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    What Modern Riots Tell Us About Premodern Warfare

    Content Warning: This article contains videos depicting real violence during protests and riots. Despite an abundance of recent books, movies, and video games depicting premodern warfare (that… Read more “What Modern Riots Tell Us About Premodern Warfare”

    December 4, 2021 by Thomas Brodey

    Quintus Sertorius: The Patriot Who Defied Rome

    This week, I’d like to write about one of my favorite figures from Roman history: Quintus Sertorius (126 BCE to 73 BCE). Sertorius’ life reads like a… Read more “Quintus Sertorius: The Patriot Who Defied Rome”

    August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 by Thomas Brodey

    To the Last Man: Demography and the Roman Army’s Darkest Hour

    A little while ago, I wrote about how the Second Punic War lasted so long that many of the men in Hannibal’s army would have had more… Read more “To the Last Man: Demography and the Roman Army’s Darkest Hour”

    June 4, 2021June 5, 2021 by Thomas Brodey

    Mini Take: My Favorite Roman Emperor

    If you think that choosing a favorite Roman emperor is the most superficial and unnecessary thing imaginable, you would be correct. Great Man history has fallen out… Read more “Mini Take: My Favorite Roman Emperor”

    June 1, 2021July 27, 2021 by Thomas Brodey
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