Roman Britain Shoes / Ancient History These are shoes from Roman Britain. Not a lot of support in the soles, eh? (Even considering the decay over centuries.) TagsAncient Egypt (11) ancient greece (29) animals (42) anthropology (52) archaeology (65) architecture (39) art (194) Central and Late Middle Ages (33) Christian history (104) colonial (22) disease (35) Early Middle Ages (37) economic history (23) environmental history (71) Eurasia/Middle Eastern history (51) evolution (34) fashion history (19) folklore (43) folklore/mythology (42) history of education (21) history of food (17) History of Magic (18) history of sex (25) Islamic history (15) Jewish history (31) literature (71) math (25) medicine (55) medieval (53) military history (48) mythology (36) Natural Parks (10) political history (33) pre-history (33) religion (109) Rome (68) science (59) social history (49) technology (51) U.S. history (73) U.S. natural parks (30) warfare (39) weapons (22) women (26) women's history (94) Categories Africa, Asia and South Asia (79) Ancient History (197) Big History (47) Byzantine History (13) Early Americas (30) Early Modern (115) Fabulous Females (62) History of Science (116) Live Reporting (109) Long 19th- 20th centuries (210) Medieval History (198) Uncategorized (2)
Chariot Racing Ancient History / August 16, 2024 / animals, archaeology, Rome, social history Chariot-racing was one of the most popular sporting events in Ancient Rome. Throngs of people (up to 250,000 in Rome’s Circus Maximus) would crowd the…
Masculine Aging in Ancient Rome Ancient History / September 5, 2023 / masculinity “But think of the many endless ills old age is full of!”, writes the early second-century Roman satirist Juvenal. In his usual style, he cruelly…
Clash of Diogenes of Sinope and Plato of Athens Ancient History / September 4, 2024 / ancient greece, art, history of education Time for an amusing Ancient Greek philosophers anecdote. This one is about the clash between Diogenes of Sinope (d 323 BCE) and the famed Athenian…
Pont du Guard Ancient History, History of Science / October 10, 2023 / Rome This is the Pont du Guard, an aqueduct bridge made in the first century by Romans who used it to supply a colony where the…