
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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