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I have an indeep knowledge of European history, expecially Ancient, Roman and Medieval history. I focus my attention on military history as well; I have access to a university library with many ancient books.
Mainly through self study (other than my university studies in laws) I have acquired a good knowledge of the topic, which I enjoy further study.
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Hello, actually applying modern notions of race (white, black, asian) to ancient Egypt is anachronistic, and about skin colour, the ancient Egyptians were neither black nor white: they had a fair/olive
Hello, the arms were crossed over the chest in emulation of the pose of Osiris, the god of eternity, as found in all the paintings and statues of him, thus it represents eternal life for the deceased
Hello, Lucius Roscius Fabatus (it's a person's name) was a member of the ˇ"tresviri aere argento auro flando feriundo" (literally, three men for striking and casting bronze, silver and gold), a group
Hello, the topic is really broad, but I think the answer is rather simple and applies to most cases that happened in the past: all the populations that were enslaved and, often, transferred to far away
Hello, I guess those books are a collection of different books and essays by Plutarch: "Parallel Lives" is a series of biographies of ancient men organized in tandem (one Roman and one Greek), to compare
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