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How Do You Get Bitten By a Lion in Roman York? (opens the original)
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Never in its life had the lion felt cold or damp like this. The smell of rain and the faint salt tang of the sea were entirely unfamiliar to him. For a creature accustomed to the high places of the Atlas Mountains and the hot, dry valleys that lay between them, Britain was a miserable place to end up. Not that the big cat had had any say in its relocation: still lethargic after a kill and a nap to digest it, he’d awoken to sharp spear tips and heavy nets, surrounded by hunters who forced him int
Announcements! (opens the original)
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Hello, my friends! A couple of announcements regarding the ol’ Substack here, which I realize I’ve now been writing on for almost seven years. How time flies when you’re having fun (?).First things first: I will be in New York City next Tuesday, September 29th, at 7 PM for a live show at Caveat. Historian Claire Aubin (This Guy Sucked) and I, with host Manny Fidel (No Such Thing) will be drafting teams of the greatest assholes in American history and talking about the evil-est dead people in our
Weapons Sacrifices and the Long Road to the Viking Age (opens the original)
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The boat’s prow cut through still waters with barely a ripple. Fog hanging low over the inlet swallowed the sound of oars slapping against the surface. Not even a breath of wind stirred the air. All was grey and quiet, a dour day for a homecoming, but the six discharged soldiers who had hired the craft to take them from the mouth of the Rhine around the peninsula of Jutland to the island of Funen were happy to be nearing their destination at last.Their road had been a long one. There had been tw
The Human Sacrifices of the Shang Dynasty (opens the original)
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Mei kept his head high as he ascended the steps of the platform, eyes forward and not on his bare feet scraping the compacted earth. The guard walking behind him didn’t have to use the sharp point of his polearm to prod Mei along. Despite knowing what awaited him at the top of the steps, he went there of his own volition, if not altogether willingly.The ropes binding Mei’s wrists chafed at the old scars underneath. They’d healed poorly and bled constantly, layer after layer of healed tissue flay
Christopher Nolan's Collapsing Worlds (opens the original)
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