The Minoans were an ancient European civilisation native to the island of Crete in the southern Mediterranean which thrived by means of trade, agriculture, and fishing for a long time and expanded territorially during the Bronze Age to the nearby islands in the Sea of Crete and the Libyan Sea as well as to the…
In a world where everything is done digitally, it can be tough to find value in traditional learning like the Roman Numeral system. But with today’s reliance on technology, having a broad perspective and understanding of historic systems such as the Romans’ computational method can prove more essential than ever before. Knowing how ancient civilizations…
The Celts were an important Indo-European population who inhabited large parts of both continental and insular Europe throughout much of the Ancient Age. Their geographic distribution spanned as such from the British archipelago to Galicia (in northern Iberia) and even Transylvania (situated in present-day Romania), at the crossroads of Central and Eastern Europe. The Celts…
0 A.D. is a free and open source historical real time strategy video game developed and released by Wildfire Games. It focuses on the Ancient Age and boasts of a multitude of playable civilisations, including the Republican Romans or the Ancient Greeks. The latest version, labeled Alpha 23 Ken Wood, adds a series of new…
The Lombards (also known under the term Longobards stemming from the Latin ‘Longobardi’) were one of the most powerful and ravaging migratory tribes in Europe in the time of the Roman Empire’s stagnation and, ultimately, decadence throughout late Antiquity. They reached their peak of expansionist power when they ruled over a kingdom consisting of most…
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