There is a persistent myth about the function of a sword's fuller that it "releases the vacuum” when the blade is thrust into a person. ...

For some reason it is often stated on popular television programmes that Mediæval Europeans drank lots of wine, ale or beer all day,...

For those studying the ancient Greeks, you will undoubtedly come across tales of the Amazons, the fearsome, man-hating warrior women of...

The first thing to note is that what people ate was heavily dependent on where they lived and at what time. For example, Europe covers a...

From the time of the Consul Gaius Marius onwards, legionaries received 10 assēs a day or 225 denarii a year (equal to 900 sestertii). ...

In "Kitchenalia" we introduce objects from different historical periods, discover a bit about their history and find out how each was...

“I don’t believe it!” Bargain Hunt strikes again broadcasting “facts” that are at best described as misleading and at worst simply untrue....

Here at Tastes Of History we are avid watchers of the BBC's "Bargain Hunt". If you are unfamiliar with the show, two teams of amateur...

The Wicker Man is a giant effigy supposedly used by the Druids to perform human sacrifice, according to the writings of Gaius Julius...

Introduction As you may know from the popular histories, the Romans left Britain at "ten past four on a wet Tuesday afternoon", and...

Constantine I, known as the Great, was the first Roman Emperor to openly profess Christianity. He began the empire's evolution into a...

We were watching another history documentary the other day about the Scottish Wars of Independence in the 13th- and 14th-centuries. This...

Until the advent of gunpowder, the trebuchet (French: trébuchet) was a common powerful siege engine that used a long arm to throw a...

In AD 60/61, after appalling treatment by the Romans, Queen Boudica of the Iceni tribe declared war on the oppressors. The Britons...

Let the Games Begin Today should have seen the opening ceremony of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad of the modern era in Tokyo. Due to...

Introduction A few days ago, CNN Africa tweeted "The fringe theories long attached to UNESCO sites"[1] introducing readers to some of...

"The 300 Spartans" is a 1962 film retelling the story of the Battle of Thermopylae (Greek: Μάχη τῶν Θερμοπυλῶν, Máchē tōn Thermopylōn)...

You might have heard how the statue of a horse and rider reveals how the named person died.  In the United Kingdom, and the United...

Ring-a-ring o' roses, A pocket full of posies, A-tishoo! A-tishoo! We all fall down. For those of us of a certain age, you might remember...

On the face of it one could be forgiven for thinking the medical procedure known as Caesarean section[1] was named for Roman statesman...