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2 08, 2017

Nicephorus and Leo – Byzantine history

By |2018-04-15T16:50:55-07:00August 2nd, 2017|History, Medieval|Comments Off on Nicephorus and Leo – Byzantine history

Maybe the skull cup was something like this? Nicephorus deposed the Empress Irene in 802 AD and made himself emperor. He refused to pay tribute to the Islamic caliph, and therefore lost still more Roman [...]

1 08, 2017

Basil, Zoe, and the Armenian Dynasty

By |2019-11-07T17:01:57-08:00August 1st, 2017|History, Medieval|Comments Off on Basil, Zoe, and the Armenian Dynasty

Basil starts the Armenian Dynasty In 867 AD, Basil killed Bardas and took over as Roman Emperor. That started the Armenian Dynasty. People call it that because of Basil's Armenian ancestors. (Sometimes people call it the Macedonian [...]

15 07, 2017

Minotaur – the Labyrinth – Greek mythology

By |2020-04-26T20:52:54-07:00July 15th, 2017|Greeks, Literature|Comments Off on Minotaur – the Labyrinth – Greek mythology

Pasiphae holds the baby Minotaur Pasiphae and Minos Once upon a time on the island of Crete, maybe about 1325 BC, Europa's son Minos became the king of Crete, and his wife was [...]

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