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Recent archaeology out of northern Greece, as well as ancient Thrace and Illyria is demonstrating that the Greek take on the "barbarism" of these people well back into the Late Iron Age (Archaic Era) is more political/philosophic fiction than reality, and later Roman Second Sophistic take...

In other words, there is no evidence that Meda threw herself on Philip's funeral pyre, merely a theory based on very shaky peripheral evidence and a number of Occam-razor-like assumptions. :-) Yes, I was about to post exactly the same - bending the evidence to fit the theory that it was Philip II's...

Interesting, thanks. Maybe you could highlight the bits that don't come from the romances and don't deal with the poisoning so that you can read the fever narrative and see how it has been embroidered by the poisoning narrative. Interestingly, if you read this narrative from Arrian (Book VII, XXV): ...

I don't think this lad got a mention in the Channel 5 programme, though they did mention the word 'purple'. And Jeanne appears in the video!

The Geography of Strabo Literally translated with notes. The first six books by H. C. Hamilton, Esq.The remainder by W. Falconer, M.A. Published by Henry G. Bohn, London, 1856 Book XV. Chapter I . 69. India. Historians also relate that the Indians worship Jupiter Ombrius (or, the Rainy), the river ...

Visually this was very interesting, although a bit misleading in places. For example, Bettany was walking through one of the large rooms off the central courtyard at Aigai, but gave the impression that it was the courtyard itself, which could house 4,000 people. There was also a large drainage chann...

There is a programme tonight (Channel 5 9 pm) where Professor Alice Roberts talks to Brent Searles about this work.

Apparently tonight's episode (7 pm Channel 4) features the "birthplace of Alexander the Great" Aigai, to see artifacts that are being restored. Should be worth seeing.

Hi, I have approved this post as I am sure you mean to be helpful, but I think you may have missed the point. You cannot post unless you are logged in, but sometimes you get timed out when you attempt to submit the post, though this hasn't happened for a while now. Welcome, though!

The Geography of Strabo Literally translated with notes. The first six books by H. C. Hamilton, Esq.The remainder by W. Falconer, M.A. Published by Henry G. Bohn, London, 1856 Book XV. Chapter I . 29. India. Between the Hydaspes and Acesines is the country of Porus,(1) an extensive and fertile dist...

The Geography of Strabo Literally translated with notes. The first six books by H. C. Hamilton, Esq.The remainder by W. Falconer, M.A. Published by Henry G. Bohn, London, 1856 Book XV. Chapter I. 2. India. The reader must receive the account of this country with indulgence, for it lies at a very gr...

The latest episode of Bettany Hughes' 'Treasure of the World' concentrated on Bulgaria ie the Thracians, and it was most interesting. I confess I have tended to regard the Thracians in the same way the Greeks seem to have regarded them - as barbarians - meaning with the modern connotation of uncivil...

The Geography of Strabo Literally translated with notes. The first six books by H. C. Hamilton, Esq.The remainder by W. Falconer, M.A. Published by Henry G. Bohn, London, 1856 Excerpt from Book XIII. Chapter I. 2. The Troad. The coast of the Propontis extends from Cyzicene and the places about the ...

The Geography of Strabo Literally translated with notes. The first six books by H. C. Hamilton, Esq.The remainder by W. Falconer, M.A. Published by Henry G. Bohn, London, 1856 Excerpt from Book XI. Chapter XIII. 3. Media. The other parts of this country are fertile, but that towards the north is mo...

The Geography of Strabo Literally translated with notes. The first six books by H. C. Hamilton, Esq.The remainder by W. Falconer, M.A. Published by Henry G. Bohn, London, 1856 Book XI. Chapter V. 3. Amazons. There is a peculiarity in the history of the Amazons. In other histories the fabulous and t...