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Dr Roel Konijnendijk

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Ancient historian (Greece, Persia, war, history-writing). Darby Fellow in Ancient History at Lincoln College, @UniofOxford. Moderator at @askhistorians.

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Happy to see this video from @InvictaHistory laying out what an ancient army actually looked like as it deployed for battle. In the intro I explain what movies and TV shows always seem to get wrong... youtube.com/watch?v=FsU6H2…


Reigate Fort on the North Downs Way is a mobilisation station from the 1890s with only rudimentary defences. Little more than a reinforced ramp and ditch. Needless to say I was fully satisfied

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I'm doing an all-day AMA on r/askhistorians (@askhistorians). I'll answer some of the questions while on my livestream later too So pop in, say something nice, and ask a good question! reddit.com/r/AskHistorian…


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1. Anyone dealing professionally with the topic better not check most of the answers in the thread (either downright xenophobic or hardly advanced on Gibbon in the 18th c). So here's a brief thread on an often overlooked factor in "The Fall of Rome": Internal violence.

History question of the day: What caused the collapse of the imperial authority in the western provinces of the Roman Empire?

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ClassicsTober 17 Iphikrates, Greek general and all-round high achiever. Here he is in the Battle of Knidos, swimming back to his trireme with a prisoner after boarding an enemy ship. #ClassicsTober24

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