Marching in Roman armour. What’s it like?
In recent years I have walked 5km for charity at Brighton’s Rise Superhero Run. I use the verb ‘walk’ because I have undertaken this in my Roman armour. The only… Read more »
Category: Rome
The Ancient History Hound podcast on the Saturnalia.
In this podcast I talk about the Roman festival of the Saturnalia. It was a festival which changed format over time and incorporated different activities and elements. Join me as… 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 »