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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 “peace process” might someday resolve the conflict. There’s only one resolution to this fight, h...

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 BC, the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula was in the hands of the Carthaginians.

  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. Eighth Stavraton of Constantine XI There are only 92 coins known from the reign of

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 structures. As discussed in previous articles, coins serve three main functions: the basic monetary and...