Category Archives: ANTIQUITY

King Pepin III (also Pippin III, Pépin le Bref) of the Franks

This will continue the story about the end of the Merovingian dynasty.  Charles Martel died on 22 October A.D. 741 in the present-day Picardy section of France.  His remains are buried at Saint Denis Basilica in Paris.  He divided his … Continue reading

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The Vascones

Mithridátēs is the name given to the kings of several kingdoms in the ancient world.  It does get confusing when you run across people named Mithridátēs I of Pontus, who was also Mithridátēs III of Cius, whose descendants included both … Continue reading

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The Merovingian Dynasty

Introduction So far, we’ve spoken about the Celts, which take us back several hundred years before the common era, the Roman period in Gaul, the development of post-Roman Franks, and the migrations of the Visigoths into the Iberian Peninsula. Now … Continue reading

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The Franks

We previously learned that Indo-European people, known as Celts, occupied widespread areas of Central Europe, eventually expanding into areas of present-day Great Britain, Ireland, Spain, France, Northern Italy, Switzerland, lower Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands.  These people occupied most of … Continue reading

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The Celts

When most Americans think of Celts, they think of basketball players in Boston. Everyone else in the world knows that the Celts were an early tribal people who dominated the British Isles before the arrival of the Romans. Several hundred … Continue reading

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Biblical Math and Other Impossibilities

What makes studying antiquity difficult is that two thousand years ago, people used different calendars.  Not only that, but Jewish calendars were different from those of the Romans.  There are four types of calendars: solar, lunisolar, lunar, and seasonal.  We … Continue reading

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The Indefatigable Julius Cæsar — Part 2

The Rebellion The outbreak began among the Carnuti (the “horned ones”) when two chieftains led their retinues into the town of Cenabum (present-day Orléans) and massacred Roman tradesmen.  Vercingetorix, a young Arverni nobleman previously favored by Cæsar, followed their example … Continue reading

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The Indefatigable Julius Cæsar — Part 1

It is hard to know where to begin with a man like Gaius Julius Cæsar.  Was he a dangerous egocentric and a genuine threat to Rome, a man undeserving of admiration, or was he the noblest of men — as … Continue reading

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Smugglers, Bootleggers, and other Scoundrels

Introduction The subject of smuggling is interesting, instructive, and not confined to any one country, region, or culture.  People are — who they are, and none of the folkways of a particular people change simply because they uproot themselves and … Continue reading

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The White Man’s Burden

British Imperialism At one time, the British Empire was a global system of dependencies (colonies and protectorates) and other territories that, for around three-hundred years, fell under the British Crown’s sovereignty and the British government’s administration.  How the British accomplished … Continue reading

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