Festive podcast – The Haloa, a Greek festival which makes Boxing Day look civilised.
In this podcast I discuss the Haloa which involved phallic food, bad language and wine.
Battle of the Trebia – a shortish Vlog
Around this time of year in 218 BCE Hannibal fought Rome in his first major battle with them. In a vlog from a few years ago I use cutting edge… Read more »
Camels in Ancient Greece and early Imperial Rome
In the context of this article I’ll be looking at the two species of camel you may be familiar with. The first is the Bactrian camel, which has two humps… 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 »
Star Wars music played using ancient Greek instruments
Ever wonder what this would sound like? Check out this YouTube video.
Labouring the part. Hercules in cinema.
Back to Italy. The link between Italy and Hercules may not seem obvious. Yet there was a relationship between the two. The myth of Geryon’s cattle and the defeat of… 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 »
My vlog on the Battle of Cannae
August 2nd 216 BC is traditionally the date for the Battle of Cannae. What better way to understand it better than via my vlog on it from a few years… Read more »