David Emery

3 weeks ago | forecourttrader.co.uk | David Emery

Source: Winckworth Sherwood Removing a company director and managing conflicts – what should I do? For most private companies, whether a large corporate entity or a family business, there will likely be a time when a director needs to retire or be removed.

1 month ago | thehistoryblog.com | David Emery

Construction at a soccer field in Vienna uncovered hundreds of bones buried there after a battle in the late 1st century. This is an unprecedented find in Roman military history. Roman battle sites have been found in Central Europe, identified by the remains of weapons, armor and ammunition, but soldiers’ bodies were cremated until the 3rd century, so a mass burial pit from this period is unique on the archaeological record.

Feb 13, 2025 | snopes.com | David Emery

Lamont, Roscoe. "The Reform of the Julian Calendar." Popular Astronomy, vol. 28, pp.18-32. https://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1920PA.....28...18L. Accessed 9 Mar. 2023. Calendar - The Gregorian Calendar | Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/science/calendar/The-Gregorian-calendar. Accessed 9 Mar. 2023. Emery, David. "Julius Caesar: He Came, He Saw, He Conquered the Calendar and Gave Us New Year's Day." Snopes, 1 Jan. 2022, https://www.snopes.com/articles/387886/julius-caesar-new-years-day/. .

Jan 29, 2025 | thehistoryblog.com | David Emery

A hoard of 404 Roman and English gold and silver coins has been discovered in Bunnik, a village in the province of Utrecht, Netherlands. The most recent coins, struck in 46-47 A.D., are in excellent condition with no wear and tear from circulation, so the hoard was likely buried in or shortly after 47 A.D. It is the largest Roman-era coin find ever made in the province of Utrecht, and the first mix of Roman and English coins ever found in mainland Europe.

Jan 11, 2025 | thehistoryblog.com | David Emery

An exceptional deposit of 141 Roman gold coins dating to the late 4th century has been unearthed near Holzthum in northern Luxembourg. The coins are gold solidi struck during the reigns of nine emperors who reigned between 364 and 408 A.D.Three of the 141 solidi were issued by Emperor Eugenius whose coins are rare because he reigned for only two years (392-394 A.D.) and was never acknowledged as western emperor by the eastern emperor Theodosius.