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Updated: 2024-08-31 17:58:45
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152- The Storm Before the Storm
Updated: 2024-08-31 17:58:45In 375 the Huns exploded into Gothic territory, sending refugees fleeing for the saftey of the Roman Empire.151- Bursting a Blood Vessel
Updated: 2024-08-31 17:58:45Valens 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: 2024-08-31 17:58:45in 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: 2024-08-31 17:58:45In 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: 2024-08-31 17:58:45Gordian 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: 2024-08-31 17:58:45By 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.Gilded Age grotto mural restored in the nick of time
Updated: 2024-08-31 06:04:47
A rapidly deteriorating 107-year-old ceiling mural on the in the swimming pool grotto of a Gilded Age mansion in Miami will be restored thanks to a $750,000 grant from the National Park Service’s Save America’s Treasures program. The grant is coming in the nick of time, because the mural was made using water-soluble paint on … Read the full post →"Gilded Age grotto mural restored in the nick of time"Roman military camp found high in Swiss Alps
Updated: 2024-08-30 06:22:23
The remains of a previously unknown Roman military camp have been discovered at Colm la Runga in Switzerland’s Oberhalbstein Alps at an altitude of 7,218 feet above sea level. It dates to the last two decades of the 1st century B.C. When the camp was built, Roman legions were fighting to conquer the Swiss Alps, … Read the full post →"Roman military camp found high in Swiss Alps"Postcard delivered 121 years after sending
Updated: 2024-08-29 04:47:00
A handwritten postcard posted through the British Mail in 1903 was delivered to its destination August 16, 2024, 121 years after it was sent. The person it was addressed to was no longer there; in fact, there isn’t even a home there anymore. It’s the headquarters of the Swansea Building Society. Staffers found the postcard … Read the full post →"Postcard delivered 121 years after sending"27th Roman rostrum found off coast of Sicily
Updated: 2024-08-28 08:57:11Another bronze rostrum from the 3rd century B.C., the 27th since underwater excavations began 20 years ago, has been found in the waters of the Aegadian Islands in western Sicily. The vicious ramming beak was mounted to the bow of a Roman warship that fought in the 241 B.C Battle of the Aegates, the last … Read the full post →"27th Roman rostrum found off coast of Sicily"Animal figurine found in early Viking settlement in Iceland
Updated: 2024-08-27 05:10:49
A carved animal figurine believed to be a child’s toy has been unearthed at the Fjörður farm mound in Seyðisfjörður, eastern Iceland. The animal looks like a pig to me but archaeologists hypothesize it might also represent a wild boar, a bear or a dog. It was found in the floor layer of a 9th … Read the full post →"Animal figurine found in early Viking settlement in Iceland"