But throughout time and across cultures, shaving, beard trimming, and even hairstyling carried heavy cultural meaning for men.
Dark age history, early mediaeval period, Mac Erca, Muircertach Mac Erca, Ireland, british history, saxons, franks, picts, Scots.
Caligula, Roman emperor from 37 to 41 CE, who succeeded Tiberius and transferred the last legion under a senatorial proconsul to an imperial legate, completing the emperor’s monopoly of army command. Accounts of his reign by ancient historians are so biased against him that the truth is nearly impossible to discern.
With its miraculously preserved ancient objects – precious texts, gleeful art, children’s toys – Neil MacGregor’s last hurrah gets close to solving the mystery of religion itself
The political situation in Albion prior to the battle Unknown, but heavyThe Battle of Penn Hill was fought in AD 665 between a British and an Anglo-Saxon coalition at Penn Hill in northern Dumnonia, the precise location of which is unknown. It resulted in a decisive British victory, and reversed the Saxon expansion westwards across Albion. Germanic migrants, mainly from the Angle, Saxon and Jutish tribes, began arriving on the east coast of Albion in the mid-5th century, during the chaos followi
photo by Mark Cartwright While digging at a construction site in the Grottarossa district of Rome in 1964, workers found a sarcophagus with artifacts and
If all roads lead to Rome, then all memes lead to... this list? At least if we're talking about Roman memes! From actual historical classic to a meme classic, Roman culture always had many fans and admirers. With such iconic figures as Julius Caesar, infamous warfare tactics like the testudo formation, and the rapid expansion of the Roman Empire (Roma invicta, right?), it's no surprise that this ancient civilization still inspires many people to this day. Although, in slightly different form than essays, poems, plays and histories.
Character archetypes share core truths about people's personalities, goals, fears and weaknesses. Learn how to use them well in your own fiction.
What would life have been for a real Asterix or Obelix living in Gaul during the Roman occupation in 50 B.C.? What would it have felt like to live under the sword of Julius Caesar? Enjoy this journey.
Philip and the Ethiopian activity to accompany the story in Acts 8, full instructions and downloadable templates. Part of a whole lesson onsite.
If you are out of excuses or if you just can't seem to make up good ones, this cheat sheet will have you sporting a perfect excuse every time you need one.
Il y a des livres qui nous laissent, après leur lecture, perplexes et qui suscitent plus de questions que de réponses. Certes, chaque lecteur apporte leurs propres bagages qui délimitent et transfo…
Wicca has no shortage of GLBTQ people who contribute to its cultural milieu, but perhaps we should be making a greater effort to include GLBTQ images of deity and mythology. Here are some ideas.
Here lies the daughter, wife, and mother of Henry.
This stripy toe sock appears to have warmed the foot of a tot in the late antiquity period
I have been slowly trying to discern what my pantheon might be. This involves an iomarca of reading and patience in equal measures as my method is to read all I can about different deities while pa…
YES. The Reichsadler was originally the banner of Saint Maurice, martyred commander of the Theban Legion. In Donald F. O'Reilly's Paper, The Theban Legion of Saint Maurice, he traces this symbol back...
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As most readers will tell you, there is something quite disturbing about a character who loves dogs one moment and is terrified of them the next, or who has pants on at the beginning of a line of d…
A classical Greco-Roman rhetorical tradition survives in Christian iconography
Who were the Anglo-Saxons and where did they come from. Why did the Anglo-Saxons invade Britain? Discover their origins and history here.
