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Many years ago, long before I joined The Roman Military Research Society (or RMRS), a teacher inspired his pupils to build a catapulta,...
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Jun 16, 2020
Dispelling Some Myths: Gladiators
Gladiators were the sporting heroes of the ancient world. The archaeological record shows them celebrated in everything from mosaics to...
Tastes Of History
Jun 16, 2020
Dispelling Some Myths: Romans in China?
Every so often, over the last decade at least, our modern-day bards, the media, regurgitate a story about 'European-looking' people in...
Tastes Of History
Jun 16, 2020
Roman Burgers on Hadrian's Wall
An interesting and somewhat challenging day. After a 5 am start, we drove North through squally showers to spend the day at Birdoswald...
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 12, 2020
Ostrich Egg in a Pine Kernel Sauce
One of the tasty recipes drawn from Apicius is for 'soft eggs in a pine kernel sauce' (Apicius 7.13.3). Should you wish to reproduce this...
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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