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 »
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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 »
Ostracism, a very tall woman and tyrants. (Podcast)
In this podcast I look at the oddity that was ostracism in Ancient Athens. Why was it needed? What did it aim to do? There’s also a brief chat about… Read more »
Troy Fall of a City, Episode 1: Backsides and backstories
A weekly recap of some pointers from Troy, Fall of a City. In the first epsiode I consider the difficulty in transferring oral myth to the screen, large flightless birds… Read more »
#MuseumSelfie Day
As it’s World museum selfie day on Jan 18th here’s a few pics from my visits to museums over the years. Couple in there of me in Roman kit as… Read more »
Sarpedon: Dying well.
The Iliad is full of characters, some of them less well known than others and Sarpedon is a really crucial part of the Homer’s tale. Through him a number of… Read more »
How the Trojan coastline may have changed
Just a quickie, found this a while back and it gives a reminder that the modern coastlines aren’t what may have been the ones back in antiquity (for example Ephesus… Read more »
New Year, New Website
Hi there, this is my new website. I’ll be adding old and new articles up soon so keep an eye out!