Think the Amazons of Greek myth were mythical? Think again. The Greeks based their Amazons on the real-life warrior women next door. Centuries ago, ancient writers claimed that Scythian women of the Eurasian Steppe fought in battle alongside their men. Now, with modern bioarchaeology, the bones of fierce female warriors have emerged from their grave……

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Pope Zephyrinus was ‘a simple man, without education’, or so we are told. In this episode, we will discuss Zephyrinus’s life, his policies, and determine whether or not to take salty sources at face value. via 17. Zephyrinus — PONTIFACTS

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Remember Arminius, the leader of the Cherusci tribe of Germans? The complete bad-ass who took down Quinctilius Varus at the Varian Disaster aka the Clades Variana […] via Tiberius #4 – The Return of Herman — Life Of The Caesars

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Resuming our narrative of the history of Carthage, we turn to one of the successor realms in the West led by a second cousin of Alexander the Great: Pyrrhus, King of Epirus. via Episode 28 – The Truceless War: Part II — The Layman’s Historian

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  This is the second in a pair of audio programmes on ROMAN MEMORY. This episode features (in order of appearance) Maggie Popkin (Case Western Reserve University) on the Roman souvenir trade, especially the glass bottles from Baia and Pozzuoli Zena Kamash (Royal Holloway, University of London) on a small cattle figurine from Marcham Frilford…

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