It’s the story of a farmboy, an actress, an unruly mob, and a bacterium. The Roman Empire evolved, and based in Constantinople, it reached a new golden age under the leadership of Justinian. His success is best seen in the masterpiece church: the Hagia Sophia, or Ayasofya in Turkish. The Hagia Sophia was the greatest…

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Just for fun, here’s a clip from 300. Check out the Totally Authentic Abs! AND! I hunted down a clip from the sequel, 300: Rise of an Empire, featuring Artemisia! On to our sources. We basically can’t get through a day these days without giving mass credit to Adrienne Mayor’s Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior…

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From mail and shields to protection of a more spiritual nature, armour in the ancient world took on many forms and was developed to deal with a number of specific problems. In this episode we’re back looking at the magazine with issue XII.3 ‘The many means of Protection; Body armour in the ancient World” Angus…

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It’s finale here (kind of), the final episode of the Iliad. Achilles is furious and heartbroken, and he’s taking it out on Hector. Plus, the gods weigh in once again as the war comes crashing to it’s finale. While the Iliad is over, there is one final episode of the Trojan War still coming. A…

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