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Jun 17, 2020
The Roman Toga
Forward The purpose of this paper is to provide general readers, and those wishing to don a more accurate Roman 'toga', all the...
Tastes Of History
Jun 17, 2020
Arcuballista: A Late Roman Crossbow
The sole mention of the arcuballista occurs in the work of Vegetius (Epitoma rei militaris) [1]. In book II.15, when describing how the...
Tastes Of History
Jun 17, 2020
Ballistas, Catapults and Scorpions
A major source of information for Roman artillery is Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, a 1st-century BC Roman author, architect, civil and...
Tastes Of History
Jun 16, 2020
Ready, Aim...Shoot!
Many years ago, long before I joined The Roman Military Research Society (or RMRS), a teacher inspired his pupils to build a catapulta,...
Tastes Of History
Jun 16, 2020
Stone Age Barbecue
In the summer of 2015 archaeologists from the University of Edinburgh attempted to recreate a style of Stone Age cooking based on their...
Tastes Of History
Jun 16, 2020
Roman Cooking al Fresco
The Latin term 'craticula' is a diminutive form of 'crates' used to mean a gridiron (Martial, 14.221) [1], the bars of which give it the...
Tastes Of History
Jun 16, 2020
Dispelling Some Myths: Edible Dormouse anyone?
All Romans ate dormice didn't they? You may have been told that in school, and it's still a popular and persistent belief, but it's...
Tastes Of History
Jun 16, 2020
George the "Saintly" pork salesman?
Cry "God for Harry! England and Saint George!" Shakespeare, Henry V, Act 3, Scene 1. April 23rd, Saint George's Day Depending on who you...
Tastes Of History
Jun 12, 2020
Kew on a Plate
Back in 2015 BBC Two's re-ran its series 'Kew on a Plate' presented by Raymond Blanc and Kate Humble. They had spent the year at Kew...
Tastes Of History
Jun 10, 2020
First Rabbits in Britain
In April 2005 David Sapsted, writing for The Telegraph newspaper, reported that: 'Years of division among academics over whether the...
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