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Greek fire was a mysterious weapon that helped the mighty Byzantine Empire survive and ensure its vast sovereignty for ...
Long before it became a medal-deciding Olympic discipline or a point of national pride, the javelin was a test of survival ...
The recent Iran–Israel war shows one thing: modern missile warfare is no longer confined to traditional battlefields. It now ...
Greek geometry wasn’t just math—it was an attempt to decode the universe. Its logic still powers rockets, bridges, and every ...
Before the era of the Romans in southern Italy, the Messapii people crossed the Adriatic Sea and called the Italian peninsula home. They built a culture that lasted for nearly 800 years, but it was no ...
Credit: A. Rossi et al. A team of Italian researchers has discovered markings on the walls of Pompeii that could be the first known evidence of the use of an ancient and sophisticated weapon of war: ...
Greek Fire was something of a state secret for the Byzantines, but a bit has been written about how terrible the weapon was. What makes this one of the most feared weapons is the unrelenting ...
With that in mind, today, we’re looking at ancient weapons well ahead of the curve. Siege Towers ©"Middle Ages - Assault from the Siege Tower" by History Maps is licensed under PDM 1.0.
From Apollo to Zeus, the 12 Olympian gods and goddesses are the most powerful deities in the pantheon of ancient Greek mythology and religion. The Greek gods — and the Roman gods they inspired — ...
The manuscripts relate to the weapons and military organisation of ancient India, a subject upon which fresh light was much needed. If for no other reason, therefore, they deserved to be edited ...
(These ancient Greek weapons were literally toxic.) As with many historical accounts of illness, it’s not really possible for modern scholars to diagnose what Aristides was suffering from.