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Israelis Should Take the Lessons of War to Heart Commentary So the Israelis have once again let themselves and much of the rest of the world down by calling a halt to their latest skirmish with the “Palestinians” of Hamas, to whom they unwisely transferred control of the Gaza strip back in 2005. The recent round of rocket-launching and retaliatory air strikes accomplished nothing strategic, but merely kicked the can of resolution down the road yet again in the vain hopes that the elusive �...

There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea: Joseph Conrad

Due to its location on the east coast of the Iberian Peninsula, which is also the western end of the Mediterranean Sea, Arse was connected to the rest of the Mediterranean world and prospered from its trade with the Greeks and  Phoenicians. During the 2nd half of the 1st millennium BC, the ancient Phoenician city state of  Carthage began to expand, and eventually became the dominant power in the western Mediterranean. By the time the First Punic War broke out between Carthage and Rome in 264...

  I enjoy coins for their artistry and for the history behind them. Because there are so many coins with an interesting history behind them, and because there are so many coins that demonstrate great artistry, I can think of far more than just Ten Coins I’d Love to Own. I narrowed my list down to those I would MOST love to have, and that I am MOST likely to be able to obtain, someday, without having to sell more than one or two vital organs. Here is my list, in reverse chronological order. E...

Changes in Portraiture on Ancient Roman Coinage   Over the roughly one thousand years that followed the overthrew of the last king in 509 BCE, Rome underwent many cultural revolutions. Some of the most notable changes include the rise of the Triumvirates and the overthrow of the Republic, the increasingly autocratic nature of the subsequent Empire, and the barbarization of the army and late Roman society – all of which resulted eventually in the decline and dismantling of many imperial str...

During the 1st century CE, a sect of Jews in Jerusalem claimed that their teacher, Jesus of Nazareth, was the messiah of Israel. Messiah meant anointed...

The First Italia on Coinage: Ancient Coins of Italy The coin in Fig. 1 represents the first attestation of the name Italia on coinage. It was issued in 90 BCE, in Corfinium/ Italica, the capital of the Italic rebels who took arms against Rome between 91 and 87 BCE and almost destroyed it in what Roman historians recall as one of the bloodiest wars ever fought on Italian soil (Fig. 2). Figure 2. Corfinium/Italica. Marcus Livius Drusus, a tribunus plebis or “Tribune” who supported the con...

History and Innovation Guide an Award-Winning Producer in Umbria Through a fusion of historical influences and sustainable practices, Castello Monte Vibiano has achieved outstanding quality goals while preserving the local environment. Castello Monte Vibiano Vecchio An ancient cas­tle dat­ing back to the 1 st cen­tury BC seam­lessly coex­ists with a state-of-the-art olive oil mill among the green hills and val­leys. The beauty of being a high-qual­ity extra vir­gin olive oil pro­duce...

In the Shadow of Greater Kingdoms But Numidians were not content to always dwell in the shadow of Carthage. Their independence soon became prominent, and a strong, prosperous kingdom was about to emerge. Polybius, the crucial ancient Greek historian, was amongst the first to write about Numidia. Around 200 BC, he mentions them as the peoples who live to the west of Carthage, in a territory that roughly corresponds to modern day Algeria. The name Numidians allegedly stems from the ancient Gree...

As it Were: Statue of Cornelia and her jewels honor Ohio leaders Ed Lentz Guest Columnist On the northwest corner of Capitol Square in downtown Columbus, a large piece of statuary sculpture will capture the attention and interest of many people making their way to and from the Ohio Statehouse.  At the top of the monument is a larger-than-life figure of a woman in a flowing dress with her arms open in welcome to the attention of no less than seven figures standing around the base of the stat...