Imperator Cat
Historian, Writer, Geek, Felinophile. Questioning everything.
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So you want to be a Roman legionary? A highly disciplined, trained, and organized member of the famed Roman legion. One of the most renowned ancient militaries. It is an arduous p...
βThalatta! Thalatta!β β βThe sea. The sea!β A surreal moment when The Ten Thousand - Greek mercenaries - reached the Black Sea coast after their long voyage to the heart of the Pe...
#OTD in 960 AD, a brilliant Roman general turned a successful Muslim raid into a shattering defeat, bringing an end to a powerful emirate and paving the way for the imperial reconq...
βWe did not know where we were, on heaven or on earth.β Russian Ambassadors (987), in a report to Prince Vladimir of Kiev. One of the most fascinating tales of the early Middle A...
Heh, if anyone would dare to say it to the emperor in Constantinople, it would not end well. Once again, there was no Byzantium, and there was no Byzantine Empire. It is an inventi...