In 216BC, the Italian countryside played host to the Battle of Cannae between the forces of Carthage and the legions of the Roman...

On 18 January 350, the flag of revolt was raised at Autun in central Gaul. At a dinner party, a cadre of disgruntled (disgruntled about...

A (hopefully) fun and accessible portal into Ancient History, with some academic and 'real world' insights. Episode 4: Join Peter and...

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A (hopefully) fun and accessible portal into Ancient History, with some academic and 'real world' insights. Episode 3: Before looking at...

John II Komnenos was one of, if not the greatest of the Komnenian emperors to rule the Roman Empire. Throughout his quarter of a century...

In the early years of the reign of the Egyptian pharaoh Ramesses III (c.1186-1155BC), a storm broke on the coastline of the eastern...

A (hopefully) fun and accessible portal into Ancient History, with some academic and 'real world' insights. Episode 2: Attempting to lay...

A (hopefully) fun and accessible portal into Ancient History, with some academic and 'real world' insights. Episode 1: The hosts...

(originally posted 5/3/16; https://classicalassociationni.wordpress.com/2016/03/05/game-of-thrones-and-ancient-history-ia-a-golden-crown/...

A black dwarf in the rings of power during the mid-fifth century...