While it is without doubt that Ragnar Lothrok is a legendary Norse hero who was mentioned in several슠Icelandic sagas and Old Norse skaldic poems, the character played by actor Travis Fimmel in History Channel’s television series ‘Vikings’ wasn’t quite depicted with utmost historical accuracy. This, evidently enough, stems from the fact that a TV series…
Sch쎤쎟burg is a very well preserved medieval town located in Transylvania, central Romania. In Romanian it is known as Sighi좙oara and in Hungarian as Segesv쎡r. In the Transylvanian Saxon dialect, Sch쎤쎟burg is known under the names Sch쎤sbrich and 얠esbur쾇. This medieval settlement was also known in Latin as ‘Castrum Sex‘, given the fact that it…
Here’s a list of 10 most interesting facts about the ancient Greeks, their society, and culture: 10. The Athenian democracy is the eldest form of democracy in the world. At each political gathering held in ancient Athens there were at least 6,000 citizens present. So it is that they would usually meet on the slopes…
Here’s a list of 10 most interesting historical facts about the Romans, their society and culture: 10. The Romans ate an earlier form of pizza. Although the pizza we know today differs very much from the earlier form the Romans used to eat, there is a passage in the ‘War Commentaries of Caesar’ which depicts…
Here’s a list of ten interesting historical facts on the Norsemen and the Viking Age: 10. By far the most well known misconception about the Norsemen is that they are many times mistaken for the name of their occupation, namely for the term ‘Viking’. Although the term ‘Viking’ denotes in Old Norse the occupation of…
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