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Funerary Plaque of Geoffrey Plantagenet
The enamel funerary plaque of Geoffrey Plantagenet (r. 1129 - 1151 CE). It depicts Geoffrey The plaque originally came from the Saint Julian of Le Mans where Geoffrey was buried. It is now in the Tessé Museum in Le Mans, France. Enamel on...
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Depiction of Metonic cycle
Depiction of the 19 years of the Metonic cycle as a wheel, with the Julian date of the Easter New Moon, from a 9th-century computistic manuscript made in St. Emmeram's Abbey.
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Head of a Roman Lady
This is the head of a Roman lady of the Julian-Claudian era. Marble. End of the 1st century to the mid-2nd century CE. From Troy, Turkey. It is on display at the Neues Museum, Berlin, Germany.
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Margery Kempe & English Mysticism (In Our Time)
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the English mystic Margery Kempe (1373 - 1438 CE) whose extraordinary life is recorded in a book she dictated, The Book of Margery Kempe. She went on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, to Rome and Santiago de Compostela...
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The Roman Empire. Or Republic. Or...Which Was It?: Crash Course World History #10
In which John Green explores exactly when Rome went from being the Roman Republic to the Roman Empire. Here's a hint: it had something to do with Julius Caesar, but maybe less than you think. Find out how Caesar came to rule the empire, what...
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Trajan - The Best Emperor #13 (Optimus Princeps) Roman History Documentary Series
Named Optimus Princeps or the best emperor during his time. Trajan has been remember as one of the best Roman Emperors and he presided over a period of renewed conquest and during his reign the empire would reach it's greatest extent and...
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The dark history of werewolves - Craig Thomson
Explore how werewolves have evolved in folklore, literature, and pop culture throughout history, and where these stories originated. – Stories of werewolves have existed for thousands of years and continue to live on today. They’re...