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Once you admit that Diodorus could put his own slant on his narrative, and drop in details from his background reading, don't you have to admit that he was writing history from a main source not writing a summary? It is common to write history from a main source, but that is very different from writ...

Yes, a colleague of mine just completed a PhD thesis on the subject. She would be able to say how that horse compared to Greek, steppe, and Median types, but I don't have that skill. It is a big horse! The image of a rider leading a horse with one arm across its withers reminds me of that relief fro...

My posting on RAT trailed off over the past three or four years, while I've stumbled across pothos now and then. My own research has taken me further and further from the Roman army, so even if that forum had not changed I am not sure how much I would have to say there! I confess that I have not had...

I was reading this thread, as this issue has always fascinated me. In the end, histories, theories aside Alexander ran an army. That required rules and the application of discipline else, well, we all know what happens when insubordination occurs... Philotas, a very highly ranked officer, a general...