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Pythagoras’ Revolutionary Olympic Boxing Revenge

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In the 6th century BCE, a curious fighter named Pythagoras emerged from the island of Samos and challenged the preconceived notions and norms of...
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The Curious Origin Controversy Over The Word, Easter

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Easter, Ostern, and the Passover Connection Easter, and its German equivalent Ostern, are peculiar words. They are the English and German language designations for the...
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The Tale Of Charlemagne’s Humbling Prank Against A Bishop

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Charlemagne (r. 768-814), the king and emperor of the Franks, was put in a tough position when a bishop who was a friend and...
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The Tale Of An Ancient Roman Man’s Divinely-Prescribed Dinner

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In the 2nd century, there lived a prominent Roman man who suffered from severe stomach pains. The man was affluent and his brother was...
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The Posthumous Olympic Victory Of Arichion of Phigaleia

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Arichion of Phigaleia competed as a fighter in the sport of pankration—also spelled pancratium—during the Olympic Games of 564 BCE, reckoned the 54th Olympiad...
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The Ancient Olympic Games And How Fighter Tournament Brackets Were Selected

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Ancient Greeks held their Olympic Games in the hilly environs of Olympia, along the Alpheus River in the region of Elis, Greece. The Games...
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Ancient Carthage’s Commemorative Military Armbands

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Since before the dawn of the written word, mankind has always cherished leaving behind memorials, inscriptions, trophies, monuments, and other kinds of symbolic instillations...
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Domitius Tullus—An Ancient Roman Scrooge Who Left A Posthumous Legacy Of Good Will

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Domitius Tullus was an incredibly wealthy Roman who possessed great quantities of land, money, and valuable artworks around the time of the 1st and...
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Alexander The Great’s Royal Persian Plunder

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Perhaps the worst character trait of the Persian king, Darius III (r. 336–330 BCE), was his unwillingness to finish a battle. While trying to...
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The Suspicious Death Of Consul Afranius Dexter And The Chaotic Trial Of His Suspected Killers

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Around the year 105, during the reign of Emperor Trajan (r. 98-117), a high-profile death investigation rocked the Roman Empire. Afranius Dexter, a Roman...