Lisa Hutchins
Sep 25, 20232 min read
Bird Brain: The Emperor Who Loved Chickens
Think you've got a good thing going with your backyard chickens? You probably don't have anything on Emperor Honorius. Most historians...
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Lisa Hutchins
Sep 18, 20233 min read
Pony Up: When Roman Horses Were Small
Take a look at the Roman charioteer above with one of his horses, from a 3rd century mosaic tile. Notice how the man's head is level with...
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Lisa Hutchins
Sep 11, 20232 min read
Going Berserk
Whether the berserker is beneath humanity as an animal, above it as a god, or both, he is cut off from all human community when he is in...
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Lisa Hutchins
Sep 4, 20231 min read
Jerk Drivers Have Always Been Jerks
See this? Here's a guy speeding through Pompeii's city streets, about to splash these women with dirty water and mud. Maybe he's got...
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Lisa Hutchins
Aug 28, 20232 min read
No Stirrups for You, Rome
Did the Romans use stirrups on horseback? Um, no--not in the West, anyway. Although you commonly see riders using stirrups in movies...
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Lisa Hutchins
Aug 21, 20232 min read
Romans Were OK with Homosexuality...For the Most Part
With ancient Rome, the issue--when there was one--was in the details. Read on. Before Christianity, homosexuality was commonly practiced...
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Lisa Hutchins
Jul 31, 20231 min read
Modern Gladiatorial Combat
Competitive team sports are strangely similar to ancient stadium fighting (see second image below). Minus the tiger, of course--unless...
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Lisa Hutchins
Jul 29, 20232 min read
The Baleful Dog Star
"Blazing as the star that cometh forth at Harvest-time, shining forth amid the host of stars in the darkness of the night, the star whose...
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