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 »
Falling for you. The dangers of unrequited love in Ancient Greece.
Lefkada (or to use its earlier name Leucas) is located in the Ionian Sea. It was here that Aphrodite grieved for the loss of her lover Adonis and where she… Read more »
#Podcast. Thersites, Scamander and Sarpedon, the Linear B-listers
In this podcast I look at how we can understand more about the Iliad, its characters and wider themes through these three characters. Fell free to check out my other… Read more »
#MythicMovieMonsters – Minotaurs
As a kid I remember hearing the tale of Theseus for the first time and being quite scared, a half man half bull creature lurking in winding corridors will spook… Read more »
Festive podcast – The Haloa, a Greek festival which makes Boxing Day look civilised.
In this podcast I discuss the Haloa which involved phallic food, bad language and wine.