When Caesar famously tried to get a cat hair out of his mouth.
Ancient History Facts
Ancient History Facts – surprising true stories from the ancient world
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Men Have Feared Women for Millennia. Just Look at the Monsters of Greek Mythology | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine
A new collection of essays considers how the villainous women of classical antiquity, from Medusa to the Sphinx, resonate in contemporary Western society
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Caterday at Greek Ephesus Ruins
Modern day Turkey.
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Alexander Betrayed
The famous leader Alexander the Great lies on a bed and drinks a medicine that was prepared for him by Philip, his doctor, accused of...
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The 10th century chronicle of the violent, orgiastic funeral of a Viking chieftain
For the 10th century holy man and jurist Ahmad Ibn Fadlan, the violent, orgiastic, drunken spectacle put on by mourning Vikings in Bulgaria must have...
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Roman Muscle
The marble torso of an Emperor in military regalia including Lorica Musculata (Cuirass) ca. 1st Century CE, so one of the Julio- Claudians. It stands...
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Samurai in Egypt
Samurai posing in front of the Sphinx in 1864. Following “Emperor Komei’s order to drive out the barbarians” in 1863, a Japanese embassy set out...
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Was the Myth of the Marathon Runner Real?
The myth of Pheidippides Fifth century B.C. Greek historian Herodotus, the “father of history,” made no mention of Pheidippides running to Athens in his account...