Dispelling Some Myths: "Blood Grooves"
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. ...
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Tastes Of History
- Apr 29
- 5 min
Dispelling Some Myths: Dirty water? Drink beer!
For some reason it is often stated on popular television programmes that Mediæval Europeans drank lots of wine, ale or beer all day,...
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Tastes Of History
- Apr 27
- 9 min
Dispelling Some Myths: The Amazons
For those studying the ancient Greeks, you will undoubtedly come across tales of the Amazons, the fearsome, man-hating warrior women of...
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Tastes Of History
- Apr 23
- 1 min
Celebrating St George's Day
Today marks the 457th birthday of William Shakespeare (1564-1616). As he is famously thought to have been born and died on the same...
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Tastes Of History
- Apr 15
- 4 min
Dispelling Some Myths: Mediæval Peasants ate Bland Food
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...
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Tastes Of History
- Apr 14
- 4 min
Roman Fast Food
The popular representation of Roman dining is that of reclining on benches enjoying a buffet style meal. This image, however, only...
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Tastes Of History
- Apr 12
- 3 min
Pompeii, Bodies and Assumptions
Last year, on Saturday November 21st, 2020, the Italian culture ministry announced to the world’s media that archaeologists have...
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Tastes Of History
- Apr 9
- 6 min
A Brief History of Foods: Roman Wines
It may be reassuring to know that the wine gods continue to flourish. While many narcotics are now illegal, the Roman god of wine...
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Tastes Of History
- Apr 7
- 5 min
Whistling Death
Burnswark Hill Approaching across the gentle surrounding Dumfriesshire countryside it is hard to miss the brooding eminence of Burnswark...
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Tastes Of History
- Mar 9
- 1 min
Pay in the Legions
From the time of the Consul Gaius Marius onwards, legionaries received 10 assēs a day or 225 denarii a year (equal to 900 sestertii). ...
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Tastes Of History
- Feb 18
- 4 min
A Brief History of Foods: The Mysterious Silphium
Silphium may have looked unimpressive, with stout roots, stumpy leaves and bunches of small yellow flowers, but it was much prized in the...
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Tastes Of History
- Feb 15
- 11 min
Mithras Sol Invictus: an Initiate’s Guide
This article was first produced for the newsletter of the Roman Military Research Society (The RMRS) in 2008. Introduction An often well...
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Tastes Of History
- Nov 25, 2020
- 4 min
How to: Build a replica Cannon Part Three
The Gun Carriage In Part Two we looked at seven steps to building a barrel for a replica naval gun that was both lightweight and portable....
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Tastes Of History
- Oct 27, 2020
- 5 min
A Brief History of Foods: Sweet Chestnut
Some friends of ours have made some sweet chestnut flour and, knowing that our first passion is for Roman history, asked us for some...
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Tastes Of History
- Oct 5, 2020
- 4 min
How to: Build a replica Cannon Part Two
The Gun Barrel The core element, the cannon's barrel, is so named because the earliest guns were constructed with iron staves bound...
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Tastes Of History
- Oct 3, 2020
- 2 min
Dispelling Some Myths: Ancient Olympic Medals?
“I don’t believe it!” Bargain Hunt strikes again broadcasting “facts” that are at best described as misleading and at worst simply untrue....
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Tastes Of History
- Sep 27, 2020
- 6 min
How to: Build a replica Cannon Part One
The Background History Part One of this series begins with a very brief look at the history of a typical naval gun in use with the Royal...
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