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by Ale
2024-01-17 22:16, Wednesday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

Re: swords and sandals/historical notes

it is pub, just relax... so much hostility against culture & history subjects, united in hate ehhh, my Vinegia, my serenissima - how did we end up here after all we've been through... tough question esp. for us. while you are debating regulation of "assisted medical suicide" we are continiously in s...
by Ale
2024-01-16 03:37, Tuesday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

Re: swords and sandals/historical notes

silly me did not post link to "more important" text, while intended ) so here it is https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/renaissance-quarterly/article/materializing-the-global-textiles-color-and-race-in-a-genoese-portrait-by-anthony-van-dyck/1AD3F130D1404CABBE612F3C74AB1655 good one, interesting....
by Ale
2024-01-15 15:16, Monday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

Re: swords and sandals/historical notes

through years and recently wasn't able to determine what "rascia" in wider meaning post-renaissance was as clothing part or detail, must say, although never was interest nor i honestly read a book about it :) Italians are "mannequins" and responsible for fashion and subjects in our family :) so real...
by Ale
2024-01-14 20:02, Sunday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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...i was calculating last few days :) about revival of Jewish community in comparison between Italy and Serbia, so as Wiki article says that there are 1000+ here and 10000+ in Italy i concluded that - since Italy is 10x bigger - we are in same level as of 1881 ; anyway, must say again, in a post whi...
by Ale
2024-01-13 23:16, Saturday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Paths to Nuclear War
Replies: 14
Views: 1310

Re: Paths to Nuclear War

apropos first few post and "world" - of course not related but is good for laugh... reading (pardon) in WC today some text (our) about Elisabeth Olsen, actress and she allegedly by text (never heard, but do not follow) said few years ago: "Serbia is country without anything, was always ruled by othe...
by Ale
2024-01-12 22:43, Friday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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will add this as well, with "apology" to my readers ) ...why "apology" since it is great subject and related to era of games we play (some less, some more) well "apology" is really since this is not "swords and sandals" nor my topics really, but will post this map i just seen (in Wiki article, you c...
by Ale
2024-01-12 18:20, Friday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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btw again, kinda important for lovers and linguistics - regarding name, which is indeed very rare (but not as rare as Aleksandar in us in middle ages)) and original... it is not related to Germanic languages most likely nor forms present among Ashkenazi Jews today, nor derivate. One our old academy ...
by Ale
2024-01-12 14:45, Friday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

Re: swords and sandals/historical notes

...or, to say with humor & simplified - "Illirianism" and unity was understood by others around Serbs as for Croats "hey Serbs, let's unite against Italians", for Bosniaks (Bosnian muslims) as "hey Serbs, let's unite against christians", for Montenegrians "hey Serbs, let's unite against Serbs" and s...
by Ale
2024-01-11 23:40, Thursday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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BTW - i never know when will i post again ) - not to lose one idea, maybe interesting for my eventual Italian and French readers, maybe not :) (but you should join or say something, not just reading) but queens Anna Dandolo and 'Elen of Caro-Anjo-Capet do have some shy streets - but small, "blind" a...
by Ale
2024-01-11 19:56, Thursday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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....reading lately one text touching my subject & story, I'm btw private investigator and not involved in every discovery ; in some village in central Serbia grave stone was found in shape of obelisk, dating from mod XIV c. Text was short (online not grave, but that one wasn't long as well) but quas...
by Ale
2024-01-04 14:57, Thursday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: The Obligatory YouTube Music Video Topic
Replies: 810
Views: 508131

Re: The Obligatory YouTube Music Video Topic

to put this here, in much better version ; ...thanks to Trinchieri :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l9a1uvoIp0 you know why interesting to me, except song of course ) ...we have some "puritans" who argue how Italians pronounce some words and letters and are our soft and hard "ch" and "dj" or "gi"...
by Ale
2024-01-03 14:20, Wednesday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

Re: swords and sandals/historical notes

modern times to finish subject - first Pompeo Venturi circa 1732: Inoltre i Re perversi di questi due notissimi regni. (Rascia) Parte della Schiavonia, il di cui Re a quel tempo falsava i ducati Veneziani. says, on 139-141 lines that "those are two pervert kings of that 2 noted/known kingdoms" :) (P...
by Ale
2024-01-01 13:32, Monday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

Re: swords and sandals/historical notes

yes, like "Vindbona concert" I'd like to start this year with "high culture" (not per se best thing in life)) i.e. with Dante :) As sort of new year gift, hope it will be "happy" in some sense, but never know, for some surely, for some last ; etc... I have some "brochure", edition, not really book i...
by Ale
2023-12-30 18:22, Saturday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

Re: swords and sandals/historical notes

...just to add, to eternal sceptics, Dante did not mention in his works only Miluten, he also mentioned one of our silver mines separately (not Nuovo Bardo, some other) leading to some Italian and our theories that indeed our dinars in one shorter moment were in circulation in parts of Tuscany... he...
by Ale
2023-12-29 22:47, Friday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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since i doubt that 90% of people are really reading links (might be wrong and well done to 10%) Enrico won the competition (no, not that one!*) the sculptor due to intervention of one our official (almost minister) even though he placed second on international competition of some 17 entries, mostly ...
by Ale
2023-12-29 14:16, Friday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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so yes, as i mentioned him more than few times - and obviously there is interest in thread :p (but you should join) - to name signor who made monument and how surely there is hidden symbolism there... even i forgot the name few times, pardon, but is quite important https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enri...
by Ale
2023-12-28 14:52, Thursday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

Re: swords and sandals/historical notes

...to explain, in this holiday season as nice finish, to my readers in Apeninia above all why I consider it "cool" or "non-conformist" or even emotional in a way... well, as Romanista I always say that day when we (as sons of Servius) abandon dinar (form of denarius, our currency) and Julian calenda...
by Ale
2023-12-27 16:49, Wednesday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

Re: swords and sandals/historical notes

and again - super interesting subject till today as we all see - and since i mentioned him many times as he was "interesting" if not important that much as Kantakouzenos for example ; and some even consider him pioneer of that calendae change that "other Gregor" implemented more-less - so Nichephora...
by Ale
2023-12-27 13:07, Wednesday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

Re: swords and sandals/historical notes

as always though, during these days there is that constant repeat in press, talk and practice of dates and to me a bit irritating repeat how difference of marking of Christmas is either "catholic Christmas" or "Russian tradition" (in other date)... the difference is not canonical nor about that, nor...
by Ale
2023-12-25 15:02, Monday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: The Obligatory YouTube Music Video Topic
Replies: 810
Views: 508131

Re: The Obligatory YouTube Music Video Topic

...and - to continue - they are totally bad in wars and football :) (being basket champs only)) happy Duscianomas to all celebrating, feel so festive today, so our pals Romans (Gypsies) won't mind for choosing this extremely funny song today as addition (all in nice spirit: https://www.youtube.com/w...
by Ale
2023-12-24 22:21, Sunday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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BTW (since story is great) i tried to look at some things in past days, even contacted some Bosnian (Serbs and Croats) historians to see what clues they have about Margnanus/Merg/Mrnjan and how likely is that Vukashin's family is indeed from today Herzegownia ; - then region called Hum by Serbs etc....
by Ale
2023-12-23 22:12, Saturday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: The Obligatory YouTube Music Video Topic
Replies: 810
Views: 508131

Re: The Obligatory YouTube Music Video Topic

strangely youtube doesn't have this so had to do this way, hardly found it ; ....before we go/die: https://audinity.com/spellforce-conquest-of-eo/ got the game and impressed by one of the best main menu/theme tunes personally :yes after Jo another nice modern composition ; so had to share... game do...
by Ale
2023-12-15 21:58, Friday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Sports Thread
Replies: 375
Views: 138476

Re: Sports Thread

they say "historic moment" as they noted that club wasn't placed so high in any main sport in any elite club competition for decades :) (except waterpolo or similar which is not main sport anyway)... so let's capture it as mid-december 2023 as historic then, since i already talked subject much but i...
by Ale
2023-12-15 15:34, Friday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

Re: swords and sandals/historical notes

getting to king with some intent in our XIII and XIV c was very hard, killing him, so it had to be "hunting accident" or some trick by Vukashin to get him "in the open" or with guard off ; ...so even (as text confirms) story about Urosh I "arrest" by Hungarians or some elements close to them is in d...
by Ale
2023-12-14 22:01, Thursday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

Re: swords and sandals/historical notes

also, turning back to great subject, English wiki has this line i missed yesterday but is completely in line with my previous post on Vukashin's age Possibly, the family had left Hum, which had been part of the Serbian Kingdom, after the Bosnian conquest of Hum (1326), and settled in Livno (where Vu...
by Ale
2023-12-14 17:44, Thursday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

Re: swords and sandals/historical notes

...one small addition today on how tricky is genetical data research and some conclusions from it (as linguistics, as demonstrated) is text i read recently mantioning some recent research by international scientists collecting some data in ex-Roman settlements here i.e. Viminacium (possible Moesia S...
by Ale
2023-12-13 14:39, Wednesday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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since you all can't hold your breath :) and subject is on table as future "Best..." in many Oscarian categories (would be pleased with conquering Venice) - what bothers me most about Vukašin is that quasi fresco from church, usually used (sorry for mini version).... looks very old, we would say weak...
by Ale
2023-12-12 21:50, Tuesday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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while in the mood, more graphic or plastic example... ; average to none story about Vukashin: loyal, goes to church, listen to emperor, fight enemies, little booze :) and dies gloriously... great or very good about Vukashin: small noble, rises due to Dushan's good will, afriad of him, gets greedy, e...
by Ale
2023-12-12 15:41, Tuesday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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for the end, music to go with my posts, for atmosphere besides film parts... for glorious/nice moments: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PawZW-lRls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fBrB1h0EJQ and for sad moments, like death of Ursus, by treason or not... or demise of Felix https://www.youtube.com/wa...
by Ale
2023-12-11 20:44, Monday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

Re: swords and sandals/historical notes

"sluga" is BTW if you looked at text, probable/proposed Old Celtic origin word, maybe present in English today in different meaning... in some old sense more military meaning, like those relating possible "serv-(ice)" or some units, not slave or similar, while we had many Celtic slaves ;... not acce...
by Ale
2023-12-11 12:53, Monday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

Re: swords and sandals/historical notes

think this is relatively solid English article of one noble whose life and service spanned from literally Miluten to Urosio "the weak" and who gave last important ruler of quasi-Serbia :) who was also Venetian citizen, "richest one" in Burgundy and many more ) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branko_Ml...
by Ale
2023-12-10 19:23, Sunday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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so yeah, few more things about linguistics, kinda important to note, i see that (as noted in Turkish example) there are a lot of misconcesptions about Serbo-Croat and many through centuries had totally wrong answers or propositions on many our words... think i was clear enough about words and influe...
by Ale
2023-12-09 22:32, Saturday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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regarding "Marcus Aurelius controversy" i.e. place of death, not really but many traditional Italian (not saying Roman) encyclops and sources beleived it was in today Serbia, Sirmium... some other claim Vindbona i.e. today Vienna... did not touch it much myself or what are "pro et contra" arguments ...
by Ale
2023-12-09 17:08, Saturday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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but they say that one video is worth 1000s words and i had them ) so even better summary on story....powerful and touching, i'm crying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvShmFFrLJk so who ever made it, why it has it as summary - not only worldwide public, but also many people locally, from Ruma i.e. u...
by Ale
2023-12-08 15:36, Friday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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...or, not to confuse readers again maybe not so familiar with all Latin-Italic metamorphoses and history or even my principessas and Italians in general and if we disregard Mussolini and his quasi knowledge of Roman history (as on Meta Sudans and wider example) and language, aimimg at Istrian topon...
by Ale
2023-12-07 17:32, Thursday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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...to return a bit more to "Ras" subject after some connecting and investigating.... question is of "exceptional importance" to mimic and quote our Academy :) in light of it above, and for Italics readers and interesents eventually there are river Rasina, Rasina district etc. only here but much more...
by Ale
2023-12-06 17:36, Wednesday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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...but while waiting for pricipessas, few more things i like if you are not so into knowing details about Roman history, of course for us more important not only linguistically as presented, but also due to geography and closeness of Italic peninsula... Italians say, btw, that their language is - in...
by Ale
2023-12-05 17:18, Tuesday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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question of endo- and exonyms is interesting and tricky as well as we all know, often leads people to wrong conclusion.... so in that sensewhile many exonyms are totally unrelated to those aimed at and their speak, Rascia and Ras wasn't complete exonym in our past times as state was called "Raška" a...
by Ale
2023-12-04 12:02, Monday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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"Magyar" is of course and important to note due to internet being international - Hungarian... we are among few nations, due to geography that accepted theit own endonym as official and own word.... But historically we also used "Ugri or Ugars" for that tribe during middle ages. Since on topic - don...
by Ale
2023-12-03 20:34, Sunday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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since i already touched it & my Latin lessons and knowledge ) (believe me also tricky subject as demonstrated), and to share more interesting things about us and Latin and amazing things we knew in our time i.e. middle ages - before Turks arrived who taugth us to speak :) but later joke on that... g...
by Ale
2023-12-02 20:40, Saturday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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when it comes to one interesting detail on which I see that English wiki articles on our events "insist" (is mentioned few times) i have some opinion, but to say first that lingustics is not my ineterest not field, but of course like to look at something and put line this and there... question is in...
by Ale
2023-12-02 13:10, Saturday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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...regarding Greek wives and princesses, of course they were important and cute, but you get idea why these 2 are central figures of shaping today country... of course Greek wives (G. "golden fork" had one but not Nemanide senior line even in percent) would not encourage strong actions, which meant ...
by Ale
2023-12-01 21:27, Friday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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...and of course, of course 80 furs :yes for Boris... known as pedantistic on such details, must repeat as those are great stories. Furs were something that impressed Boris so he decided to take our ex-symbol, lion as Bulgarian CoA after that adventure with ex-Felix guys now in illegal i.e. us. (we ...
by Ale
2023-12-01 13:20, Friday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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today i'll also offer to forum and readers this interesting map and few comments, circa 1000 AD (it says) and not political map, more "etnographic" but not even that precisely as (arguably) Serbs lived in Moravian basin back then in significant numbers as previous Byzantine data suggested (maybe not...
by Ale
2023-11-30 19:22, Thursday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Henry Kissinger 1923 - 2023
Replies: 2
Views: 653

Re: Henry Kissinger 1923 - 2023

...must add, really for all our international readers not you, but maybe as far and uneducated as Canada :) etc - why i consider our fall and end in mid XV c as maybe one of greatest "swan songs" in history and true legendary as it was for contemporary people in Europe and further ; ...if you know t...
by Ale
2023-11-30 13:41, Thursday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Henry Kissinger 1923 - 2023
Replies: 2
Views: 653

Re: Henry Kissinger 1923 - 2023

IDK, not care much for views and as we say "100 people, 100 opinions" (and almost everyone believing he/she is right, to add)) but interesting figure with own "fingerprints" or "statement" or "advice" on almost any global subject in newer history, or some prism through which all good and bad in mode...
by Ale
2023-11-26 20:48, Sunday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Sports Thread
Replies: 375
Views: 138476

Re: Sports Thread

must say i'm not some fan of tennis, but watched also recent Davis cup quarters and semis, some drama there if you missed: https://www.daviscup.com/en/news/332788.aspx uncharacteristic, esp. since easy win just week ago on final tournament against him where Janko wasn't put much of a fight, this tim...
by Ale
2023-11-24 22:03, Friday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Sports Thread
Replies: 375
Views: 138476

Re: Sports Thread

Vasco was btw and without joke one now mostly obsolete name present in us historically ;) maybe due to someone serving in Felix legion once :) turned out to be nice finish Basko-Monaco needed at least draw myself and was "hehe, i'm so good" when Howard, player for Basks, scored 3 points (i already s...
by Ale
2023-11-24 20:33, Friday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: Sports Thread
Replies: 375
Views: 138476

Re: Sports Thread

considering Euroleague basket - due to huge interest on forums :) - almost 1/3 pass 10 games, time flies... we are on misrable 13th place 4-6 but will be better in march, plus playing without Punter for some time.... even with that, just like last year if my data are true, we are again highest scori...
by Ale
2023-11-23 17:23, Thursday
Forum: Steel & Lace – The Pub
Topic: swords and sandals/historical notes
Replies: 60
Views: 13292

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while subject is great and totally falsely with some quasi-electicity which nobody feels in Greece, Italy nor here - small addition... while there is no need for narratives at all, what is "moral victory" in this case... while what i called as such in case of Roman emperors births was joke (of cours...