IT
  
Attualmente si sta visualizzando la versione Italy del sito.
Volete passare al vostro sito locale?
10 TEMPO DI LETTURA MIN

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO THE ANCIENT OLYMPICS

Nige Tassell

HOW TO GET THERE

Your fellow spectators will have travelled from all over the Mediterranean basin, so be prepared to encounter heavy tra!c (and expect delays) on your way to Olympia. Around 50,000 people will be making their way to the site – which, being a religious sanctuary rather than a fully functioning city, o"ers little in the way of infrastructure. Many revellers will be forced to travel through warzones and rival Greek states to reach Olympia. While the Olympic truce is theoretically in place for the duration of the Games, ongoing battles may well not be suspended in certain areas and regions. This means there’s a reasonable chance of encountering fighting as you make your way to the Games, so take the utmost care while travelling. And remember: no married women will be permitted to enter Olympia during the Games. It’s men and unmarried women only!

Sbloccate questo articolo e molto altro con
Si può godere di:
Godetevi questa edizione per intero
Accesso immediato a oltre 600 titoli
Migliaia di numeri arretrati
Nessun contratto o impegno
Prova per €1.09
ABBONATI ORA
30 giorni di accesso, poi solo €11,99 / mese. Disdetta in qualsiasi momento. Solo per i nuovi abbonati.


Per saperne di più
Pocketmags Plus
Pocketmags Plus

Questo articolo è...


View Issues
BBC History Revealed Magazine
August 2020
VISUALIZZA IN NEGOZIO

Altri articoli in questo numero


In This Issue
WELCOME AUGUST 2020
The Norman Conquest of 1066 is one of the most
THIS MONTH’S BIG NUMBERS
100 The number of oxen sacrificed to Zeus at the
FEATURES
EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE NORMAN CONQUEST
We all know the Battle of Hastings took place in 1066 – but what really happened on the battlefield and who were the Normans anyway? Leading medieval historian Marc Morris puts us on the straight and arrow, answering pressing questions about the conflict and the fearsome Norman conquerors in a comprehensive interview
HOW MARTIN LUTHER LOST CONTROL OF THE REFORMATION
When the 16th-century German theologian published his 95 Theses, he sparked the Protestant Reformation in Europe – but the movement soon outgrew him, writes Jonny Wilkes
SERGEANT STUBBY AMERICA’S MOST DECORATED WAR DOG
Sergeant Stubby’s World War I record earned him a stack of medals and accolades. Rachel Dinning traces the pooch’s meteoric rise from Connecticut stray to American hero
MAKING A SPLASH
In 1926, 19-year-old New Yorker Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel – and she did so quicker than the five men who had already achieved the feat. Gavin Mortimer shares Ederle’s remarkable story and how she has inspired generations of women…
THE COLOUR OF WAR
Brazilian artist Marina Amaral and historian Dan Jones have joined forces to research and colourise some 200 photographs, taken between 1914 and 1945. The results, a selection of which are shown here, bring to life the stark, bloody reality of ‘the long war’
WHAT IF... ABRAHAM LINCOLN HADN’T BEEN SHOT?
Jonny Wilkes talks to Professor Adam Smith about how reconstruction of the war-torn United States would have had stronger foundations with Lincoln at the helm – but potentially at the cost of his legacy
EVERY MONTH
SNAPSHOTS
If you’re thinking there is something ‘off’ about this image
THINGS WE LEARNED THIS MONTH....
RECENT HISTORY HEADLINES THAT CAUGHT OUR EYE
Cavalry trooper re-enactor in the Sealed Knot
Harriet Heaton (Wallers Cavalry, Parliamentarian army)
ANNE FRANK WRITES HER LAST DIARY ENTRY
Hidden in a secret annexe, Anne Frank hunches over her
Yalta and Potsdam, 1945
Between 4 and 11 February 1945, US President Franklin D
Q&A YOU ASK, WE ANSWER
HISTORY’S GREATEST CONUNDRUMS AND MYSTERIES SOLVED
TV, FILM & RADIO
THE LATEST DOCUMENTARIES, BLOCKBUSTERS AND PERIOD DRAMAS
EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS
WHAT TO SEE AND WHERE TO VISIT IN THE WIDER WORLD OF HISTORY
BOOKS & AUDIO BOOKS
THIS MONTH’S BEST HISTORICAL READS AND LISTENS
SIX MORE BOOKS TO READ
If you know anything about 11th-century English king Edward the
OUR PICK OF AUDIO BOOKS
By Terry Deary and Neil Tonge (narrated by Terry Deary)
History Extra Podcast
Each month we bring you three of our favourite interviews from the HistoryExtra podcast archives…
HISTORICAL FICTION
In the violent urban jungle of an alternate 1828 Paris,
LETTERS
I enjoyed your recent piece on the Korean War, but
TRUE OR FALSE
Have you been paying attention? The answers to the following
PHOTO FINISH
ARRESTING IMAGES FROM THE ANNALS OF THE PAST