HISTORY BYTES
HISTORY BYTES
Where the tides of history crash into the shores of current events.
Podcasts reviewing history, famous personalities, and their impact on today's world.
Host: Barry Jacobsen
Monthly Archives: April 2017
History Bites: The Fork, a “Hateful Vanity!”
Deadliest Blogger is normally all about military history. Today, we take a different tack, with a very brief (bite-sized) look at the history of the fork! In the 1964 film “BECKET” royal courtier Thomas Becket (played by the late Richard … Continue reading
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THE 25 GREATEST COMMANDERS OF THE RENAISSANCE
Once again, Deadliest Blogger presents its list of Greatest Commanders of history. This time, we tackle the difficult period of the Renaissance; defined here as the period from the second-half of the 15th century through the 17th century. While some … Continue reading
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DIADOCHI – MACEDONIAN GAME OF THRONES (PART 6): AMAZON QUEENS AND STOLEN CORPSES
Long before George R.R. Martin penned his tale of war, intrigue and treachery the ancient world was scene to its own version of The Game of Thrones. (This is the sixth in a series concerning the Wars of the Diadochi. Part 1 can be … Continue reading
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THE AGE OF ARTHUR, PART ONE
Unique among the territories of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, Britain succeeded in holding back and even reversing the tide of Germanic conquest for nearly two centuries. This was an age of heroes… It was the Age … Continue reading
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Tagged Aella of Sussex, Aetius, Alani, Alans, Ambrosius Aurelianus, Anglo-Saxons, Arthurian Britain, Battle of Badon Hill, Battle of Mount Badon, Bretwalda, Castus, Cole Hen, Dark Ages Warrior, Dux Bellorum, Euric King of the Visigoths, Fall of the Roman Empire, Geoffrey of Monmouth, Gildas, Gildas the Monk, Hengist and Horsa, Historical King Arthur, King Arthur, King Arthur Sarmatians, Lucius Artorius, Lucius Artorius Castus, Magister Militum, Oisc of Kent, Old King Cole, Riotamus, Riothamus, Roman Britain, Romano-British, Sarmatians, Saxon Advent, Saxon terror, Sub-Roman Britain, The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, The Matter of Britain, Thomas Mallory, Vortigern, Votadini, Y Gododdin
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JURAMENTADO: MORO SUICIDAL ASSASSINS
Today, when a person goes upon a crazy, violent rampage he can be said to have “run amok”. The origin of the term “amok” is actually Malay, and entered the English language as an idiom when horrified English traders encountered … Continue reading
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BELISARIUS AT DARAS, 530 AD: A STUDY IN THE USE OF INTERIOR LINES
Faced by a numerically superior opponent, the Eastern Roman general Belisarius countered with field works, maneuver and a masterful use of interior lines! In 530 A.D. the Eastern Roman Empire‘s province of Mesopotamia was invaded by a large and … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Daras, Belisarius, Bucellarii, Byzantine, Byzantium, cataphracts, Dara, Heruls, Huns, Immortals, kataphractoi, Persians, Romans, Sassanid Persians
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