The camel in Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome.
It was Aristotle, in his work The History of Animals, who noted that there were two types of camels. The Bactrian, who had two humps, and the dromedary who was… Read more »
Category: greece and rome
How alcoholic was wine in antiquity?
It’s possibly a question you’ve asked yourself. Wine in ancient Greece and Rome is often referred to as being cut with water, rather than drunk neat (as we do). One… Read more »
Night of the Livy Dead 3: Ghosts – podcast shownotes.
If you’ve listened to the latest Ancient History Hound podcast on ghosts then you’ll have heard me mention that I’d post some bits from the episode which I mentioned. These… Read more »
Halloween #PumpkinVase 2020!
It’s that time of the year when I have to get creative and try to work out which Greek vase image I am going to attempt to replicate on a… Read more »
Human sacrifice in Antiquity podcasts. Part One and Two.
For those of you who listen to the Ancient History Hound podcast (links on the main page and available on most platforms) you might have noticed I recorded a two-parter… 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 »
Halloween Pumpkin Pics #PumpkinVase
For those of you who have followed me on twitter you may have noticed that around early October my feeds hums with the various designs I challenge myself with. You… Read more »
Halloween Podcast #NightoftheLivyDead2
Last year I sat down with a guest and we chatted about stories from ancient history and how they track against modern day horror. It turned into a two-part podcast… Read more »
Podcast – Greek and Roman bathing
In this podcast I’m discussing how the Romans and Greeks bathed, probably. I start with the development of bathing, what made Menelaus the Liberace of rubber-ducky time and finish with… Read more »