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Fiona Forsyth
- Feb 23, 2023
- 2 min
Forma Urbis - The Ancient Marble Map of Rome
In the basement of the Museum of Roman Civilisation in Rome is a pile of crates containing 1163 fragments of marble. These make up about...
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Chris Thorndycroft
- Feb 23, 2023
- 6 min
Privateers, Pirates and the Wrecking of the 1715 Spanish Treasure Fleet
On the 31st of July 1715, a Spanish fleet of eleven ships was wrecked in a hurricane off the east coast of Florida. These ships were...
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J C Briggs
- Feb 21, 2023
- 6 min
Money, Mayhem, and Murder
Banks have been on my mind of late – largely because there isn’t one in my little town. There was – a busy little premises; plenty of...
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DK Marley
- Jan 6, 2023
- 5 min
Eisenhower's Philosophy - "The Middle Way"
A Guest Post by M. B. Zucker, the award-winning author of "The Eisenhower Chronicles" and "Liopleurodon" Dwight Eisenhower was one of the...
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DK Marley
- Dec 9, 2022
- 6 min
Ike and the Military Industrial Complex - a Guest Post
A Guest Post by M. B. Zucker Dwight Eisenhower’s Farewell Address as President of the United States on January 17, 1961, is considered...
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