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The war elephant in antiquity. Part One.

In 55 BCE Pompey the Great held games as part of a dedication to a temple named Venus the Conqueror which celebrated his conquests in the East. These included beast… Read more »

greece and rome    ancient warfare, elephant

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 »

Uncategorized    ancient rome, julius caesar

Falling for you. The dangers of unrequited love in Ancient Greece.

Lefkada (or to use its earlier name Leucas) is located in the Ionian Sea. It was here that Aphrodite grieved for the loss of her lover Adonis and where she… Read more »

ancient greece, greek myth, love, Myth    ancient greece, valnetine's day

#Podcast. Thersites, Scamander and Sarpedon, the Linear B-listers

In this podcast I look at how we can understand more about the Iliad, its characters and wider themes through these three characters. Fell free to check out my other… Read more »

greek myth, podcast, Troy    greek myth, iliad, troy

#MythicMovieMonsters  – Minotaurs

As a kid I remember hearing the tale of Theseus for the first time and being quite scared, a half man half bull creature lurking in winding corridors will spook… Read more »

greek myth    greek myth, minotaur, movies

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 »

roman military    carthage, hannibal, rome

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 »

greece and rome, greek vase, podcast   

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 »

greece and rome, podcast   

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 »

greece and rome, podcast   

Star Wars music played using ancient Greek instruments

Ever wonder what this would sound like? Check out this YouTube video.  

greece and rome   

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