Medieval Tower House near Sparta

A lovely watch, in and of itself, but… …it’s the location and the flag that caught my attention!!  

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Everyone Needs an Ology

The image above is from a document that I have condemning astrology. I have a bare knowledge of this “ology” – Myth-ology is more my subject. You can take or leave the Astrology thing but it is old and it was once revered.   From Niketas Choniates (who, btw, was not a fan of Andronicus […]

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Far Out

This theory is mine and mine alone. So, I’ll only have myself to blame if it’s wrong. Heyho! Shrug. Hagia Eirene (see a previous post) plus The GREEK name of Andronicus I Comnenus’ mother.    

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How Old is Hagia Sophia?

Map of Constantinople – 1520 6th century? Or… 16th century?   Enlarged from the plan above  

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Hengist and Horsa and Vortigern

Hengist from John Speed’s 1611 “Saxon Heptarchy”   Wiki : Hengist and Horsa   Truly Boggled is me! The connections here are overwhelming. Two that stand out : Germanic twin brothers and divine Indo-European horse twins   Comnenus – broken down through various languages (previous posts somewhere hereabouts) means Horse    

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Бог- бык

2ndMarch2019 – Satan as a Man   From NC: “By the way, in regards to the word ‘devil’. It consists of two parts: DE-VIL, i.e. GOD (DEITY )- BULL or GOD – Ox. (in Russian ‘DIAVOL’ is DEVIL: ‘DIA’ (GOD) ‘VOL’ (BULL). We would like to remind you that ‘DIA’ means God, and ‘VOL’ is […]

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The Marble Emperor

Marble relief of a double-headed eagle in the Church of St Demetrios in Mystras, marking the spot where Constantine XI was crowned.   What is/was The Marble Emperor? According to Wiki : “The King asleep in mountain (D 1960.2 in Stith Thompson’s motif index system)is a prominent folklore motif found in many folktales and legends. Thompson also termed it as the Kyffhäuser type. Some other designations are: king in […]

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A Question and a Challenge

Am I the only person around this faf social media “world” TODAY with the balls (Ironic!) to address, talk about, investigate, publicise etc etc … the True Truth about Tartaria? Just saying :o)

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Commodus

Historia Augusta The Life of Commodus 1 1    The ancestry of Commodus Antoninus has been sufficiently discussed in the life of Marcus Antoninus. As for Commodus himself, he was born, with his twin brother Antoninus, ( a subject that I’ve not touch on yet is the fact that Andronicus I Comnenus and his brother, John, were […]

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Castel Sant’Angelo

Otherwise known as The Mausoleum of Hadrian, has four famous tombs. Four famous Caesars. Hadrian, Luicius Verus, (father) Luicius Verus, (son) and Commodus. Confusing, Crazy history books! Its also famous as the prison which held, amongst others, Giordano Bruno and Alessandro Cagliostro. Andronicus I Comnenus was probably buried in Egypt with the rest of his […]

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Before the Rooster Crows…?

From Historia Augusta : The Life of Lucius Verus   “One such banquet, indeed, became very notorious. This was the first banquet, it is said, at which couches were placed for twelve, although there is a very well-known saying about the proper number of those present at a banquet that “seven make a dinner, nine […]

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