ἀνθρώποισι πᾶσι μέτεστι γινώσκειν ἑωυτοὺς καὶ σωφρονεῖν.
In this post we present selected parts of the very interesting paper titled “New Metallurgic Findings from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic: Tell Halula (Euphrates Valley, Syria)“, by Molist Miquel et al. (2009). Continue reading “Metallurgic Findings from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic at Tell Halula, Syria”
After the peace of 628 the Roman and the Persian Empires, drained of men and money, and ravaged from end to end by each others marauding armies, sank down in exhaustion to heal them of their deadly wounds. Continue reading “The rise of the Saracen – The Roman Empire loses Syria, Palestine and Egypt to the Arabs”
When Ptolemy and his sister after their progress had reached the extremity of his left wing and Antiochus with his horse-guards had reached his extreme right, they gave the signal for battle and brought the elephants first into action. Continue reading “Antiochus III the Great vs Ptolemy IV Philopator; the struggle for Coele-Syria – The battle of Raphia (217 B.C.)”
By the beginning of spring (217 B.C.) Antiochus and Ptolemy had completed their preparations and were determined on deciding the fate of the Syrian expedition by a battle. Continue reading “Antiochus III the Great vs Ptolemy IV Philopator; the struggle for Coele-Syria – Their Armies before the battle of Raphia”
The discovery of more than a thousand sites in Syria has revised our understanding of the settlement of the steppes during all periods in the history of the Near East. Recently, analysis of aerial and satellite images has enabled the discovery of a vast structured surveillance and communication network dating from the Middle Bronze Age (2nd millennium BCE). Continue reading “Discovery of a 4,000-year-old military network in northern Syria”
“All the Romans, both officers and soldiers, were far from entertaining any thought of confronting the enemy or standing in the way of their passage, but manning their strongholds as each one could, they thought it sufficient to preserve them and save themselves.” Continue reading “Difficulties in devising defenses in Syria – Disturbing precedents”
Novo Scriptorium 