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Are we in Troy?
The cuneform tablet I show is not the actual one of the Hittite treaty, but an example tablet that I photographed myself and so owned the rights to...
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A point or two about Achilles
As expected by many, a video from Hisarlik, or 'Troy' as the tourist signposts call it.
This one is about aspects of the character of Achilles.
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The Xanthian Obelisk
This sits atop a tomb in Xanthos, and is an important bilingual inscription.
I wondered about adding captions to this. I added some in, and I too...
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A point about Amazons
You can believe in them if you want, but if you do, you should out of fairness to other mythological characters believe in giants, cyclopes, griffi...
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A point about statues
Shot in Aphrodisias museum. Our dim-lit presenter echoes on about statues or something, while Jenny adds jazz vocals and experiments with the zoom...
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What is wrong with this picture?
In which I get a little bit critical about a single image from the film 'Gladiator'; we hear some royalty-free music; and we see sheep at close qua...
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The Joy of Cemeteries
In which I essay to persuade the gentle viewer that visiting cemeteries as a traveller or tourist is a worthwhile and often neglected pastime. If ...
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"In your opinion" is just tripe
Please can people just show a bit of character and accept an opinion for what it is: an opinion. There is nothing wrong with opinions. Indeed, al...
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saberinblue
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A point about Renaissance pikes
Did pikemen in this period ever actually enter melee? Presumably they did sometimes, but perhaps not all that much.
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Fourth Edition D&D is terrible (part III of III)
The last of the three. I accept that any system can never be better than its players, but 4th Ed D&D has not been created with role-playing in min...
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Mid-period D&D wasn't great (part II of III)
I'm an RQ man, and here's a little bit about why.
There's a lot to like about RQ. One not very thick rule book written in simple language had a...
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Early D&D was rubbish
I didn't play the very first edition of Dungeons and Dragons, but one of the earliest, and here I relate some memories of it, and give a quick revi...
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A point about shieldwalls
This may address many of the comments I had for my spears video. Many of my theories are based on the I think fairly reliable notion that people i...
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A point about historical advisors in films
In which I relate an anecdote which is fairly depressingly illuminating when it comes to how much Hollywood really cares about historical authentic...
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Two points about hoplite swords
Two points about the swords hoplites used: 1. Of course they varied, but they were generally not small things; 2. The way they are depicted as sus...
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A point about muskets
I'm sure I could have said this in half the time. Never mind - the gist of it is that I think psychology plays a big role in the use of weapons, a...
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saberinblue
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A point about sieges
In which I somehow manage to take an epic seven minutes to make one pretty simple point. I do give examples, however, and some viewers may take he...
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More points about spears
Re-enactors are often scorned as a source of information on fighting technique. It is certainly wise to be cautious when using the evidence of peo...
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A point about spears
I have already made one follow-up to this one, and I suspect there will be one or two more after that. For more on this topic, see also my video "...
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Four more points about bows
It is my consistent experience that when film-makers get things right in films, the audience has no trouble in accepting this, and indeed feels mor...
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A point about water bottles
People painted and sculpted soldiers to make them look good, not to teach people about realities in the field, so perhaps ancient images cannot be ...
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A point about battle-axes
In which I continue my assault on the inverisimilitudinous ways of the depictors of medieval weaponry.
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A point about slings and shields
Sorry - bit of a shambles but I'm hoping that you'd have it no other way.
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Some more points about slings
The pros and cons of the sling, compared with the bow.
I refer to Aztecs in "South America". Of course this should be "Meso-America". I panicked...
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A clarification about an earlier point about drawing swords that goes a bit adrift
In which I ramble on and on (and off) about drawing swords from the back, ninjas and their unlikely modern portrayals, the significant drawbacks of...
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saberinblue
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Some points about sling stones and bullets
Sorry, I do go on a bit.
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Some points about slinging techniques
This one turned out a bit longer than I had intended. Sorry about that. I try to keep them down to five minutes or under, but this one got away f...
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Some points about making slings
I think my American cousins might say "braid" instead of plait.
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A point about slings
It's about the long and the short of it.
For more on slings, see my web-site: http://www.lloydianaspects....
I hope you like...
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A point about bows
Bows are not like guns. One man may have an advantage in a fight because he has more powerful gun. Bows depend on the man.
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A point about double-bitted axes
Another in my ancient and medieval weaponry series. The axe depicted at the end is not an invention of mine, but one being sold on-line today, whi...
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Lloyd rants about desert boots and their wider ramifications
Who on Earth would invent, apply, or police a daft rule that forbids people from getting lots of what they like?
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You can do language!
In which I argue that normal people are perfectly capable of applying grammatical rules, and that it would perhaps be better for them if they used...
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saberinblue
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A point about vellum
Another video in which I drone on about how Hollywood gets things wrong.
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A point about throwing knives
In which I point out that anyone intent on killing someone would almost certainly choose a different weapon.
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A point about "Braveheart" and FREEDOM!
I get the strong impression that Mr M Gibson has something against the English. Anyway, for worse, many people have learned their history from wat...
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A point about the moon
I am often surprised by things that adults don't know. Children are told false things, and somehow grow up into adults who have never got round to...
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