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There are countless movies about or set in the Roman Empire, but it sometimes feels like Hollywood forgot about Hannibal Barca, the Carthaginian general who terrorized Rome in its early years.
A de-dollarized world, where the U.S. dollar is not the preeminent global currency, approaches quickly but this is nothing new historically speaking nor is it bad.
A de-dollarized world, where the U.S. dollar is not the preeminent global currency, approaches quickly but this is nothing new historically speaking nor is it bad.
This week, on a bit of a lark, we're going to discuss the most common weapon, by far, in the Iron Age Mediterranean (focusing on the period from the 8th to the 1st centuries BC): the humble, effective and ubiquitous thrusting spear. In particular, I want to discuss the striking fact that despite the wide…