February 26, 2018February 26, 2018Viking Era More indications the Vikings were not the only horrible and cruel people in the Middle Ages – part 6 Some of the battles between churchmen in Ireland are described in The Vikings – A History, by Robert Ferguson. There were limits […]
February 21, 2018February 21, 2018Roman Empire Payroll cost for a Roman Legion – Part 2 of 2 What might the payroll cost have been to staff a Roman Legion? Previous post outlined the standard staffing of a Roman Legion […]
February 19, 2018February 21, 2018Roman Empire Payroll cost for a Roman Legion – Part 1 of 2 What was the payroll cost to staff a Roman Legion? Earlier post discussed that until around 81 A.D. a Legionnaire was paid […]
February 15, 2018Viking Era Vikings must have developed considerable skill at gathering intelligence For a while now I’ve been pondering how the Vikings knew where and when to raid. How did they figure out where […]
February 13, 2018February 13, 2018Roman Empire Average pay for Roman Legionnaire Another indication of average pay for Roman foot soldiers can be found in Wikipedia’s article Imperial Roman Army. This pay rate applied […]
February 11, 2018February 11, 2018Viking Era Ponder the supporting industry needed for shipbuilding and seafaring during the Viking age. Ponder the extent of support needed to keep seagoing fleets of longships going to sea. Those state-of-the-art weapons needed maintenance and supplies. […]
February 3, 2018February 3, 2018Viking Era One frame of reference for comparing time to construct large projects With about 40,000 hours of labor, you could build this in around 900 A.D. …. ..or with about 55,000 hours of labor, […]
February 2, 2018Viking Era Another idea on what kicked off the violent Viking Age In The Vikings – A History Robert Ferguson suggests a different idea on the reasons for the start of the Viking Age, […]
February 1, 2018Viking Era More background on the Viking Age I will write a number of post on some of the more interesting items I learned from Robert Ferguson in his book […]
January 31, 2018Alexander the Great, comparison of living standards, Roman Empire, Viking Era Abundance of food today compared with routine scarcity of food earlier than 150 years ago. For most of history, one of the main challenges was getting enough food to eat. Keeping your family alive through the winter […]