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Roman Nanotechnology: The Case of the Lycurgus Cup

Roman Empire Times 27 Jan 2026
The Lycurgus Cup is one such object.A Glass Vessel with Unusual Optical Behaviour. The Lycurgus Cup, generally dated to the fourth century CE, is the most elaborate surviving example of a Roman cage cup.
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Did the Spartans Throw Their Babies Off the Cliff?

Greek Reporter 23 Jan 2026
... or the state.” – Plutarch, Life of Lycurgus 16.1, 2 ... He claimed that it was a practice established by Lycurgus, the king and lawmaker of Sparta who probably lived in the eighth century BC.
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Ancient Roman Nanotechnology and the Lycurgus Cup

Greek Reporter 28 Dec 2025
The Lycurgus Cup, an ancient Roman feat of pioneering nanotechnology in the fourth century exhibited at the British Museum ... The Lycurgus Cup owes its unusual properties to the use of tiny quantities of colloidal gold and silver.
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Were the Ancient Greeks as Beautiful as Their Statues?

Greek Reporter 29 Nov 2025
Xenophon observed that Spartan society, under the laws of Lycurgus, required its citizens to engage in rigorous physical training ... “Lycurgus had also observed the effects of the same rations on ...
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Lycurgus: The Ancient Greek Lawgiver Who Revolutionized Sparta

Greek Reporter 08 Nov 2025
Lycurgus found himself in a difficult position when trying to impose his new laws on the state (the Great Clause), with the aim of ensuring that by the time a Spartan citizen reached the age of thirty, he would have full political rights.
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