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The first thing Vi(v)i(an) notices is that we’re short one, and as we bow our heads she rips the void with a clacking call, loss and warning, loss and warning, over and over again. When she is done we take turns spitting our hauls onto the floor of the shop. It was a mino...
“human shields” in the event of attack. On August 28, the same day that Iraq declared that it hadannexedKuwait, Saddam said that women and children would be allowed to leave. The plight of the remaining hostages resulted in a procession of Western politicians and celebrities to Baghdad. ...
Constantine’sadherenceto Christianity was closely associated with his rise to power. He fought the Battle of theMilvian Bridgein the name of the Christian God, having received instructions in a dream to paint the Christian monogram () on his troops’ shields. This is the account given by the...
through the hills to the north. His advance through Swāt andGandhārawas marked by the storming of the almost impregnablepinnacleofAornos, the modern Pir-Sar, a few miles west of theIndusand north of the Buner River, an impressive feat of siegecraft. In spring 326, crossing the Indus near...
(or small forts) nearer the frontiers than the legions. The legionary fortresses were large rectangular enclosures of 50 or 60 acres surrounded by strong walls. Traces of these can still be seen in the north and east town walls of Chester, at the eastern and western angles of York, and ...