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152- The Storm Before the Storm
Updated: 2024-06-28 16:01:46In 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 16:01:46Valens 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 16:01:46in 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 16:01:46In 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 16:01:46Gordian 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 16:01:46By 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"1,500-year-old ivory pyx found in Austria
Updated: 2024-06-27 05:19:29
An excavation of a settlement from Late Antiquity in Irschen, southern Austria, has uncovered a rare carved ivory pyx (a small round container used to carry Communion wafers or holy relics) from the 6th century. There are only 40 examples of this type of pyx known to survive in the world, and this the first … Read the full post →" 1,500-year-old ivory pyx found in Austria"Smithsonian acquires, digitizes largest collection of Charleston Slave Badges
Updated: 2024-06-26 04:53:17
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture has acquired 146 rare Charleston Slave Badges, the largest and most complete set known. It contains one badge for every year between 1800 and 1865, and the only two badges known that were stamped with the name of the enslaved person. Almost half of all … Read the full post →"Smithsonian acquires, digitizes largest collection of Charleston Slave Badges"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"