Did the people of Pompeii know they lived by a live volcano?
The city of Pompeii was a major resort city during the times of Ancient Rome. However, then everything changed when it was buried in volcanic dust in 79 AD, disaster struck the city when it was buried for 2,000 years under 20 feet of a blanket of ash and pumice when the nearby volcano, Mount […]
Ancient Rome’s Financial Crisis
Did you know that in 2008 they used 2000-year-old solution to save our economy! It was in 33 AD that a financial crisis hit Ancient Rome and the solution Emperor Tiberius used was “quantitative easing”, a phrase yu may have recently, as this izs what they did in 2008. It all happened because in 26 […]
Julius Caesar, another broken dictator?
Julius Caesar was a dictator, and that is why he was assassinated by a group of senators on the Ides of March of 44 BC at a meeting of the Senate at the Curia of Pompey of the Theatre of Pompey in Rome. They obviously didn’t like him as 60 senators were involved as they […]
Who was Theseus?
We know him as the Greek who slayed the Minotaur of the Cretan king Minos. What did he do before that? His birth His birth is interesting. It is said that he was the son of Aegeus, King of Athens. Aegeus had a problem, just like Henry VIII, he needed a son, he knew several […]
The Olympic truce
If anybody asks you, has there ever been a time when all wars stopped! You can say yes, while the Ancient Olympics were on there was an Olympic truce and, amazingly, it was adhered to! Yes, it was a time when all wars stopped, though it didn’t happen when the modern Olympics were being held […]
Did the Greek Gods start the Trojan War?
Actually, we don’t know, but, when we talk about the Trojan Wars, Greek mythology says “Yes, they certainly did”. You see in those days the Greeks felt the gods controlled the mortal world by using their magical powers to protect or punish the humans, depending those who were in their favour at the time. This […]
How do you escape the labyrinth?
Greek mythology tells the story of Monster in the Maze. It tells of a frightening creature, with the head of a bull and the body of a man, yes, half man and half animal. Now this frightening creature lived in the centre of the Labyrinth, an elaborate maze, under the palace of King Minos of […]
The Origin of the Ancient Olympic Games
Now, the games were important to the Ancient Greeks. By this I mean that their Olympic Games had to have originated from mythology. It’s where everything in Ancient Greece came from. Does that mean that the Games we watch today are the result of Greek Mythology? Well, I think, they could be. In Ancient Greece […]
Daedalus – Who was he?
Daedalus was a famous character from Greek mythology, He was a skilful architect and craftsman, who mythology tells us was seen as a figure of wisdom, knowledge and power. Now as you may have guessed Greek mythology gets a little bit weird. It says that he is the father of both Icarus and Lapyx, as […]
Is the Trojan Horse a True Story?
There appear to be two sources for the story, There are even myths about the Trojan horse itself, some say: Therefore, the Trojan Wars could have been a myth, or at least a story made up of both myth and truth. Ultimately, it is unlikely we will ever know, which is why many suggest […]