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75The Liburnian Question
What is a 'Liburnian'? And why is there a question about it? The question is, 'What is a 'Liburnian'? Oh, we know it was a warship used by the Romans, but what exactly was it like? There are a number of theories, but because no contemporary Roman...
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69Galley Slaves in the Roman Navy
The movie, Ben Hur, showed the hero being sentanced to row in a military galley for attempting to kill a Roman officer (which he didn't do). As a slave, he saved the life of a senior Roman officer and was...
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80The Vigiles
The emperor Augustus might have had a very unpleasant character, but he was also an organisational genius. One of his major actions was to totally reorganise the Army, not only the Legions, but the auxiliary services as well. The auxiliaries are...
0 comments55A Tale of Two Floods
A couple of days ago, I was talking to a lady who had survived the 1952 East Coast surge tide that killed a lot of people and did a great deal of damage all along England's east coast. At the time, she had...
0 comments71The Mendacious Spellcheckers
I'm a great reader. I enjoy all kinds of books and some of my favourites are the adventure novels by Clive Cussler. I like his sometimes way-out plots and the way the good guys always win. There are,...
2 comments72Ancient Astronauts - Were they us?
Over the last few weeks, the National Geographic TV channel has been showing a number of documentaries about ancient astronauts and whether aliens from Outer Space visited Earth in the past. On one of the programs, Erich von Daniken was...
8 comments52Time Travel - a possibility
As well as archaeology, I'm also interested in space exploration and read a lot of sci-fi. I was thinking about faster-than-light drives the other day and it suddenly occured to me that FTL implies...
0 comments54Harriet Quimby - 1st lady to fly the Channel
Surprisingly enough, I first encountered Harriet Quimby in the pages of a science fiction novel. A time traveller in New York in 1911 noticed a newspaperman interviewing an elegant-looking woman in a purple...
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58Greyhounds!
Are you looking for a dog? Want something quiet and friendly? Not got a lot of room? Can't find the time for long walks? Get a retired greyhound! What is a retired greyhound? Well, greyhound racing is...
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64Carausius Imperator
An 'antoninus' coin minted by Carausius Carausius - Emperor - or Usurper? Pirate, or the last Prefect of the Classis Britannica? Depending on what sources you read, Carausius might have been any, or all,...
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