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Sister-Queens in the High Hellenistic Period by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones;Alex McAuley; & Alex McAuley
epub |eng | 2023-01-15 | Author:Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones;Alex McAuley; & Alex McAuley

Meanwhile in Alexandria… In Egypt, Ptolemy VIII was behaving very much like an old-school polygamous Hellenistic king, flaunting, it would seem, his harem of two wives. Justin and Valerius Maximus ...
( Category: Women in History January 1,2023 )
The Battles of King Arthur by Tony Sullivan;
epub |eng | 2022-07-30 | Author:Tony Sullivan;

Map 21: Origins of Armorica The Irish and Picts Some of the proposed battle locations are far in the north and suggest Arthur may have been fighting Picts as well ...
( Category: Medieval January 1,2023 )
Ocala by Kevin M. McCarthy
epub |eng | 2011-10-17 | Author:Kevin M. McCarthy

The Silver Springs park had many exhibits, including this Seminole family in an authentic Indian village in the 1940s. The Native Americans, who were brought from the Everglades, sold their ...
( Category: Americas January 1,2023 )
Hebridean Journey by Brigid Benson
epub |eng | | Author:Brigid Benson [Benson, Brigid]

Beauty Spot Rare white-tailed sea eagles fish the shallow Sound of Harris. The magnificent raptors are the United Kingdom’s largest bird of prey, with a massive wingspan of around two ...
( Category: African History January 1,2023 )
The Complete Works of Claudian by Neil W. Bernstein;
epub |eng | 2023-01-15 | Author:Neil W. Bernstein;

Invective Against Eutropius, Preface to Book 2 Eutropius, the patrician who just now held the state’s exalted reins, now fears the accustomed whip once more. He’ll suffer the slowing shackles’ ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations January 1,2023 )
The Greatest POW Escape Stories Ever Told by Keith Warren Lloyd
epub, pdf |eng | 2020-12-23 | Author:Keith Warren Lloyd

“There he is now.” Makowski, standing beside me at the midday break the next day, indicated a prisoner standing a little apart from the rest. “Let us wait here a ...
( Category: Prisoners of War January 1,2023 )
The Yeomen of the Guard and the Early Tudors by Anita Hewerdine;
epub |eng | 2019-11-22 | Author:Anita Hewerdine;

PART II BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES John and William Almer John and William Almer were sons of John Almer or Aylmer who adopted the name of his residence in Denbighshire. The Almer ...
( Category: History January 1,2023 )
Roman Legends Brought to Life by Robert Garland;
epub |eng | 2022-09-29 | Author:Robert Garland;

The Cumaean Sibyl. ‘It’s the same price for six as it was for nine.’ Tarquin’s eyes widened in disbelief. ‘You’re bonkers! Have you eaten of the insane root? Why in ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations January 1,2023 )
Modern Germany by Wendell G. Johnson;Katharina Barbe;
epub |eng | | Author:Wendell G. Johnson;Katharina Barbe;

Development of the Script The first items written in German appeared relatively late (around the eighth century). Inscriptions on monuments use the so-called Carolingian minuscules, that is, noncapitalized letters written ...
( Category: History January 1,2023 )
Forts and Roman Strategy by Paul Coby;
epub |eng | 2022-07-30 | Author:Paul Coby;

Again, this was a substantial commitment, notionally 4,000 men. There should possibly be a fort on the Clyde to complete the line in the south; the Rock of Dumbarton would ...
( Category: Rome January 1,2023 )
The Roman King Arthur? by Tony Sullivan;
epub |eng | 2022-07-30 | Author:Tony Sullivan;

The Oxford Handbook of Roman Epigraphy tells us procuratorships increased for equestrians from the time of Augustus and gives us many more examples:66 • Volusius Maecianus, mid-second century, procurator of ...
( Category: Ancient Civilizations January 1,2023 )
Art Deco of the Palm Beaches by Sharon Koskoff
epub |eng | 2011-10-12 | Author:Sharon Koskoff

Lloyd Bell Appliances, built in 1935, became the Elephants Foot Antiques Shop. The flat roof, sleek row of bandings, and rounded corners made this building a treasure. In 1986, it ...
( Category: Americas January 1,2023 )
The Question of German Guilt by Jaspers Karl;
epub, pdf |eng | 2001-01-15 | Author:Jaspers, Karl;

POLITICAL GUILT For crimes the criminal is punished. The restriction of the Nuremberg trial to criminals serves to exonerate the German people. Not, however, so as to free them of ...
( Category: Holocaust January 1,2023 )
Desolation Wilderness by Jeffrey Schaffer
epub |eng | 2010-06-02 | Author:Jeffrey Schaffer

Pacific Crest Trail to Lake Aloha HIKE 10 Maps Distances 6 and 5 3.8 miles to Tamarack Lake 4.1 miles to Ralston and Cagwin lakes 4.2 miles to Triangle Lake ...
( Category: Americas January 1,2023 )
Rivalries That Destroyed the Roman Republic by Jeremiah McCall;
epub |eng | 2022-11-29 | Author:Jeremiah McCall;

Sulla in the East and the Short Command of Fimbria What happened to Flaccus’ expedition is not exactly clear, since Appian and Memnon tell it somewhat differently. Neither’s version would ...
( Category: Rome January 1,2023 )

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