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The Last Roman Emperor to Campaign in Britain

Roman Britain had its fair share of imperial visits during its 350+ year existence. Without taking into account the numerous usurpers...

IJDOD III: Indiana Jones and Operation Paperclip

***SPOILERS for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny*** Although it might not seem like it – one is a fictional Nazi physicist and the...

A Soldier and a Scholar 34 - The Allies Fracture

Episode 34: With the defeat of the invasion, the Greeks look to plan a new offensive, but cannot help but fall back into the old ways of...

Frankish Pirates of the Mare Nostrum

While the focus of the Third Century Crisis that engulfed the Roman Empire falls upon the frequent military usurpations, large-scale...

A Soldier and A Scholar 33 - The Battle of Mycale

Episode 33: Plataea might have liberated Greece, but what about the Greek cities in Asia under the Persian yoke? An expedition to free...

IJDOD II: Indiana Jones and the Spear of Longinus

***SPOILERS for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny***   The opening sequence of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny with Indy and...

‘The Groans of the Britons’

The ‘end of Roman Britain’ raises many of the same type of question as the ‘fall of the Roman Empire’. It must have ended in some manner...

A Soldier and A Scholar 30 - The God King Bleeds

Episode 30: After a shocking and crushing Greek victory at Salamis, how will the God King Xerxes deal with his first defeat? How do the...

Crucifixion and Comeuppance: Oroetes the Satrap

The Achaemenid Persian Empire was perhaps the first superpower of the ancient world, establishing its ‘King of Kings’ as an immensely...

Arion and the Dolphin

You would be forgiven for thinking that this is a Biblical headline was about the story of Jonah and the Whale. However, looking past...

A Soldier and a Scholar 29: Salamis - 'It's a Trap!'

Episode 29; A Spartan king may lay dead on the the battlefield and Athens itself may be a burnt ruin, but the Greeks have a plan for the...

IJDoD I: Indiana Jones and the Antikythera Mechanism

SPOILERS for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny The eponymous ‘Dial of Destiny’ was based on an actual mechanical device, the name of...

A Soldier and a Scholar 28: The Empire Strikes Back

Episode 28: Despite the heroics at Thermopylae and the importance of Artemisium, the Persian juggernaut continues its ways south, finally...

Cla…Cla…Claudius the Scholar

When faced with the notion of a scholarly Roman emperor, you would be forgiven for immediately thinking of the great philosopher king,...

A Soldier and A Scholar 27 - The Battle of Artemisium

Episode 27: While some Spartans and their king were taking their place in history, a no less important battle was occurring in the waters...

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