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A few months ago I was having lunch with some friends, (friends you might find on twitter as @jameslaws and @jeremymoore) when one of them mentioned having an old roommate who liked to “poke holes” in Christianity. We didn’t really discuss what he meant by the term “holes”; whether he meant something akin to “pot [...]

The sword pictured to the left is commonly referred to as a “Gladius”. If the name seems familiar to you, it may be because the weapon lent its name to those who fought in Roman arenas and amphitheatres. Combat-oriented games, which began as funeral rite re-enactments, eventually led to the birth of the “Gladiator”.
While this [...]

Before we delve into the meat of why ancient cultures develop certain types of weapons, it would be helpful to examine the most prominent form, the sword. Almost every culture has, at one time or another, produced a bladed weapon. For ancient Latin American civilizations, it may have been made of obsidian. In the ancient [...]

I’m sad to say that it’s been a while since I’ve thought about what the title of this post implies. Initially the idea came to me when I was an undergraduate in History at Lee University, as part of a paper on Rome battle tactics. Since graduating with my BA, I have had little time to [...]