Recently @Vicky_Austen tweeted the picture below. It’s of Barbie and Ken as Psyche and Cupid. This reminded me that I had a piece from a while back which I hadn’t uploaded here. In it I looked at some Barbies which were based on Greek myth. Here they are and thanks to Vicky for inspiring me …
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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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 day was the pugio, a Roman dagger. Here’s a vlog from a few years back about it. Hope you enjoy!
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 tyrants and which includes an instance which Herodotus calls the silliest trick in history. Feel free to find me on twitter (@ancientblogger) Music by Brakhage …
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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 part of a museum Roman day, always great fun. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]
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 was much closer to the sea than today). This image posits one possible coastline for Troy.
Hi there, this is my new website. I’ll be adding old and new articles up soon so keep an eye out!
