As the saying goes, Rome wasn’t built in a day and this certainly applies to its political development. Originally Rome was ruled by 7 mythical Kings. In this series of podcasts I discuss each of them, starting with the foundation myth itself. Find each episode and a brief outline below. The Foundation Myth. Rome’s beginnings …
The Fezzan is an area of approximately 212,000 square miles of unforgiving desert and valleys. Situated in the south west of modern day Libya it’s not an area you’d easily traverse, let alone live in. Yet in the 1st millennium BCE a people did exactly that. They created art, irrigated the baked earth and sustained …
After watching some home workout videos I thought I’d give it a go myself, albeit with a Roman twist. Yes, those are shorts and trainers, but at least the latter are Adidas Etruscans. Take care and keep well!
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 exception, as was pointed out to me, was the lack of caligae. Trust me, having marched decades ago in caligae on cobblestones my feet simply …
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 I talk about Martial’s gift angst, Cato’s wine rationing, Pliny’s baa-humbug attitude and one story involving Nero.
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 it’s fair to conclude I like ancient history. Each birthday and Christmas I furnish relatives with a list of books and hope they don’t waver …
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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 tip here, you don’t need to queue and buy tickets in the main part of the station, just wander down to the buses and pay …
