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03/09/2026

😀👇𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟓𝟓𝟒 𝐀.𝐃. 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟐:

Agathias tells us that the Franks had easier preparations due to the more simple quality of their euipment. They did not know or feel the need for breast-plate armour, and most of them opted to fight without any head protection. They rarely opted for horses with their reliance on infantry fighting.

Soon Narses left Rome with his entire army and encamped so close to the enemy that he could hear the noises they made.

‘’Among the Roman commanders was a certain Armenian called Chanaranges, a man of the utmost bravery and good sense and one who would gladly face danger whenever the occasion warranted it.’’ Agathias📗✍

An unfortunate situation occurred when one of the Herul leaders killed a servant and temporarily left the Heruls refusing to fight but they changed their mind after a speech was given by their leader Sindual. Narses set his men in a traditional manner but as they took their positions the Franks were boosted with news that the Heruls had refused to take the field. The Franks took the usual Germanic Formation which was known to the Romans as Cuneus.

The wedge did its job and smashed through the Roman Line through to the reserve. Narses ordered his cavalry on the wings to reverse their information thereby leading to the Franks being shot at from the flank and from behind. The Franks were unable to locate exactly where the missiles were coming from, and soon the leading elements of the Franks broke up and began to flee. The Heruls joined the battle as the bulk of the Franks became disoriented. This allowed the Roman Line to stabilise once more as the route of the Franks ensued. The Franks with no reserve were said to have been left with just five troops.

𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰📌

02/09/2026

😀👇𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐬 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟓𝟓𝟒 𝐀.𝐃. 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏:

After the Battle of Tadinae King Totila died of his wounds, thereby, leaving the leadership of the Goths in the hands of Teias. However, he too would perish in battle against the forces of Narses as the War for Italy was finally coming to an end. Two chieftains of the Alemanni, Leutharis and Butilin lead an expedition into Italy with mixed objectives. However, their forces linked up with the Gothic Forces and entered Italy at the Po Valley around the summer of 553 A.D. The combined forces encountered little opposition as they penetrated central Italy but, perhaps, unwisely, they decided to divide their forces. With Butilin continuing with his forces towards Campania, Lucania and Bruttium, while Leutharis marched across Apulia and Calabria. However, during the summer of 554 A.D. his force burdened with their horde of treasures decided to return homewards. On their journey back much of their treasure had been lost during an ambush by the Romans, furthermore, disease had struck his forces, and much of his army perished, so too did Leutharis.

The forces under Butilin had too suffered from disease, however, they continued with their objective and headed towards Rome. Narses was wise to this and continued to delay matters until he felt he was in a strong enough position to deal with the forces of Butilin. The two sides met near Capua (Vulturnus River). Narses and the Romans had about 18,000 troops. Agathias says Butilin had originally been larger but were now around 30,000.

Butilin to his troops “We are faced”, he said, “with the alternative either of becoming the masters of Italy, which was our object in coming here, or of being annihilated on the spot...’’📗✍

𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰📌

01/09/2026

🙂👇𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞:

𝐀 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝(𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝).📌

It has been said that there is at least six different suggestions as to the nature of Greek Fire. The idea that has gained a lot of support is that theory that Greek Fire was distilled petroleum combined wit h other specified ingredients. However, unlike other ideas, it did not contain saltpetre, and this description seems to agree the most with the descriptions of its nature and use.

The Venetians used wool soaked in vinegar to protect their vessels from Greek Fire in the 14th-century; wood and leather soaked in vinegar dry more slowly than if merely wetted with water, and burning oil would tend to run off them.

The use of incendiary mixture of all kinds were well-known in ancient warfare. The Eastern Roman and Arab Chroniclers seem to agree that at the end of the 7th-century A.D is when Greek Fire came to be used first, it was said to have been a terrible agent of destruction known to the Crusaders as ‘Greek Fire’. However, the Eastern Roman Empire was said have never called it Greek Fire.

The first attested use of ‘Greek Fire’ by the Romans was under the reign of Constantine IV in their battle with the Arab Forces under Yazid. It was the Siege of Constantinople between 674-678.

‘At that time Kallinikos, an artificer from Heliopolis, fled to the Romans. He had devised a sea fire which ignited the Arab Ships and burned them with all hands. This it was that the Romans returned with victory and discovered the sea fire’ The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor Annus Mundi 6165✍📗

Although, some authors think his association with Greek Fire was accidental, and that its creation was done by chemists in Constantinople who had inherited the discoveries.

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30/08/2026

😀👇𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟓 𝐨𝐟 𝟓:

𝐀 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝(𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝).📌
𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬.

It was by July that the Romans breached the defenses and pushed towards the Temple Mount, and in August they were in front of the Second Temple. It was alleged that Titus had wanted to preserve the temple but, perhaps, due to the chaos of the battle it was set on fire. The Temple had stood as a structure of huge importance for the people and its destruction has been felt since.

The overall scale of the Siege of Jerusalem was colossal, it was said, albeit by Josephus, that over one million people died, however, modern historians consider this figure to be hugely exaggerated. The Romans celebrated in Rome in several ways but two of the most notable was the construction of the Arch of Titus and the Colosseum.

For Rome, their success significantly reinforced its reputation as a strong imperial superpower.

It highlighted the military capacity of Rome to deal with rebellions, and in turn, this sent a message to other provinces not to do the same, and to keep in line. The success furthered the reputation of Vespasian, and helped to establish the Flavian Dynasty as the successors to the Julio-Claudians, thereby, showing that the empire was in safe hands.

Additionally, the success of Rome in destroying the Second Temple also demonstrated the prowess and abilities of the Roman Gods to an ancient audience.

The Colosseum and the Arch of Titus stand today as a further sign of the architectural brilliance of the Roman Empire, however, in antiquity it showed people what can happen to them if they rebel against the empire.

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮, feel free to subscribe to the page and then message me your request.✍📗

28/08/2026

😀👇𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟒 𝐨𝐟 𝟓:

𝐀 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝(𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝).📌
𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬.

The Siege of Jerusalem in 70 CE, led by the Roman general Titus, stands as one of the most significant and devastating events in Jewish and Roman history. It marked the culmination of the First Jewish–Roman War (66–73 CE) and led to the destruction of the Second Temple.

The siege was conducted by the future Emperor Titus, and it began around April 70 A.D. As the disposal of the Roman Empire, there was a force of about 60,000 troops for this event, with the V, X, XII and XV Legions involved.

The city was heavily fortified and held by a complex network of Jewish factions, primarily the Zealots and other revolutionary groups, who were themselves engaged in civil strife. This internal division greatly weakened the city’s defense. However, they were also suffering from dwindling resources due to the Roman blockade. Titus ordered his troops to build a circumvallation, such as a continuous wall of earth and wood around the city to cut off supplies and prevent escape. According to Josephus, a Jewish historian who defected to the Roman side and witnessed the siege, famine set in quickly and claimed thousands of lives.

The Roman siege tactics were brutal and methodical. Roman engineers built siege towers and battering rams to assault the city’s three concentric walls. The defenders fought fiercely, using guerrilla tactics, surprise attacks, and the city’s high ground to repel Roman advances.

The defenders put up a formidable resistance. However, the Romans gradually breached each wall, pressing deeper into the city. In June 70 A.D., the Antonia Fortress, which overlooked the Temple Mount, was captured after intense fighting.

As the Romans approached the Second Temple the fighting grew even more desperate.

27/08/2026

😀👇𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟑:

𝐀 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝(𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝).📌
𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬.

The attack on Joppa was a relatively low key event but the pirates taking shelter here had to be removed, and that they were. Vespasian had by now earned some rest and took up residence in the estate of Agrippa II in Caesarea Philippi. However, his rest was not for long when Tiberias and Tarichaea took up arms, and Vespasian sent for his son, Titus who was to meet him at Scythopolis. Now, with the Romans camped 6.5kms south of Tiberias, it was enough for the rebels to abandon the city and flee to Tarichaea, where the pro-Roman citizens tored down a part of their walls as a symbol of submission to Vespasian. The city of Tarichaea did not do much better and within a short period of time both miniature revolts and cities had fallen as Vespasian continued his march.

With the news having arrived of the fall of Tarichaea, it led to the wide spread surrender of all of Galilee, however, there was three notable exceptions, Gischala, Mount Tabor and Gamala. At this time Vespasian had been recovering in the warm baths of Ammathus when word reached him of Gamala and others having refused to surrender.

With the campaigning season coming to an end, Vespasian had to act quickly and after constructing siege ramps, and the battering rams having found three separate breaches they stormed the city, and their own success, perhaps, led to their retreat. The Romans having become lost in the maze of streets were being taken out. It was this time when Vespasian had used his vast military knowledge to order his men to form a Testudo, this was enough to hold of the rebels and form their retreat.

However, a clever attack at night led to the city having become overwhelmed, and Vespasian reflected upon his victory in winter quarters.

26/08/2026

😀👇𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟐:

𝐀 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝(𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝).
𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭.📌

In order to suppress the revolt Vespasian was put in charge of a huge army of about 50,000 men, with the V Macedonica, X Fretensis and XV Apollinaris providing its crack element to the force.

‘’He took his elder son as one of his lieutenants, and as soon as he reached his province he attracted the attention of the neighbouring provinces also; for he at once reformed the discipline of the army and fought one or two battles with such daring, that in the storming of a fortress he was wounded in the knee with a stone and received several arrows in his shield.’’ Suetonius Life of Vespasian 4.5-6.✍📗

Vespasian arrived with his son, the future emperor, Titus in 67 A.D. The first engagement took place in Jotapata in Galilee. The city had been the key to defending Galilee, and Jospehus had managed to enter the city in order to oversee its defences. However, after a troublesome 47 days the city fell to Rome.

When the city fell ‘’…the Romans searched for Josephus, both out of the hatred they bore him, and because their general was very desirous to have him taken; for he reckoned that if he were once taken, the greatest part of the war would be over.’’ Josephus The Wars of the Jews 3.8.1✍📗

The Jewish Fighters were in a much weakened situation, as the traditional image of their equipment viewed them as lightly armed men without armour, with one important weakness, that was the complete absence of their own cavalry wing, as well as an inability to overcome the Roman Cavalry.

After his early success Vespasian sent Legio XV Apollinaris to Scythopolis, while he withdrew the V and X to Caesarea. His next task was to take Joppa, a city that had the potential to hamper the maritime supply and reinforcement of the Roman Forces.

25/08/2026

😀👇𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟏:

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐬 𝐀 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝(𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝).📌

It was around May of 66 A.D. when a serious revolt broke out in Judea. A revolt that many have concluded did not have one single cause for the outbreak of hostilities. The reasonings behind the First Revolt are largely, though not exclusively, extracted from thew works of Josephus. However, for some, the cause of the revolt is relatively simple, in that the fighting broke out over a sacrifice of birds. The Jewish Population had sought to buy land that was in the vicinity of their synagogue. They had offered the Greek Owner a lot more than it was worth. In response, the Greek Owner built workshops on the site making access to the synagogue much more difficult. This led to a series of events that escalated the tension, soon after the Roman Procurator Gessius Florus, who had been connected to Nero, fled from the city.

The man leading the intervention was C. Cestius Gallus, who had been the elderly consular legate of Syria with a force of 30,000 troops, which had included Legio XII Fulminata, with a further 2,000 men from his other three legions, IV Scythica, VI Ferrata and X Fretensis.

However, things were not looking great for the Romans when 6 months later the army of Cestius has been repelled from the Walls of Jerusalem. Furthermore, the defenders had managed to inflict 5,000 losses to the Romans, and they too captured a Legionary Eagle. The elderly Cestius would soon die too.

During this time Nero was going through a series of replacements in key positions, recalling those deemed to be a threat to his power.

At this time we are told by Seutonius that Vespasian among others have been given military commands.

“both as a man of tried energy and as one in no wise to be feared because of the obscurity of his family and name” Suetonius Life of Vespasian 4.5-6.✍📗

24/08/2026

😀👇𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚, 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 (𝐒𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐬):

‘The second daughter of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman Empress Faustina the Younger and an elder sister to future Roman Emperor Commodus. She hatched a plot to assassinate Commodus and take over as empress, but it failed and she was ultimately executed.

In 182 Lucilla had uncovered sufficient discontent with her brother’s rule to organise a conspiracy for his overthrow. Members of the group included her cousin Ummidius Quadratus; Paternus, who was head of the imperial guard; and, Claudius Pompeianus Quintianus, who was to do the actual stabbing. Pompeianus turned out to be an inept murderer. He was arrested while announcing to Commodus his intention to stab him. Lucilla was banished to Capri and soon afterward killed. Her son, Claudius Pompeianus, was later murdered by the emperor Caracalla’

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22/08/2026

😀👇 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐀𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐬:

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞?.📌

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞/𝐀𝐦𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐞?.📌

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝.

𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐝𝐨.

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