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Common Errors (26): Et tu, Brute?
Daggers on a coin of Brutus (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien) The last words of Julius Caesar are often quoted as Et tu Brute?, “You too, Brutus?” They are also quoted as Tu quoque, Brute?,… more →
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Common Errors (26): Et tu, Brute?
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Jona Lendering wrote 2 weeks ago: Daggers on a coin of Brutus (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien) The last words of Julius Caesar are oft … more →
Dishonest Archaeologists
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Jona Lendering wrote 1 month ago: Photo montage of a flooded Pasargadae I already blogged about the recent claims that Cambyses‘ … more →
Cambyses' Still Lost Army
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Jona Lendering wrote 1 month ago: Persian soldiers, on a glazed relief from Susa, now in the Louvre. You can leave it to archaeologist … more →
Two Poorly Understood Sites
Jona Lendering wrote 1 month ago: Rujm al-Malfouf To be honest, I wanted to call this topic “two mysterious sites”, but as … more →
Common Errors: Summing up
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Jona Lendering wrote 1 month ago: Spijkers op laag water Today, my little book on common errors, Spijkers op laag water, becomes avail … more →
Known and Unknown Unknowns
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Jona Lendering wrote 2 months ago: We often have to believe the stories of Herodotus, because he is the only source, and we cannot eval … more →
Jim West is Right
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Jona Lendering wrote 3 months ago: Writing back to another blogger Discussing the possibility that the American president Barack Obama … more →
Spijkers op laag water
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Jona Lendering wrote 3 months ago: Spijkers op laag water Only once have I visited a drydock, but I immediately understood what the Dut … more →
Common Errors (25): Caesar on the Sabis
Jona Lendering wrote 4 months ago: Battle of the Sabis Among the mistakes in the new historical atlas (the subject of an earlier postin … more →
Common Errors (24): Trajan
Jona Lendering wrote 5 months ago: Trajan (Glyptothek, München) It is often said that the Roman Empire reached its greatest extent in t … more →
Common Errors (23): Sicilian Expedition
Jona Lendering wrote 5 months ago: Syracusan coin, showing a chariot with maritime symbols, commemorating Syracuse's victory over A … more →
Common Errors (22): Pericles
Jona Lendering wrote 5 months ago: Fragment of the Athenian Tribute List, 425-424 BCE (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) In 431 BCE … more →
Common Errors (21): Etruscan Origins
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Jona Lendering wrote 5 months ago: Etruscan urn from Chiusi. Rijksmuseum van oudheden, Leiden Just north of Rome were the cities of the … more →
Common Errors (20): Hanging Gardens
Jona Lendering wrote 5 months ago: Artist's Impression of the Non-Existent Monument Babylon was the cultural capital of the ancient … more →
Common Errors (19): Vespasian
Jona Lendering wrote 5 months ago: Vespasian (Museo Arqueológico, Sevilla) After their death, good Roman emperors were venerated as god … more →
Common Errors (18): Pilate
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Jona Lendering wrote 5 months ago: Pilate's inscription from Caesarea Some ten years ago, two colleagues approached me with a reque … more →
Common Errors (17): Frozen Rhine
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Jona Lendering wrote 5 months ago: The river god Rhenus (Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Köln) The German historician Alexander Demandt en … more →
Common Errors (16): Persepolis
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Jona Lendering wrote 5 months ago: The Palace of Darius I the Great: not destroyed by fire In the first weeks of 330 BCE, Alexander the … more →
Common Errors (15): White Sculpture
Jona Lendering wrote 5 months ago: Reconstruction of the colors of the Marcus Caelius Cenotaph (Xanten) The ancient Greeks were brillia … more →
