The army at the beginning of Rome were solid highly disciplined infantry formations and in which each soldier paid for his own equipment - the wealthiest had the best weapons or were part of the small cavalry. It was not yet a professional or permanent force, but rather an occasional army of citizen
In the Museum of Oriental Arts in Istanbul, a copy of one of the oldest epic poems of humanity, belonging to Sumerian literature, is preserved. It is about “Enmerkar and the lord of Aratta ”. The poem, which consists of about 600 lines, narrates a confrontation between nations, which makes it, possi
If you were born with some sort of disability or physical deformity in ancient times, the chances of blowing out the candle on your first birthday celebration cake were very slim. Abandonment or infanticide were his present and his future. The bellicose and militarized Spartan society threw their de
The seven wonders of the Ancient World were a set of architectural and sculptural works that the Hellenes, especially those of the Hellenistic period, considered worthy of being visited. Over time different authors made different lists, but the definitive one was not fixed until the Dutch painter Ma
Gladiatorial fighting itself was a degeneration. The origin dates back to the time of the Etruscans when this type of combat between prisoners was celebrated to honor the death of a deceased notable character. A funerary ritual that became a playful spectacle. And already put, later the fight betwee
If we talk about hitting an object with a stone ball, the origin of the game of bowling would go back to... no idea. But if we talk about an enclosure enabled to throw some balls through a lane, then we can place it in Ancient Egypt. At the end of the 19th century, the archaeologist Flinders Petrie
Perhaps, along with the Olympic Games, the theater is the only public interest from Antiquity that has survived almost intact to this day. Rome, since it conquered Greece and assimilated its extraordinary cultural legacy as its own, began to value theater as a natural form of civic expression, a way
Logically, Rome not only lost these two legions, but both that of Crassus in Carrhae and the IX Hispana in Britannia have been the most striking due to the mystery surrounding their disappearance. This is his story… Crassus legion In the late spring of 53 BC, a huge Roman army commanded by Marcus L
Those of you who have seen the movie Gladiator (2000), directed by Ridley Scott, you will remember how bad the emperor Commodus was (Joaquin Phoenix) and the dirty tricks he did to our beloved Máximo Décimo Meridio (Russell Crowe). There is a moment in the film that seems brutal to me:when Commod
In a society as hierarchical and organized as that of Rome, access to public office was regulated and was done through relatively democratic elections. Only relatively democratic, because to be a candidate for one of these positions you had to have sufficient resources and because only free men with
Heroin, very cut and low in purity, is distributed mixed with plaster, a group of camels that sold drugs in a sports center falls, the adulteration of the most consumed drugs grows... headlines like these appear today , day in and day out, on the front pages of the media. Today? Yes, today... and in
The first conflict of the Republic with a barbarian people beyond Gaul was with the massive coalition of Cimbri and Teutons who moved from their lands on the shores of the Baltic to the borders of the Roman world. The devastation they sowed in their wake forced them to take exceptional measures that
In 480 BC, before the advance of the Persian king Xerxes towards Greece, the Athenian general Themistocles He proposed that the Greek alliance block the passage of the Persian army in the narrow gorge of Thermopylae and, at the same time, immobilize the enemy fleet in the Strait of Artemis. In this
The Iberian devotio It was a custom of pre-Roman peoples (Iberians, Celts, Cantabria, Celtiberians, Lusitanians...) through which a warrior (devotus ) swelled the clientele of an important character (patronus ), committing to defend him and not survive him in combat. It is believed that there was s
As you already have some useful phrases and expressions to travel to Ancient Rome, today I am going to provide you with a map with the Roman roads around the year 125. Of course, to make it easier for you to handle, it is a version in the style of the Current metro line plans. To take into account:f
One of the activities that people enjoy the most when traveling to a destination is knowing its history and the incredible deeds that the ancestors who inhabited the place did. Mexico is extremely rich in this area of tourism, and hence it is convenient to know the hidden treasures that some of it
Royal Decree-Law 7/2018, of July 27, on universal access to the National Health System, guarantees the right to health protection and health care under the same conditions to all people who are in the Spanish State, recognizing as holders of the right to health protection and health care people with
Account Elio Esparciano in Augusta History (4th century) regarding the emperor Hadrian that «he bathed frequently in public and mingling with everyone. For this reason, that bathroom joke became famous:on one occasion when he saw a veteran whom he had known in the army rubbing his back and the rest
Gaius Mesius Fifth Decius , born in Budalia, Illyria (Martinci, Serbia) in 201, reached the highest imperial dignity in 249 AD. A great admirer of the first Hispanic emperor since his years as governor of Tarraconense, he adopted the name of Decius Trajan as soon as he was invested as emperor by t
Although at a tactical level the battle of Accio did not have the substance of the great naval battles between the Romans and the Carthaginians in the First Punic War, or those derived from the Sicilian revolt of Sextus Pompey,Accio it marked the end of an era when it came to fighting at sea. With
In the Catholic Church they are called relics to the bodies of saints, or to parts of their bodies, and to objects that may have belonged to or been in contact with them. The cult of relics can be traced back to the early years of Christianity, as a result of persecution and martyrs for the faith. A
If only for the fact of facing the almighty Rome, she would already deserve the distinction of having a place in history, there would be more reason for it if the one who led her own to fight against the fearsome legions was a woman. The protagonists of this article are three ancient women who, with
Our archenemy of today is one of the greatest exponents of his time, a name that has transcended his time and was synonymous with terror for years. He was not as bad as he has come to us, he was a man of his time, cruel and pragmatic as his opponents were, and not given to the excesses or gratuitous
These days the Paralympic Games are being held in Rio de Janeiro. In the blog we have dedicated several entries to significant events of the Olympic Games that stood out at the time for historical, sporting or humanitarian reasons. In the case of the Paralympic Games, each participant has behind a p