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My theory is that Odysseus is meeting his father in the Fields of Elysium after death. Indications for this: 1) The encounter between them happens in Rhapsody 24, right after the reconciliation of Agamemnon and Achilles which takes place in Hades, another part of the Netherworld. 2) The rolling plain where Laertes' orchard/vineyard is situated is definitely not on Ithaca which has no plains whatsoever. 3) There are no weapons in the scene. Odysseus and his entourage come with no weapons and Laertes' household doesn't seem to have no weapons whatsoever, frankly impossible for a secluded farm in troubled times. 4) Odysseus "pranking" his father is the final test of recognition of Odysseus. The whole theme of the Odyssey is the "νοστιμον ήμαρ"-the day of return. So the most of the plot revolves around Odysseus getting over his past failures which brought him to Calypso's island, and returning to reclaim his rightful legacy in Ithaca and his name which he had shamed. He hides his name both from Polyphemus (but finally shouts it as a brag) and from Nausica and the other people of Scheria due to this shame he must overcome.

You can grip the thin end to help you tip the amphora. They would also be stored on their side to keep the bung wet. A foot flange was a liability, as you said. I'm sure amphora stands or small pits/buckets of sand were commonly used for opened vessels.

Hastings is East Sussex not Kent.

The ‘good china’ 😂

I think its for the stopper not to dry because a wet stopper is more water tight

King Harold had the same problem at Hastings - once that shield wall comes down 😅

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Seems almost intuitive, as I would assume some form of earth shaking when any volcano the size of Vesuvius explodes, especially when you're that close. By the way, I still get history nerd compliments every time I where my "Punic Wars" T-shirt. One of my favs. 🙂

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I would love to see a list of original English town names, what they were called under Roman rule, and what the names of the the towns are today 🥰

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Very good example, the one with the handle

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I 100% agree w your feelings about Argus. It’s one of my favorite scenes in Homer bc it’s so well done and honors the dog.

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10:42 menace- wrath of a demigod beyond the rage of a human.

Very nice. Great concept and lovely work.

Not sure about the deactivated theory. Surely it would have been stored with weapons and maybe armour which can’t be ‘deactivated’? Besides wouldn’t any protection would be better than none if you were a potential rebel? Thanks so much for the vid though and I too would love to see the back!

I would cry if my helmet looked like this… (I clean my helmet very often)

There are more of them in private collection and yes they're all red

cos Romans couldn't count

Thanks for the explanation! That question had always been sort of a puzzle for me. Yet as for the smallest unit, the eight in a tent: Shouldn't then there be a Octurio instead of a Decurio? Guess they were somehow really inclined towards the metric system back then 😅

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Ofcourse the whole expedition ended in tragedy but I always feel sorry for poor Nicias😢

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What’s the back story behind the scutum where was it found how did it survive intact????

Bruise and possible internal bleeding

If they had elaborated the stories a little wider and wilder, they could have ended up with the first science fiction story centuries before Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Octopus is not too bad if you live in Australia 😅

It is a beautiful helmet, and it also looks like a Slinger made that dent in it. 😮

That's even worse than the Spartans addiction to good omens 😅

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Haha very funny joke. Also very interesting thing that Etruscan calendar, where can one get it, if I may ask?

Would lynathorax armour have been a cheaper body armour?

I have to say, that's sadly a pretty horrible reconstruction of a shield. There are extant examples of these, and this is nothing like any of those.

Hehe, and for tabletop wargaming it has an additional advantage. There are said to be players who roll their dice in a wild fashion that they knock over models. Accidentally. Not their own. Or so I have heard 😂

Oh thats super interesting! Had no idea dice towers were that old of a concept, I use one pretty much daily for tabletop wargaming. The urge to cheat at dice is apparently an ageless part of human culture 😅

Yes, when I was young, it sometimes did bother me that different myths, characters didn't seem to be fully consistent. Later came to simply appreciate different versions as interesting alternatives (😉 like with Hitchhiker's guide, the radio show, the books and the BBC TV series also differ often, just the basics of the story and its characters are the same, only sort of spot-lighted from different perspectives 😄)

excellent summation! incidentally-I need that shirt!

I really enjoy Dr. Tibbs. He recently did a podcast focusing on Hadrians wall on the Antiquity Side-quest Pod if anyone is interested

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Nice footage indeed ! I also think that they probably didn't pull their swords out, at least not until they were attacked in close combat. Those gladii are amazingly pointy, compared to other, medieval swords I have seen. I wouldn't want to be near those points in such a dense formation as a testudo. And dimly lit. And then the practical reasons you named. Maybe the front rank had them out, they could have a hand free for that (and it would instill some amount of fear in the enemy if they saw that the testudo would not be a defenseless turtle)

How heavy are those swords?

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