’...
ptcrawford
May 7, 202313 min read
Paid to Behave: The Traprain Law Hoard
Those of you who have been following CANI since the earliest days of its 2014 reincarnation, you will know that the hoard of Roman silver...
ptcrawford
Apr 30, 20234 min read
A Soldier and a Scholar 10 - Athens Part II: Killed Over a Cabbage?!?
Episode 10: Aric and Dr Crawford take a look at the evolution of Athenian Law and the Athenian system, starting with the extreme...
ptcrawford
Apr 23, 20231 min read
GoTAH VIc – Harbinger of Change – The Reception of Comets amongst the Greco-Romans
While in the East, a great blaze of light in the sky could be a hopeful sign of the rise of a powerful leader, the Greco-Romans dreaded...
ptcrawford
Apr 16, 202311 min read
The Line of Augustus
With the demise of Nero – the last Julio-Claudian emperor – you would be forgiven for thinking that the extinguishing of that dynasty...
ptcrawford
Apr 9, 20238 min read
Sentius the Centurion and Trajan's Conquest of Adiabene
The otherwise unknown Sentius wrote his name into the annals of Roman history, specifically Cassius Dio LXVIII.22.3, on the backdrop of...
ptcrawford
Apr 2, 20236 min read
A Soldier and a Scholar 9 - Athens Part I
Episode 9: Aric and Dr. Crawford turn their attention to the other great city state of fifth century BC Greece... Athens...
ptcrawford
Mar 26, 20231 min read
GoTAH VIb: The Harbinger of Change - the Reception of Comets in Eastern Traditions
The mixed reactions to the Red Comet recorded in A Clash of Kings and the concordant early episodes of the second season of Game of...
ptcrawford
Mar 19, 20236 min read
The Intercalary Triumphs and the Missing Month
What do the Roman victories of Gaius Duilius over the Sicilians and Carthaginians in 260/259BC, Publius Cornelius Lentulus over the...
ptcrawford
Mar 12, 20236 min read
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