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GoTAH VIc – Harbinger of Change – The Reception of Comets amongst the Greco-Romans

While in the East, a great blaze of light in the sky could be a hopeful sign of the rise of a powerful leader, the Greco-Romans dreaded comets as portents of doom, war or the overthrow of a ruler. Whe...

Sentius the Centurion and Trajan's Conquest of Adiabene

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The Blogographer @blogographer1.bsky.social · 12d

Those Roman centurions really could be mad b**tards...

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The otherwise unknown Sentius wrote his name into the annals of Roman history, specifically Cassius Dio LXVIII.22.3, on the backdrop of the Roman emperor Trajan's invasion and conquest of much of the ...

The Real Severans V: The Fates of the ‘Severan Women’

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The Blogographer @blogographer1.bsky.social · 11d

NEW: The Real Severans V - The Fate of the 'Severan Women'... we have already seen that many of the 'Severan' women were not really Severans, but one of the Severan spouses was not even a woman...

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Aside from its eponymous founder, the imperial men of the Severan dynasty all met murderous ends - Geta was butchered in his mother’s arms, Caracalla was stabbed whilst answering the ‘call of nature’,...

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The Blogographer @blogographer1.bsky.social · 9d

With the demise of Nero – the last Julio-Claudian emperor – you would be forgiven for thinking that the extinguishing of that dynasty marked the end of the bloodline of its founder, the emperor August...

The Line of Augustus

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The Blogographer @blogographer1.bsky.social · 12d

A Soldier and a Scholar 9 - Athens Part I

Episode 9: Aric and Dr. Crawford turn their attention to the other great city state of fifth century BC Greece... Athens https://mncvgk.podbean.com/e/a-soldier-and-a-scholar-9-athens-part-1/ A (hopefu...

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The Blogographer @blogographer1.bsky.social · 13d

GoTAH VIb: The Harbinger of Change - the Reception of Comets in Eastern Traditions

The mixed reactions to the Red Comet recorded in A Clash of Kings and the concordant early episodes of the second season of Game of Thrones reflect similar ambiguous responses in history to such astro...

#Caesar Shorts - Thanks to All the Speakers

Classical Association in Northern Ireland @classassocni.bsky.social · 16d

Thanks to all the speakers who took the time to contribute their voice to this project.

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181. Constantine XI – The End

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Classical Association in Northern Ireland @classassocni.bsky.social · 16d

181. Constantine XI - The End

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181. Constantine XI – The End

Classical Association in Northern Ireland @classassocni.bsky.social · 16d

181. Constantine XI - The End

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180. John VIII – Religious Desperation

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180. John VII - Religious Desperation

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The Blogographer @blogographer1.bsky.social · 16d

A Soldier and A Scholar 8 - "Because Sparta was Sparta" Part IV - Spartan Military Might

A (hopefully) fun and accessible portal into Ancient History, with some academic and 'real world' insights.Episode 8: Aric and Dr. Crawford finally reach the thing that the Spartans are most famous fo...

A Soldier and A Scholar 52 - The Fury of Inaros III

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The Blogographer @blogographer1.bsky.social · 18d

NEW: ASAS 52 - The Fury of Inaros III

Having trouble defeating an enemy holed up on an island? Just redirect a section of the world's biggest river... Simple really...

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Episode 52 - Having trouble defeating an enemy holed up on an island? Just redirect a section of the world's biggest river...https://mncvgk.podbean.com/e/a-solider-and-a-scholar-52-the-fury-of-inaros-...

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The Blogographer @blogographer1.bsky.social · 19d

GoTAH VIa: Harbinger of Change - The Reception of the Red Comet

As they streak across the sky, striking awe into onlookers, it is easy to forget that such comets could, with just a few degrees difference in angle, be harbingers of the ultimate doom to life on this...

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The Blogographer @blogographer1.bsky.social · 20d

King After Death – The Post-Mortem Reign of Tarquin the Elder

I have written elsewhere of an instance of the reign of a Persian king, Shapur II, technically beginning before he was born with him being ‘crowned in utero’…https://classicalassociationni.wordpress.c...

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The Blogographer @blogographer1.bsky.social · 23d

GoTAH V - The Titan and the Colossus

So far we have seen ancient influences on the use of molten metal, battlefield tactics, the burning of a daughter in search of divine favour and the role of a woman, her actions and fate in sparking a...

180. John VIII – Religious Desperation

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180. John VII - Religious Desperation

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179. Manuel II – The Grand Tour

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179. Manuel II - The Grand Tour

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180. John VIII – Religious Desperation

Classical Association in Northern Ireland @classassocni.bsky.social · 23d

NEW: With the Empire teetering on the edge, religious union was considered one of the only options to ensure its survival... but did the Empire want it?

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