Dr Roel Konijnendijk
@Roelkonijn
Ancient historian (Greece, Persia, war, history-writing). Darby Fellow in Ancient History at Lincoln College, @UniofOxford. Moderator at @askhistorians.
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Yesterday my thread about ancient warriors' bodies was RT'ed w/ fairly reasonable criticism. Since then I have been inundated with abuse from literal fascists for daring to challen...
So what is this about? Why should we care about 19th century histories of ancient Greek warfare? What do Miltiades and Moltke have to do with anything? A thread𧡠https://t.co/dbMD1...
2499 years ago, approximately #OTD, the pass at Thermopylai in Central Greece became the site of one of the most famous land battles in history. You've probably heard a bunch of t...