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Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that...
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Here is another favorite rescanned since it's last posting 11 years ago. It was a coloring book that was a give-away from Lord and Taylor's Department stores. With it's moon dust snowflakes and 1970s design it is a winner every Christmas. I especially enjoy how Santa has to get...
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Written by American journalist Ambrose Bierce (24 June 1842 – c.1914), The Devil’s Dictionary, aka The Cynic’s Word Book, consists of common words followed by humorous and satirical definitions. The book was a compilation of Bierce’s columns for The Wasp (1881–1860 plus) and The...
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How Ancient Greece Shaped the British Raj
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Y Viva Espana: The Great British Package Holiday In Photos
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A Visit to the New York World's Fair with Peter and Wendy (1964)
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American Photographs: A Journey Down The Blue Highways, 1970s
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The demonstrators are responding to the...
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Jackie Coogan and the Fall of Hollywood’s Child Stars
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Photos of America’s Most Muscular Bodybuilders – A World of Buttock Make-Up Artists, Sinew and Spray...
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Why Did the Oracle of Delphi Call Socrates the Wisest Man?
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4 Sumerian Inventions that Changed the World
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The St Brice’s Day Massacre
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The Wreck of the Vrouw Maria
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Veni, Vidi, Vici: Decoding Julius Caesar’s “I Came, I Saw, I Conquered”
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I’m Not a Look-Alike: François Brunelle’s Doppelgänger Photos
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Nottinghamshire’s Bitter 1593 Election
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Discover the Lost Culture of San Agustín in Colombia
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Top Five Painters To Watch in 2024
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African History...
The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
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Hey everyone!
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Zodiac Love: Plaster Sex Sculptures by Tom Otterness (1982–87)
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Dreams of Space -...
Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars (1960)
Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A....
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Just another quick re-run of an older book, enjoy!
Cox, Donald W. Illustrated by Kocher, W. A. Stations in Space: Our Stepping Stones to the Stars. New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston. (55 p.) 1960.
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The Horny Monkey And A Nose Pick: Humorous Japanese Postcards by Kokkei Shinbun Sha – 1907-1909
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Egyptian Demons: Guardians and Wanders
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Cosmonaut-2 (1964)
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‘Impossible Monsters’ by Michael Taylor review
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Black Woodstock: The Harlem Cultural Festival, NYC – 1969
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A History of Phantom Pain
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Measuring the Shape of the Earth
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Tue, 02/27/2024 - 10:20
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Curator Rediscovers Ancient Caligula Bust in England
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The Ahnenerbe: How the Nazis Constructed Racial Mythologies
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Was George Washington Nearly Killed During the American Revolution?
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A History Lover’s Guide to Tokyo
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plus, the Nok Neolithic culture.
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How Did Norse Rune Magic Work?
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Incredible Bronze Age Architecture From the Near East and the Aegean
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Why the Organ Split the Church
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‘One Fine Day’ and ‘Imperial Island’ review
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An Art-lover’s Guide to Buenos Aires
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What Is Timothy Morton’s Dark Ecology?
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What is Peter Singer’s Principle of Equal Consideration?
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Principality of Sealand: The Smallest Nation in the World?
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Overcoming Bias
Our Authoritarian Default
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A History of Italy in 13 Monuments
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Bob Pepper Art: Adult Fantasy And Vinyl Covers
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Patron Saint of Ireland: Who Was St. Patrick?
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‘Don’t Let’s Be Beastly to the Germans’ by Daniel Cowling review
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African History...
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The History of Esperanto: A Modern Lingua Franca?
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Was the Neolithic Revolution Really a Revolution?
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3 Dark Age Kings of Britain Confirmed by Archaeology
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A Brief History of the Aboriginal Lands Right Movement
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The Winter War: The Soviet Invasion of Finland
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The Mamluk Sultanate: How Slaves Came to Rule an Empire
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Wed, 05/22/2024 - 09:46
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Rehabilitating the East India Company’s Nabobs
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What Supernatural Creatures Appear in the Works of Shakespeare?
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Do you have less free time than a medieval peasant?
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London’s Pig-Faced Urban Legend
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Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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Mon, 01/08/2024 - 11:15
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Boycotts of the Olympic Games: A History of Sports & Politics
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Myself: Timed Exposures, 1971
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6 months ago
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3 Debunked Rumors About Anne Boleyn
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5 Facts About Perun, the Slavic God of Thunder
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Dreams of Space -...
Exploring Space (Hebrew) (1960)
The Hebrew version of Exploring Space. If you notice it opens right to left. So you will see a few...
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A Brief History of Chile
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7 Famous Surrealist Artists Who Achieved Greatness
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5 of the Most Famous Constructed Languages
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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6 of Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories You Need to Read
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What Are the Pauline Epistles About?
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A Collection of...
Collections: The Problem with Sci-Fi Body Armor
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3 weeks ago
This week we’re covering the winning topic from the latest ACOUP Senate poll, which is a look at some of the odd designs and mechanics for futuristic science fiction body armor, particularly rigid ‘hardsuits.’ Naturally, this post isn’t going to cover every variety of armor that...
Trying to Understand...
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In Your Face: Photographer Shoots Londoners Up Close And Personal
Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the...
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Using the skills he learned as a table tennis champ, Londoner Paul Trevor wandered through the city’s financial district and its money markets and Brick Lane market getting in people’s faces. These spontaneous closeups appeared in the book and show In Your Face. Like Mark...
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For every traveling sailor, comes a time when the boat has to stay alone in a foreign country. For us, this happened this year in Japan. We'd never left Pino alone before, never for more than a week. We were apprehensive at first, but decided it would be a good learning...
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles...
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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10 National and State Parks in the US Where You Can See Ancient Redwoods
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Cape Town’s Troubled Colonial History
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In amongst the crowds drifting along Hollywood Boulevard there’s an old guy sitting on an orange bucket. He’s wearing dirty jeans and a grey hoodie. The guy’s in his seventies. Weather-worn. Grizzled beard. Walking stick. Back trouble caused by “old spinal injuries and bad...
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How the Nazis Looted Art in the Netherlands: Dienststelle Mühlmann
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Eric the Red: The Incredible Story of Greenland’s First Viking
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10 Amazing Facts About Elvis Presley
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8 Facts about The Book of Enoch and its Content
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Sea Monsters in Renaissance Maps: Tales From Unknown Waters
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Peter Hujar’s Portraits of Life and Death: A Somberly Beautiful Photography Collection (1976)
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How Did the First World War Change the Arts?
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Thu, 10/10/2024 - 09:11
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on the Nubian priests of Rome and the Moors of Spain
When the 12th-century West African scholar Ibrahim al-Kanemi moved to the city of Seville in Spain...
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the international relations and manuscripts of Kongo
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The Liberation of Paris in World War II: Did the City Burn?
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Dreams of Space -...
World's First Intra-Space Stamp Album (1953)
A re-scan of an old favorite. This may be the oddest piece of space ephemera I have ever found. It...
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10 Most Socially Progressive Countries You Can Move To
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What Is a Good Argument According to Aristotle?
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Pera Palace: The Istanbul Muse for Literary Giants
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Why Was Prohibition Repealed?
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Lightning Strikes Ancient Roman Arch of Constantine
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That Time Kenneth Anger Wanted to Make a Film about Cricket – Exclusive
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St. Patrick’s Day, 2003, Kenneth Anger wrote a letter asking me if I wanted to line-produce his next film Arrangement in White on Green. It was to be a film about cricket. A sports film was the last thing I ever imagined the director of Lucifer Rising would make. I was intrigued....
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On the Spot: Chris Clark
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8 Famous Impressionist Paintings You Should Know
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Provocative Maurizio Cattelan Exhibition Opens at Gagosian
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Joachim Murat: First Horseman of Napoleon’s Empire
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The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Closes Due to Protests
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Global Inequality...
Abundance, capitalism and climate change
In classical Marxism, communism is defined as a society of material abundance. It is a society where...
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What Are the 10 Most Noteworthy Museums in Venice?
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What Did Julius Caesar Say Before He Died?
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The Declaration of Independence: History & Overview
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Ukiyo-e Prints of Beautiful Women: What Are Bijin-ga?
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The Controversial Story of Scientology: Paying for Religion?
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Getting our events straight...
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Could the “Year Without a Summer” Happen Again? Here’s What Experts Say
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Aristotle on Logic: Deduction, Syllogisms, and Truth
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‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
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The US Museum Directors Salary Data
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A Short Essay About A Long-Playing Record
One I bought fifty years ago.
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for March 2024
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of...
8 months ago
Hey everyone!
This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects during the month of March.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added chainplates, knots, washing dishes, receiving mail, updated our notes on diy carbonation system, and refrigeration.
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Who Were the Disciples Thomas, Judas and Simon?
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Patterns in Humanity
Demographics and American Homicides
Can racial/ethnic demographics explain the high American homicide rate?
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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Emotions: Better Out or In?
Can Catharsis Help... or Harm?
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Before psychedelic therapy for wartime trauma, there was narcosynthesis
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History of the Ancient Greek Olympics: 30 Fascinating Facts About the Legendary Games
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The Life of Malcolm X: “You Had Better Make Some Noise”
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Which Biblical Scriptures Present Gratitude at Thanksgiving?
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**a Brief note on Africa's intellectual history
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plus; the Yoruba intellectual culture ca. 1000-1900.
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Dreams of Space -...
Bozo and His Rocket Ship -Capitol Record-Reader (1947)
Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called...
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Here an old piece of "rocket" ephemera. Back when there were these big black round things called "records," there were children's record-readers. My mom had some of these from here childhood so I actually read some of them. You would put a stack of records on (this one had 4...
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10 Palazzos (Palaces) in Venice You Must Visit
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Hundred Rabbits
Summary of changes for January 2023
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the...
a year ago
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of January. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
Summary Of Changes
100r.co, added electrical refit(portal for AC & DC...
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Anne of Cleves: The Wife King Henry Loved Most?
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Monet’s London Paintings to Reunite After 120 Years
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5 Iconic Artworks by Wassily Kandinsky
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A Collection of...
Collections: Roman Infantry Tactics: Why the Pilum and not a Spear?
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking...
a year ago
This week’s post is intended to answer a question which came up in response to the last post looking at the most common type of Mediterranean spear, which to put it simply is: what is up with the odd Roman heavy infantry kit built around a sword and two javelins (albeit two...
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