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152- The Storm Before the Storm
Updated: 2024-06-28 15:58:57In 375 the Huns exploded into Gothic territory, sending refugees fleeing for the saftey of the Roman Empire.151- Bursting a Blood Vessel
Updated: 2024-06-28 15:58:57Valens spent the late 360s and early 370s dealing with hostile Goths in the north and hostile Persians in the east. In 375 he would be left to face these threats alone when Valentinian suddenly died.150- The Perils of Mismanagement
Updated: 2024-06-28 15:58:57in the late 360s and early 370s AD Roman mismanagment of three different regions in the Western Empire led to armed conflict.110- A Gothic Horror
Updated: 2024-06-28 15:58:57In 249 AD Decius ousted Philip the Arab and ascended to the Imperial throne. Two years later though, Decius was dead after leading the legions to a massive defeat at the hands of the Goths.109- The New Millenium
Updated: 2024-06-28 15:58:57Gordian III died in 244 AD and was succeeded by his Praetorian Prefect Philip the Arab. While Philip dealt with internal revolts and external invasion, he found time to celebrate Rome's 1000th birthday in 248 AD.108- Gordian's Knot
Updated: 2024-06-28 15:58:57By August of 238, the other five men who had claimed a share of the purple were dead, leaving 13-year-old Gordian III as the last man standing.33 Greco-Roman family tombs found in Aswan
Updated: 2024-06-28 07:05:50
Archaeologists with the Egyptian-Italian Mission At West Aswan (EIMAWA) have discovered 33 Greco-Roman family tombs on the side of a rocky hill in western Aswan near the Mausoleum of the Aga Khan. The burials date to between 6th century B.C. and the 2nd century A.D. and contain mummified remains that promise to shed new light … Read the full post →"33 Greco-Roman family tombs found in Aswan"Roman sandal hobnails found in Bavaria
Updated: 2024-06-25 04:49:26Yesterday it was Caligula, today it’s caligae! Archaeologists in Oberstimm, Upper Bavaria, have unearthed hobnails from the sole of a Roman sandal. The rare find was in disguise thanks to a thick coating of corrosion that made it look like two indeterminate lumps of bent metal. An X-ray at the laboratory of the Bavarian State … Read the full post →"Roman sandal hobnails found in Bavaria"Tiny bronze Caligula rediscovered after 200 years
Updated: 2024-06-24 06:07:49
A bronze bust of the Roman emperor Caligula that is small in size but large in historical significance has been rediscovered 200 years after it fell into obscurity. Dr. Silvia Davoli, curator at Strawberry Hill House, the stately home in Twickenham built by author and MP Horace Mann, identified the bust in the Schroder Collection … Read the full post →"Tiny bronze Caligula rediscovered after 200 years"