The ancient Roman alternative to daylight saving time; An hour was not a consistent unit of time. In the summer it could be as long as 75 minutes and in the winter it sometimes lasted just 45 minutes.
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Medieval Europeans were fanatical about a strange fruit with a vulgar name that could only be eaten rotten. Then it was forgotten altogether. Why did they love it so much? And why did it disappear?
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Stoicism’s appeal to the rich and powerful
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Coinage and the tyranny of fantasy ‘gold’
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Plato's burial place finally revealed after AI deciphers ancient scroll carbonized in Mount Vesuvius eruption
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Persephone is in the underworld during the summer, not the winter
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True size of a Spartan army - The real source of its strength
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How ancient soldiers used sound to frighten and confuse their enemies
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Warships of the Carthaginian Navy | Units of History
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How was the Colossus of Rhodes built? From siege tower to ancient wonder.
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The Sacred Band of Thebes | Units of History
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Killing time during the Trojan War with Ajax and Achilles | Curator's Corner S05 E10
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Gossip was a powerful tool for the powerless in Ancient Greece
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Xenophon: The ancient Greek rebel leader who saw Socrates solo-dancing
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Rediscovering Ancient Greek music
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The myth of whiteness in classical sculpture
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Black Achilles - The Greeks didn’t have modern ideas of race. Did they see themselves as white, black – or as something else altogether?
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