Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet - a man who knew how to have fun !!
This man,prominent in the Restoration period of King Charles II,was a perfect character to fit into the 'party' time of the King's reign.

He wrote songs,plays,poems and often got himself into serious bother due to his drinking and 'don't give a s**t attitude' to life.

He formed the 'Merry Gang' who had extravagant dinners and serious amounts of wine and other beverages,which often led to Charles...

If you have ever heard of Publius Quinctilius Varus, it will no doubt be in conjunction with the infamous clades Variana of 9 CE, the catastrophic loss of three legions to the German tribes under the command of Arminius in the Teutoberg Forest, near present-day Kalkriese in Lower Saxony, Germany. This celebrated military catastrophe was an event of some consequence - it put an end to the fledgling Roman province across the Rhine, and drastically curtailed Roman hopes of a German imperium. Not only...

I thought y'all might be interested in this. I stumbled upon series that might be picked up by a television network called Courage, NH. It's about a small town in New Hampshire in the early 1770's preceding the American Revolution. It is very historically accurate and if it's your cup of tea, very interesting. Check it out...



Revolution is at hand...

The “Shiva Nataraja” statue (South India, 16th-17th c., bronze, 1940.1079) was gifted to the Cincinnati Art Museum in memory of Elsie Homes Warrington by George Warrington. It stands 33 13/16 in. tall, 23 ¼ in. wide and 12 in. deep.[1] The piece features many of the iconographic motifs associated with the god, such as...

Hannibal's Invasion Force: By the Numbers




When Hannibal left New Carthage during the late Spring of 218 BC, according to Polybius his army amounted to 90,000 infantry, 12,000 cavalry (Polybius, 3.35), while Appian adds 37 elephants to the number. Clearly, the size of his infantry and cavalry are exaggerated, and the true size of Hannibal's invasion force will not be known with certainty, but there are a few considerations – particularly logistical – to take...