Barbie meets the Greek Gods.
Recently @Vicky_Austen tweeted the picture below. It’s of Barbie and Ken as Psyche and Cupid. This reminded me that I had a piece from a while back which I hadn’t… Read more »
Pompeii and Herculaneum. How it ended.
Recently I rewrote a podcast I had done on Pompeii and re-recorded it. You can find it in the below player, alternatively download it from wherever you get your podcasts… Read more »
Ancient History T-shirts. New designs in and a promo code!
As someone who has a website/blog, podcast, youtube channel and takes the odd day off work to talk to kids about ancient Rome whilst dressed in Roman armour I’d say… Read more »
Podcast. Rome’s Foundation Myth.
My latest episode has dropped and it’s all about Rome’s foundation myth. I pick up from Aeneas’ arrival and work through to Romulus’ suspicious demise. Just to note that this… Read more »
My visit to Italica.
To the north west of Seville is the site of Italica. It can be easily visited via bus taken from the Plaza de Armas which takes 30 minutes. A quick… Read more »
Spartan Women Podcast (episodes 1 & 2)
My Ancient History Hound podcast recently had a two-parter on Spartan Women. It’s available on a number of platforms, so just search for it wherever you get your podcasts. However,… Read more »
5km in Roman armour charity walk.
It’s that time of year where I don the lorica and amble for 5km in the Heroes Run. The charity this year is Rise UK. If you want to sponsor… Read more »
The war elephant in antiquity. Part two.
(for Part One click here) Pyrrhus in Italy. Pyrrhus was one of antiquity’s more curious characters. Part Odysseus in his wanderings and Achilles in his fighting he was unfortunate to… Read more »
The war elephant in antiquity. Part One.
In 55 BCE Pompey the Great held games as part of a dedication to a temple named Venus the Conqueror which celebrated his conquests in the East. These included beast… Read more »
What did it for Caesar. The Pugio.
Hi there, Around this time of year you’ll see a fair amount of posts, tweets and blogs all about the Ides of March. The weapon most likely used that fateful… Read more »