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Augustus: The Man Who Rebuilt Rome and Rewrote Power Emperor Augustus
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Augustus: The Man Who Rebuilt Rome and Rewrote Power

Jayne Ellis January 19, 2026 0
Augustus is often described as Rome’s first emperor, though he would have bristled at the title. What...
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Katana on the Battlefield: Why Japan’s Samurai Sword Became Feared Across the Medieval World Samurai Sword in Battle - Facts
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Katana on the Battlefield: Why Japan’s Samurai Sword Became Feared Across the Medieval World

Jayne Ellis January 19, 2026 0
A quick historian’s note before we start Calling any weapon “the most deadly” always makes historians twitch...
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The Last Kingdom – A Gritty Love Letter to Saxons, Vikings, and Bad Life Choices The Last Kingdom
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The Last Kingdom – A Gritty Love Letter to Saxons, Vikings, and Bad Life Choices

Liz Stone January 19, 2026 0
The Last Kingdom is one of those rare historical series that sneaks up on you. You arrive...
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The Ingenious Mind of Ancient Greece: Inventions That Shaped the World Inventions of Ancient Greece
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The Ingenious Mind of Ancient Greece: Inventions That Shaped the World

Jayne Ellis January 18, 2026 0
Ancient Greece gets credited with a lot, sometimes fairly, sometimes lazily. Not every clever idea sprang fully...
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Spartacus TV Series Spartacus Blood & Sand
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Spartacus TV Series

Liz Stone January 18, 2026 0
What Spartacus Was Really Trying to Be When Spartacus landed in 2010, it looked like cheap provocation....
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Laurens de Graaf: everything we know Laurens de Graaf
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Laurens de Graaf: everything we know

Jayne Ellis January 18, 2026 0
Laurens de Graaf has a habit of pulling the reader straight into warm, treacherous waters where loyalties...
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Why the Medieval Longsword Was So Lethal, 10 Facts from the Battlefield A Knight wielding the Longsword in battle
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Why the Medieval Longsword Was So Lethal, 10 Facts from the Battlefield

Jayne Ellis January 18, 2026 0
1. It was built for control, not brute force The longsword gets a reputation as a heavy...
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Battle of Montgisard: The Day Baldwin IV Defied Saladin Battle of Montgisard
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Battle of Montgisard: The Day Baldwin IV Defied Saladin

Jayne Ellis January 18, 2026 0
The Battle of Montgisard sits in that rare category of medieval battles that should not have happened,...
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The Strongest Companions in Bannerlord Bannerlord Best Companions
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The Strongest Companions in Bannerlord

Matt Tait January 18, 2026 0
Choosing companions in Bannerlord is not flavour text or roleplay garnish. It is campaign infrastructure. The right...
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Elden Ring Weapon Tier List (2026): Best Weapons by Scaling and Performance Elden Ring Weapon Tier List
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Elden Ring Weapon Tier List (2026): Best Weapons by Scaling and Performance

Liz Stone January 17, 2026 0
With hundreds of weapons to choose from, Elden Ring offers players a staggering range of build possibilities....
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Sword resources Archives - Seven Swords

  • How Safe Are Historical Re-enactment Battles? Everything You Need to Know
    by Jayne Ellis on June 26, 2026 at 11:00 am

    Smoke, Steel and an Extraordinary Amount of Planning Stand beside a line of musketeers as they unleash a The post How Safe Are Historical Re-enactment Battles? Everything You Need to Know appeared first on Seven Swords.

  • The Oakeshott Sword Typology Explained: The Medieval Blade Classification System
    by Matt Tait on June 10, 2026 at 12:28 pm

    Medieval swords are often grouped together under broad labels like “knightly sword”, “longsword” or “broadsword”, but those terms The post The Oakeshott Sword Typology Explained: The Medieval Blade Classification System appeared first on Seven Swords.

  • Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA): A Comprehensive Guide
    by Jayne Ellis on June 8, 2026 at 12:37 pm

    Rediscovering Europe’s Martial Past Historical European Martial Arts, better known as HEMA, is the study and practice of The post Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA): A Comprehensive Guide appeared first on Seven Swords.

  • What are the sword martial arts?
    by Matt Tait on June 1, 2026 at 1:07 pm

    Sword fighting is one of humanity’s oldest martial traditions. Long before the sword became a symbol hanging above The post What are the sword martial arts? appeared first on Seven Swords.

  • The Best Historical Re-enactment Events in the UK, Ranked
    by Matt Tait on April 9, 2026 at 1:03 pm

    The British calendar has a habit of filling itself with historical re-enactments in much the same way medieval The post The Best Historical Re-enactment Events in the UK, Ranked appeared first on Seven Swords.

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