Wednesday, June 28, 2023

No saddles and no stirrups for Alexander’s cavalry

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Saddles and stirrups did not exist in Alexander ’s days. He and his cavalry forces rode their horses bareback, which required considerable c...
Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Another gold bust, this time from Switzerland

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Some time ago, I wrote about a gold bust of Septimius Severus discovered in Plotinopolis , some 20 km north of Thracian Greece (see: A sol...
Saturday, June 10, 2023

The beauty of ancient glassware

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I always loved Roman glassware. It is such a fragile material and it is amazing to see such a variety of shapes and models on display in so ...
Wednesday, May 31, 2023

Aristobulus, more than a biographer

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Aristobulus of Cassandreia   has been listed among the many biographers of Alexander the Great (see:  Eyewitness accounts of Alexander’s lif...
Sunday, May 21, 2023

An inconspicuous Heracles

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Even a four-meter-tall bronze statue of Hercules may remain unnoticed among the many treasures of the Vatican Museum in Rome . It represen...
Monday, May 15, 2023

Leptis Magna or What Rome must have looked like - Conclusion

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( continued from Leptis Magna or what Rome must have looked like - Part II ) The city of  Leptis Magna  covered far more ground than the...
Monday, May 8, 2023

Leptis Magna or What Rome must have looked like - Part II

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(continued from Leptis Magna or What Rome must have looked like - Part I ) At the end of Leptis Magna 's  Market, the Cardo continues...
Tuesday, May 2, 2023

Leptis Magna or What Rome must have looked like - Part I

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Much of Roman Leptis Magna is still standing, disclosing monuments such as the Theater, the Market and Forum, the Nymphaeums, Baths, Temple...