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The Battle of Lund
Posted by Vlad Jecan on 10 14th, 2008
On December the 4th 1676 two armies had faced each other near the city of Lund in Sweden. The invading Danish force numbering some 12,300 strong was led by 31 year old King Christian V of Denmark and carefully advised by General Carl von Arensdorff.... 
Mel Gibson re-writes history w...
Mel Gibson re-writes history with every chance he gets
Posted by Vlad Jecan on 10 14th, 2008
Some time ago, I spotted on Yahoo! Movies an interesting article. Actually it was a ‘Top 10’ article about the most historically inaccurate movies. The interesting part is that Mel Gibson’s movies, or the ones in which he had the lead role,... 
On Historical Fiction and Real...
On Historical Fiction and Real History
Posted by Vlad Jecan on 09 29th, 2008
Should historical fiction really be 100% accurate? No. It shouldn’t - and that’s the beauty of fiction. Many readers confuse historical fiction with plain history for some undetermined reasons while others because of cheap snobism. The... 
How to write a story? - The qu...
How to write a story? - The question that everybody asks
Posted by Vlad Jecan on 09 23rd, 2008
From bloggers to journalists, this question seems to trouble the most. Many of us, including myself, have spent hours, days or weeks cogitating on it without a satisfying result. The fact is that in order to be able to write a story, first you need... 
recent from Military History The Battle of Lund
On December the 4th 1676 two armies had faced each other near the city of Lund in Sweden. The invading Danish force numbering some 12,300 strong was led by 31 year old King Christian V of Denmark and carefully advised by General Carl von Arensdorff. Standing to face them was the outnumbered Swedish army... 
recent from Historical Fiction On Historical Fiction and Real History
Should historical fiction really be 100% accurate? No. It shouldn’t - and that’s the beauty of fiction. Many readers confuse historical fiction with plain history for some undetermined reasons while others because of cheap snobism. The clean fact is that historical fiction does not have... 
recent from journal Mel Gibson re-writes history with every chance he gets
Some time ago, I spotted on Yahoo! Movies an interesting article. Actually it was a ‘Top 10’ article about the most historically inaccurate movies. The interesting part is that Mel Gibson’s movies, or the ones in which he had the lead role, appeared 3 times on that list. In my opinion, films based... 
recent from news Covering the Northern Dacian Border
In the next days I will start covering the Northern Dacian Limes. Astigan.com will publish a series of articles focused on the principal auxiliary and legionary forts in the northern Dacian province. Before I analyze the Roman forts, I will write an introductionary article on the castrum and on the... 
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