04/21/03 - Helen of Troy Basics
Some basic background information on Helen of Troy to help with the television miniseries on Helen of Troy.
04/17/03 - Roman Emperors Age at Accession
Is youthfulness a good and sufficient explanation for the horrendous behavior of certain Roman emperors?
04/03/03 - Ancient Love Goddesses
Ancient love goddesses were not just divine figureheads women appealed to to make men fall in love with them, but deities about whom some of the most fascinating stories were written.
03/26/03 - Curia - Roman Senate House
First built by the third king of Rome, Tullius Hostilius, the Roman senate house was known as the curia.
03/19/03 - Ancient Artifacts and the Iraq War
Gulf Wars make inevitable widespread destruction of artifacts from the cradle of civilization.
03/13/03 - Hygiene in Ancient Rome
When trying to explain to children, students, readers, or friends what life was once like, nothing gets to the heart of the matter more poignantly than intimate details about daily life.
03/08/03 - The Colosseum or Flavian Amphitheater
The emperors of Rome created and maintained the Colosseum to provide the people with the spectacle of mock sea battles, wild beast fights, and the combat of gladiators.
02/27/03 - After the Peloponnesian War - The Thirty Tyrants
When Athens surrendered at the end of the Peloponnesian War, democracy was replaced by the oligarchic rule of the Thirty Tyrants.
02/13/03 - Guest Review - "The October Horse"
Irene Hahn reviews "The October Horse," the last volume of Colleen McCullough's Masters of Rome series.
02/01/03 - Egypt Term A Day
Basic information about Ancient Egypt provided a term at a time, with 28 Egyptian terms for African History month -- the month of February.
01/29/03 - The Story of the Trojan War
Summary of the sequence of the major events of the Trojan War.
01/15/03 - Review - "Troy - A Novel"
Young adult fiction about life inside the walls of Troy during the Trojan War, from the perspective of a girl who tends the wounded and another who communes with the gods and goddesses.
01/01/03 - The Persian Wars
Notes on the individuals and groups of people involved chronologically in the Persian Wars, with links to supplemental pages on this site.
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