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The Spanish conquest of the Aztecs was terrible. It was a prolonged period of pestilence, famine, torture, rape, plunder, destruction, conquest, cultural eradication, and general misery, with a short term death toll of something like 600,000 (including military and civilian casualties), and a long term death toll in the millions. And yet part of me...
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This series is now available in an audio format; the entire playlist can be listened to here. The following post is the first part of a three part series where we look at the question "how medieval is Game of Thrones?" and - if not the European Middle Ages - what period of history does...
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For decades, ancient Rome has been associated in the popular imagination with orgies. Indeed, perhaps the very first thing most people think of when they hear the words "ancient Rome" are Roman orgies. The problem is that there is no good evidence that orgies were ever at all common in ancient Rome. In fact, we ... Continue reading "Why "Roman Orgies" Weren't Really a Thing"
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Thoughts of an open source developer with a theology degree. Honza Pokorný is a web developer and an armchair theologian in Halifax, Canada
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