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Ancient wars often hinged on the recruitment of mercenaries, and a new study shows the Battles of Himera were no exception.
The Temple of Victory at Himera, Sicily, was constructed by the defeated Carthaginians after the first Battle of Himera in 480 BCE. (Photo by Katherine Reinberger via Courthouse News)
(CN) Foreign mercenaries were omnipresent in ancient battles across the Mediterranean. Greek mercenaries aided the Persians; Persians aided Greeks; and after the introduction of coinage, entire armies of private soldiers went up for sale.
The first battle of Himera in 480 BCE was a resounding Greek Sicilian victory. A later battle in 409 BCE was decidedly not. So, what changed?
This Is How Scholars Think Ancient Egyptians Used Cannabis 3,500 Years Ago Tuesday, 02 February 2021
It s funny to think back on the reefer madness era in the United States in the 1930s, a time when political leaders demonized cannabis and planted the seeds for the War on Drugs. After all, the U.S. had not yet existed even 200 years. Compare that to ancient Egypt, a weed-friendly civilization that flourished and dominated the known world for about 3,000 years.
Lawmakers in the United States and most of the western world are just now catching up with what leaders in that long-ago civilization knew to be true: medical marijuana has the potential for treating a variety of conditions. They also found uses for hemp that included making fabric, rope, and ship sails.