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@guyhgamer.bsky.social
Retired (actual) professor of history. History purist/puritan. Page for my wargaming interests. I try not to do politics or academia/academic history here (for which see realhistoryguy.bsky.social). #actuallyAutistic
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…and it was joined by @realhistoryguy.bsky.social’s ‘Worlds of Arthur’ which, among a few choice works, represents the pinnacle of sensible exploration when it comes to much-discussed ‘Dark Ages’
Another book which I truly couldn’t do without. Formative, seminal, etc.
Another book which I truly couldn’t do without. Formative, seminal, etc.
May 31, 2025 at 11:52 AM
…and it was joined by @realhistoryguy.bsky.social’s ‘Worlds of Arthur’ which, among a few choice works, represents the pinnacle of sensible exploration when it comes to much-discussed ‘Dark Ages’
Another book which I truly couldn’t do without. Formative, seminal, etc.
Another book which I truly couldn’t do without. Formative, seminal, etc.
When did condottiere become condottiero? I don’t approve of this messing around with declensions.
April 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
When did condottiere become condottiero? I don’t approve of this messing around with declensions.
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What’s interesting, by the way, about the picture that Mischa and/or his publisher has chosen for the cover is that it’s one of a number of historical paintings of Huns from about the time of the Boxer Rebellion/Russo-Japanese War/emergence of the Japanese Empire that depict in pretty lurid terms…
March 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
What’s interesting, by the way, about the picture that Mischa and/or his publisher has chosen for the cover is that it’s one of a number of historical paintings of Huns from about the time of the Boxer Rebellion/Russo-Japanese War/emergence of the Japanese Empire that depict in pretty lurid terms…
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1/18 I thought I’d make a thread out of this.
Frankly, we know very little about the appearance of the Huns. When they appear in the west in the 370s we have only *highly* dubious Roman descriptions. Ammianus’ is probably the most famous but it is very clearly a patchwork of Graeco-Roman…
Frankly, we know very little about the appearance of the Huns. When they appear in the west in the 370s we have only *highly* dubious Roman descriptions. Ammianus’ is probably the most famous but it is very clearly a patchwork of Graeco-Roman…
March 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
1/18 I thought I’d make a thread out of this.
Frankly, we know very little about the appearance of the Huns. When they appear in the west in the 370s we have only *highly* dubious Roman descriptions. Ammianus’ is probably the most famous but it is very clearly a patchwork of Graeco-Roman…
Frankly, we know very little about the appearance of the Huns. When they appear in the west in the 370s we have only *highly* dubious Roman descriptions. Ammianus’ is probably the most famous but it is very clearly a patchwork of Graeco-Roman…
Excellent fantasy continent map?
(Apparently Europe 13 million years ago)
(Apparently Europe 13 million years ago)
March 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Excellent fantasy continent map?
(Apparently Europe 13 million years ago)
(Apparently Europe 13 million years ago)
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I’m not sure anyone has ever analysed it from this perspective. Maybe the only perspective no one has looked at the issue from.
March 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I’m not sure anyone has ever analysed it from this perspective. Maybe the only perspective no one has looked at the issue from.
Remembering the enduring legacy of the Bardin Reforms
March 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Remembering the enduring legacy of the Bardin Reforms
I would bet quite a large sum of money that fifth-century Huns didn’t look very much at all like this. Sorry folks.
March 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I would bet quite a large sum of money that fifth-century Huns didn’t look very much at all like this. Sorry folks.
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Today I have mostly been thinking about Merovingian assassins
January 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Today I have mostly been thinking about Merovingian assassins
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The problem with this is that intellectually it is *exactly* the same as ‘my mate Dave down the pub says climate change isn’t real’. I assume @bylinesnetwork.co.uk wouldn’t publish that sort of thing so why does it publish this? History is a serious academic discipline, just like the sciences. It …
While King Arthur, his knights of the round table, and his mage Merlin are mostly thought of as mythical, there’s evidence that history became myth over time | Robert Rowlands
The historical Arthur – the once and future king?
While King Arthur, his knights of the round table, and his mage Merlin are mostly thought of as mythical, there’s evidence that history became myth over time
bylines.cymru
January 26, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The problem with this is that intellectually it is *exactly* the same as ‘my mate Dave down the pub says climate change isn’t real’. I assume @bylinesnetwork.co.uk wouldn’t publish that sort of thing so why does it publish this? History is a serious academic discipline, just like the sciences. It …
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New research suggests that a 2-point drop in IQ led to an increased likelihood of forming a regionally-based aristocratic faction along with the leaders of the local ‘barbarian’ field army.
January 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
New research suggests that a 2-point drop in IQ led to an increased likelihood of forming a regionally-based aristocratic faction along with the leaders of the local ‘barbarian’ field army.
In the rather sad process of clearing out my parents’ house and found a heap of old wargaming magazines with articles in by me that my Dad (bless him) had kept. Might these be of interest to anyone?
There’s a full set of British Early Medieval Battles from (practically) the early middle ages…
There’s a full set of British Early Medieval Battles from (practically) the early middle ages…
January 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In the rather sad process of clearing out my parents’ house and found a heap of old wargaming magazines with articles in by me that my Dad (bless him) had kept. Might these be of interest to anyone?
There’s a full set of British Early Medieval Battles from (practically) the early middle ages…
There’s a full set of British Early Medieval Battles from (practically) the early middle ages…
Showed up in memories from a few years ago.
December 25, 2024 at 10:37 PM
Showed up in memories from a few years ago.
If you see this, post some terrain you’re proud of!
December 12, 2024 at 4:28 PM
If you see this, post some terrain you’re proud of!
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Georgius Florentius Gregorius, Bishop of the Solar System
December 6, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Georgius Florentius Gregorius, Bishop of the Solar System
If any terrain enthusiasts are interested, this is what (modern) vineyards look like in winter.
December 5, 2024 at 2:23 PM
If any terrain enthusiasts are interested, this is what (modern) vineyards look like in winter.
‘Oo remembers this?
November 29, 2024 at 12:38 PM
‘Oo remembers this?
I don’t know if anyone needs/wants to know this but the singular forms of the plural nouns velites*, equites, and milites are veles, eques and miles.
* In Latin. In French (e.g. vélites de la Garde) it is indeed vélite.
This week’s pedantry is brought to you by me browsing wargames magazines.
* In Latin. In French (e.g. vélites de la Garde) it is indeed vélite.
This week’s pedantry is brought to you by me browsing wargames magazines.
November 24, 2024 at 9:59 AM
I don’t know if anyone needs/wants to know this but the singular forms of the plural nouns velites*, equites, and milites are veles, eques and miles.
* In Latin. In French (e.g. vélites de la Garde) it is indeed vélite.
This week’s pedantry is brought to you by me browsing wargames magazines.
* In Latin. In French (e.g. vélites de la Garde) it is indeed vélite.
This week’s pedantry is brought to you by me browsing wargames magazines.
Some of the countryside near us is exactly like classic wargames terrain: flat as a pancake with hills plonked on top.
November 22, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Some of the countryside near us is exactly like classic wargames terrain: flat as a pancake with hills plonked on top.
Visited this shop yesterday, in Padova. It’s fantastic. When we’re finally settled in, I can see a lot of my money going here…
www.tempusfugitshop.it
www.tempusfugitshop.it
Tempus Fugit Shop | Giochi da tavolo, miniature, carte
www.tempusfugitshop.it
October 27, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Visited this shop yesterday, in Padova. It’s fantastic. When we’re finally settled in, I can see a lot of my money going here…
www.tempusfugitshop.it
www.tempusfugitshop.it
Legions Imperialis.
Disappointing decline in latinity in the Empire by 40,000.
Tsk
Disappointing decline in latinity in the Empire by 40,000.
Tsk
September 25, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Legions Imperialis.
Disappointing decline in latinity in the Empire by 40,000.
Tsk
Disappointing decline in latinity in the Empire by 40,000.
Tsk
I should have shares in the Really Useful Box company
September 14, 2024 at 2:03 PM
I should have shares in the Really Useful Box company
After the (non-wargames!) events of the weekend in the UK I have decided to abandon Twitter completely. I don’t want to contribute even infinitesimally to the moon-faced racist’s wealth and standing. Hope to continue conversations here.
August 4, 2024 at 8:38 PM
After the (non-wargames!) events of the weekend in the UK I have decided to abandon Twitter completely. I don’t want to contribute even infinitesimally to the moon-faced racist’s wealth and standing. Hope to continue conversations here.
