Sunday 28th September – Destination – Belize City Belize. As we arrived in Belize Airport we were really excited. We found our taxi for the transfer to our accommodation; the first guest house we planned to stay on our first night here. The spacious open roads were an invitation to go exploring and the houses on stilts were novel and [...]

Religion was an important part of the history of Barbados after emancipation. If there is one comment that most tourists make when they visit the island it’s “Wow! You have many churches!” It is a true sentiment. Across the entire country there is no limit on the number of churches within each parish. The first religion to grace the shores [...]

Villa Tillia, the first Roman villa in the Verulamium territory. My family has built the success of this villa on using Roman innovation to get the best results from traditional British farming methods. I am Gaius Tillius Agricola. This villa has been my home since I was five. My mother taught me to read from a copy of Virgil’s Georgics. [...]

Roman forts were our forte! We were so good at it because we got a lot of practice. We built them so we could sleep in peace – and we could build them in our sleep. At least, there were one or two that I woke up in, without remembering having built them. After a really hard day’s march, there’s [...]

Roman fiction brings events and people from our history to life. A well told story, by a writer who understands the facts and theories, can help us to get to know our ancestors. When we understand how the events of their time shaped their lives, we begin to see how alike we are. The Romans’ lifestyle was more like ours [...]

Roman crop rotation, over three years, is one new idea that helps Roman villas produce more food. Combined with the growing system of Roman roads, the new province was able to feed its rapidly growing population. Roman crop rotation or any other style, means changing the use of each field, to keep the soil rich and productive. It moves in [...]

The history of green tea, like most well ancient global topics is shrouded in legend, war, greed but mostly people. Great people. Green Tea is no different. The legends behind discovering the history of green tea Two main legends describe how tea was discovered. We start our journey into the history of green tea legend with the Chinese emperor – [...]

Military tribunes came in two flavors, senators and knights. The young senators were getting their first taste of army life – on what was often their first time away from home. The knights, who we called equestrians, should have had a bit of experience with the Auxiliaries, before coming to a legion. Tribunes Laticlavius Tribunes of the senatorial class were [...]

Roman transport to most people means Roman roads Here in Britain, the Roman army built them and marched on them. Oxen pulled our baggage trains along them. Then merchants’ and farmers’ carts rolled along them. Imperial post riders galloped their horses along them, carrying official messages from London to Rome in ten days…if the Gods and the Channel crossing allowed. [...]

Roman towns introduced a newly conquered land to Roman civilization. The Roman Army built Roman style towns as part of Imperial policy. They were the best way to make people accept Roman rule. The barbarians would see us enjoying ourselves in style and want the same things. Prosperous towns also pay lots of tax that’s easy to collect. Roman poets [...]

Roman re-en actors are so fascinated by certain periods of Imperial Roman history that they do more than read a lot of books about it. They get together and try it on for size, like the ‘Romans’ in the images on this site. They also visit schools – in uniform!- and help TV and Film crews. One group even mounted [...]

Recruiting professional soldiers was the idea of the divine Augustus. Our first emperor decided that Rome needed a standing army who didn’t go back to their farms the day after a battle. When I joined the legion, in your 39AD, I knew I would have steady, well paid employment for at least the next 20 years. At that time, there [...]

The history of coffee goes back to the 9th century.There are several legends on how it was discovered. The one most believe is that an Ethiopian goat herder named Kaldi noticed his goats were more frisky after eating the berries from a shrub that grew wild in the mountains. A monk saw him dancing with his goats and tried the [...]

The history of chocolate goes back to the ancient Mayan culture. The Mayans carved images of the cocoa beans in the walls of their temple. Cocoa comes from the cacao tree. They crushed the beans and mixed them with other ingredients to form a drink for special social or religious occasions. Around 1000 A.D., the Aztecs taxes were paid in [...]

Why is it important to understand the process when looking for federal government contract jobs? Are you interested in doing business with the U.S. Government? This can be a very lucrative market for a business. To do business with the government requires following specific laws and regulations of a government contract. To do business with the government requires registration as [...]

Savannah museums provide photographs, documents, and artifacts associated with Savannah’s long and storied history. The museums can be found all over the city and all provide interesting information about Savannah’s heritage. If you are interested in history, add a number of these museums to your list of things to do in Savannah. Black History Beneath the charm and beauty of [...]

Savannah history begins with the founding of Georgia. You can’t fully appreciate the glory and splendor of historic Savannah, Georgia without knowing a little bit this early history. The early history of Savannah and Georgia starts with a man by the name of James Edward Oglethorpe. Find out more about James Oglethorpe. Oglethorpe, at the age of 37, collected a [...]

Savannah architecture represents a number of popular styles prevalent along the east coast in the late-18th and early-19th centuries. Savannah’s streets are literally an architectural museum. Styles that can be found throughout this city include: Federal, English Regency, Greek Revival, Italianate, Romanesque Revival and Victorian. Descriptions of the various architectural styles are provided Virgian and Lee McAlester in their Field [...]

Right now in the month May russ make a lot of a lot of things happen in Norway All students graduating from upper secondary schools, celebrate with all sorts of festivities. It starts on Mayday and going on to 17th May national day. This tradition goes all the way back to the 1700s, when there was no universities in Norway, [...]

Don’t cut out carbs, ensure you eat the right ones with the glycemic index diet. Cutting edge nutritional information the glycemic index will ensure you lose weight.   What is the glycemic index? The glycemic index is a way to categorise carbohydrates into ones that are good for weight loss and ones that are not so good. The lower the [...]