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Roman Gladiators from York

The Roman conquest of Britain began in 43 AD but resistance in the north
was fierce. Roman General Quintus Petillius Cerialis led the 9th Legion into the
north and founded Eboracum in 71 AD (which became York) Originally Eboracum was
intended to be a military fortress aligned along the river Ouse measuring about
50 acres in size. This wooden camp was upgraded to stone in 108 AD and
garrisoned by the 6th Legion. The famous Emperor Hadrian reportedly visited
Eboracum in 122 AD in order to plan his great walled frontier, which would be
named after him. Emperor Septimus Severus visited in 208 AD and made it his
private base while campaigning against Scotland, and he became the first of
three Roman Emperors who would die in Eboracum. In 237, the town became a
colonia, the highest legal status any Roman city could attain as Eboracum was
the largest town in the north and the capital of Britannia Inferior. This is
exactly the time period from when these 7 gladiators hailed.
Detailed analysis of these gladiators from York revealed some fascinating
results. The bones showed various degrees of wear and tear as one might expect
from the dangerous sport: 6DRIF-18 revealed a spinal fracture of the first
vertibrae, 6DRIF-21, 6DRIF-3, and 3DRIF-16 meanwhile have fractured forearms,
ankles and wrists. 6DRIF-22 has a skull injury as well as a stab to the neck -
his extra vertebrae did not seem to assist with his fate. 6DRIF-23 meanwhile had
4 cuts to his jaw and was fully decapitated - clearly not the best fate to have.
Last but not least 3DRIF-26 is fascinating indeed - he had a left shoulder
injury, fractured ribs, damage wrists - and from a genetic standpoint is a
deviation from the rest. His background compared to ancient samples from the
time period matches very close to Ptolemaic Egyptians or the Near East.
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St. Brice's Day Massacre

Aethelred II, known later as the Unready, was King of the English from
978 to 1013 and again from 1014 until his death. He came to the throne at the
age of 12 after his half brother was murdered. At the start of his reign, Danish
raids on English territory began in earnest. Aethelred defended his country by a
diplomatic alliance with the duke of Normandy. The Battle of Maldon on 11.
August 991 AD involved 2,000-4,000 fighting Viking men led by Olaf Tryggvason
against the Anglo-Saxon leader Byrhtnoth who was the Ealdorman of Essex. This
ended in defeat for the Anglo-Saxons and King Aethelred was forced to pay
tribute, also known as Danegeld, to the Danish king. This payment of 10,000
Roman pounds of silver was the first example of Danegeld in England - a pattern
which would follow. The Danish army continued ravaging the English coast until a
Danegeld of 22,000 pounds of gold and silver was paid - at which point Olaf
Tryggvason promised to never return. Viking attacks only grew worse - Danish
raids would follow leading to an even larger Danegeld payment of 24,000 pounds
for peace in the Spring of 1002 AD.
The same year, Aethelred married Lady Emma, the sister of Duke Richard II
of Normandy in hopes of a stronger diplomatic alliance. On St. Brice's Day, 13.
November 1002, the confident yet paranoid King ordered the killing of all Danes
living on border towns such as Oxford. Aethelred described this massacre in his
own words: ... a decree was sent out by me with the counsel of my leading men
and magnates, to the effect that all the Danes who had sprung up in this island,
sprouting like cockle amongst the wheat, were to be destroyed by a more just
extermination, and thus this decree was to be put into effect even as far as
death, those Danes who dwelt in the afore-mentioned town, striving to escape
death, entered this sanctuary of Christ, having broken by force the doors and
bolts, and resolved to make refuge and defence for themselves therein against
the people of the town and the subrubs; but when all the people in pursuit
strove, forced by necessitym to drive them out, and could not, they set fire to
the planks and burnt, as it seems, this church with its ornaments and its
books.
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Jean-Paul Marat - Revolutionary France

The future French Revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat left home at the age of 16
to train in medicine and would eventually settle in Newcastle upon Tyne where he
gained a reputation as being a highly efficient doctor who also had an interest
in political writings. He moved back France 6 years later and his medical skills
earned him the patronage of the aristocracy. He used his new found wealth to
found a scientific laboratory where he began studies on fire, heat, light and
electricity - he was even visited by Benjamin Franklin. Despite his new status
and success, he began so spend a lot of time discussing and writing about social
injustice.
As Louis XVI struggled to maintain power in the late 1780s by assembling
the Estates-General for the first time in 175 years, Marat decided to end his
research and medical profession to focus entirely on his passion for politics.
He began writing on the topics of social, economic and religious reforms - this
manifested itself in numerous vicious attacks on those he proclaimed were
enemies of the people. His newspaper called for extreme violence against the
upper class and government provoking statements such as five or six hundred
heads cut off would have assured your repose, freedom and happiness. After
reaching fame, He was elected to the National Convention in 1792 where he
actively supported the death of the deposed King in a trial.
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