Ancient History Apparel! #AntiquiTshirts
Recently I have been expanding my collection of ancient history themed t-shirts and I thought I’d post about where I bought them from. It’s great to support the artists behind… Read more »
Argonauts Assemble! Interesting YouTube clip
Saw this on twitter and it seems that someone’s had the great idea of recreating the Argo, looks quite nifty! Here’s the text from the Youtube clip Original motion picture… Read more »
Wish you weren’t here: The Sicilian Expedition
Latest podcast and this time on the Sicilian Expedition and how Thucydides uses a variety of techniques to position it within his political views. We also find out why Nicias… Read more »
Superheroes in antiquity #classicsandcomics
Recently I stumbled upon a few unusual, if not downright quirky clashes of superheroes and antiquity. After tweeting out a few and noting the use of #classicsandcomics by @tophocles I… Read more »
5km march in Roman armour: the numbers are in.
In May of this year I donned the Roman armour for the charity Rise UK and marched, or more accurately waddled, 5km (my JustGiving page is here). In thie piece… Read more »
Between the rockery and a hard place. Priapus and the garden gnome?
In 1847 Sir Charles Isham journeyed back from Germany, ever the eccentric Sir Charles returned with 21 smaller friends. These small figures were all the rage in Germany and had… Read more »
5km march for charity in Roman armour
I’m going to document my training and race day on my blog and also via twitter/instagram (both at @ancientblogger using the hashtag #milesaway) to help raise money and awareness of… Read more »
Here today, bacon tomorrow. A pig’s tombstone.
Those more familiar with my blog may notice a pattern of the more bizarre and unusual topics or objects from antiquity appearing here. So this continues with a stele found… Read more »
Marius’s mule – doing 5km in Lorica Segmentata
A few years back I did a charity 5k run (a strong walk at best in reality) in my lorica segmentata. You can watch the vlog below on how I… Read more »
Troy Fall of a City, Episode 8. We got there in the end.
A weekly recap of some pointers from Troy, Fall of a City. In the final epsiode I go over what happened during the sack of Troy, why the wooden horse… Read more »