Greek Influence Brings About An Etruscan Cultural Explosion
Much of the evidence from the early Villanovan period (around 9th century B.C.) has been found in the Etruscan cemetary sites. In any culture,...
The Cattle of Geryon: The tenth of Heracles’ Twelve Labors
For the tenth of his twelve labors, Heracles had to bring the Cattle of Geryon back to Eurystheus. The Cattle of Geryon were a...
Etruscan Crisis and Conflict: Predecessors of the Romans
At the beginning of the 6th century B.C. large, wealthy population centers were sprinkled throughout Etruria, particularly in southern Italy. Some of these city-states,...
Greek Interaction with East Africa
The East African commercial interest by the Ancient Greeks had existed as early as the eighteenth century BC with Egypt being the middleman. From...
Philip V – The Butcher of Hellas
In the spring of 205, Philip began to rebuild his navy. He concentrated his efforts upon amassing a sea power far larger than the...
Philip V – The Darling of Hellas
The First Macadonian War was an integral part of the Second Punic War. It engaged Rome at a time when she seemed to be...
Philip V and The Second Macedonian War
“And Now There Was Rome”
The Roman declaration of war found Philip V in a position of great inferiority to Rome. He had carefully adhered...
Philip V and The War With Antiochos
Rome for sometime before the second Macedonian War had viewed Antiochos III with some suspicion. His kingdom, which included most of the West Asian...
Philip V The Final Years
Philip spent the rest of his life rebuilding his kingdom and trying to avoid conflict with Rome. He brought large amounts of non Macedonians...
Spread from Italia
The question of the legionarii origo (legionaries origin) in the I century is very complex and connected with the linguistics romanization of the not...