Should We Throw Henry VIII Out Of The History Books?: Should we throw Henry VIII and other wrong doers out of the history books? This is one of the questions evoked by recent incidents in Charlotteseville, Virginia concerning pulling down… Continue Reading →
Pliny The Elder’s Trier: As Seen By The Germans These photos suggest the Trier of Pliny the Elder in 79 AD. None of these buildings or monuments actually come from that era, though. Trier was founded in 16BC and was… Continue Reading →
Lucius Antonius: Ancestor of Colonel Sir Edward Ware Lucius Antonius was the original ancestor of Colonel Sir Edward Ware in the Edward Ware Thrillers at War Series. Born in ancient Rome in the first century B.C. he was an officer… Continue Reading →
Two Mediterranean Cruises That Dora And Edward Would Like: Dora and Edward would want to visit Rome and Venice for certain and Gibraltar thrown in would not be a bad addition. So we would recommend that they sign up for… Continue Reading →
On What Mediterranean Cruise Would Dora And Edward Sail? Getting various advertisements for Mediterranean cruises in the email made us wonder what Mediterranean cruise Dora and Edward would have picked. The Mediterranean was not a chief setting for any book… Continue Reading →
Trump and Titus the Emperor: We will have to see what Trump will do. Frankly last night at dinner we were looking at photos of Trump at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. I looked up Josephus and got out my… Continue Reading →
Tariq Ibn Ziyad: The History of the Pillars of Hercules Originally captured in 711 AD and fortified by Tariq Ibn Ziyad, the Moorish invader of Spain, Gibraltar didn’t belong to Spain again until 1462. (Before that it must have been… Continue Reading →
In Pursuit of Pliny the Elder: The Port Of Ostia The modern port city of Citavecchia is far different from the ancient Roman port of Ostia, which is much closer to the city of Rome. On his trips around the… Continue Reading →
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