Rome is full of ruins of the ancient buildings of the city of the Caesars. Time has wreaked havoc and of the greatest city of antiquity, in general, only that remains, ruins. If one visits the Museo della Civiltà Romana and see the incredible model of the imperial city in the time of Constantine cre
The word “samurai ” is generally used to designate a wide variety of warriors from ancient Feudal Japan. Such was the strength of this sector of the population, that from the 10th century to the 12th century they held power. However, “samurai ” literally means “he who serves And for centuries, thats
Spain is the second most important wine region in the world, only behind Italy. It produces more than 40 million hectoliters of the precious broth a year. Since ancient times, wine has been made and consumed on the Iberian Peninsula. Specifically, LAlt de Benimaquia , located in the Alicante town of
Sumerian legal proceedings were held before an assembly of elders. The assembly was directed by one of them who was generally appointed as judge, although we have no news that it was an office as such. It is believed that a judge in Sumeria had to be an old man who had shown great knowledge of the l
On this occasion we will deal with the reasons why Augusto decided to create a new forum. The political and propaganda ideology to elevate his role within the history of Rome, using symbolic sculptural language for this purpose. The Roman historian Suetonius enlightens us once again with his immort
History is unfair to women. And Ancient History, even more so. Official historiography says that, after the fall of the Akkadian Empire, the Guti people (it is believed that they are ancestors of the Kurds) came down from the mountains and devastated Sumeria creating small Taifa kingdoms in each cit
Back in the fourth century B.C. Rome It was an incipient Republic, compressed in the center of the Italian peninsula, whose only alternative for growth was to absorb all those peoples that surrounded it in its expansion. Etruscans, Samnites, Aequi and Volcans ended during that time under the Roman y
That human beings have a cruel tendency to do all kinds of evil to others, is something well known. And that we are fond of torturing and making people suffer is also obvious to anyone who opens a history book. Several Sumerian legislative codes have come down to our days, in a more or less parti
It is usually assumed that the first historian was the Greek Herodotus. Actually, there were individuals interested in history before him. The oldest known to us was the king Nabonidus (in Akkadian Nabunaid ), best known in textbooks for the sad circumstance of being the last king of Babylon. Throu
The Sumerians granted women a series of rights that, on occasions, we have not seen again until the beginning of the 20th century. One of the most prominent was the right to receive an inheritance and, furthermore, to receive it in the same amount as her male brothers. This detail caused problems in
Some time ago I was talking about an error in the interpretation of a painting from the 19th century (that of the thumbs up and down to indicate life or death of the gladiators), because today we are going to repeat the protagonists in this story:the gladiators, a painting of the 19th century… and J
Today we have more than enough archaeological evidence to be able to affirm that the human being has been massacring his neighbor since he came down from the trees and started throwing stones. We have found human remains from the Paleolithic riddled with arrows or stones, and even the famous Ötzi ,
Today I found a story that I did not know. And although it usually appears in media related to mysteries and reincarnation (things that, on the other hand, I do not share), the historical-archaeological aspect of the matter has caught my attention. Its the story of Dorothy Eady , an English woman
In the past, grandmothers used to say that, to succeed in life, you had to study to become a notary, an agricultural expert, a doctor or an architect. In ancient times, it was not usual for a monarch or a ruler to be interested in certain trades, even if they were prestigious. It was much more fun t
What we today call migraines, and by extension terrible headaches, for the ancient Egyptians, Greeks or Romans would be some punishment from the gods for forgetting an offering or having scrimped in the last sacrifice. Well, they already had a remedy for this evil of the gods that we have now recove
The protagonist of this story could be a great tribal chief of the Picts or the product of the inventiveness of Publius Cornelius Tacitus , historian, politician and son-in-law of Agricola , the governor of Britannia who led the legions to the ends of the island. Little is known of his life, but his
Communications throughout history have been a key piece in the evolution of societies and their development has gone hand in hand with scientific advances. If my grandfather could now see the shepherds who go with their mobile phone... And this story is precisely about wireless and remote communicat
They say that the sense of humor is something inherent to the human being, and perhaps it is true, since Archeology has found abundant samples of mans desire to take things with good vibes and fun. In Sumer, we come across some of humanitys oldest examples of humor. The Sumerians were fond of writi
Some customs never change. From the most remote times, the human being realized that some of his companions gave off an unpleasant smell of chotuno , so he had to use his ingenuity to solve the problem. The Sumeroacadians, because of living in a land full of canals, it seems that they were fond
Such is the number of inventions that are attributed to Heron of Alexandria , a Hellenistic mathematician and engineer from the 1st century, who if he were alive today the officials of the Greek Patent and Trademark Office would have requested the transfer due to overwork. One of his inventions will
For many centuries, Rome was the civilization par excellence in most of the known world, however, as it is popularly said higher towers fell and this is precisely what happened to the Empire in Hispania and in the rest of its territories. . If we have to go back to past times, it can be said that ma
IV.- 1461. The War of the Roses:Henry VI against Edward IV Although the Wars of the Roses began in 1455, it is not possible to understand this dynastic conflict without the facts described in the previous entry about the succession of Edward III and the deposition of Richard II by Henry Bolinbroke
Odin was a deity of Norse religion, being recognized as a supreme being for the Vikings and named the All-Father. Odin was a deity present in Norse religiosity and myths, being the most powerful among the Norse gods and named the All-Father. He was the representative of poetry, death, war, runes, v
Since 1204 when the miserable Crusaders of the Fourth Crusade occupied the city and like other crusaders distributed the robes of the Byzantine Empire, there has not been a moment of peace on the Greek peninsula. After the recovery of Constantinople, the new Greek, as the Latins also called him, Emp