A (hopefully) fun and accessible portal into Ancient History, with some academic and 'real world' insights. Episode 7: Aric and Dr....

So far we have seen ancient influences on the use of molten metal, battlefield tactics, the burning of a daughter in search of divine favour and the role of a woman, her actions and fate in sparking a decades-long struggle across two continents. In this the fifth entry in GoTAH, we will look at an ancient structure and its counterpart in G.R.R. Martin's world of Ice and Fire, both on screen and in the book series. There is a more prominent anciently-inspired structure - the 8

But what if there was no such enmity between Constantina and Constantius? What if she was not acting as a kingmaker in her own right, but...

It was this writer's great good fortune to enter the Neolithic passage tomb of Newgrange and some of its surrounding environs and...

A (hopefully) fun and accessible portal into Ancient History, with some academic and 'real world' insights. Episode 6: Dr. Crawford and...

Ser Davos Seaworth (Liam Cunningham) and Shireen Baratheon (Kerry Ingram) In S05E09 "The Dance of Dragons," Game of Thrones viewers were confronted with perhaps the most heart-wrenching and harrowing scenes of the show so far as perhaps the most innocent character in the entire series, Shireen Baratheon, met a horrifying demise in the snows of the North not far from Winterfell. The greyscale-scarred little girl who taught Davos Seaworth his letters and seemed the only one ca

“her pride was swollen beyond measure; she was a Fury in mortal form, incessantly adding fuel to her husband's rage, and as thirsty for...

The Bann Disc was found in March 1939 by men dredging the east bank of the River Bann near Loughan Island, Co. Derry just above Loughan...

A (hopefully) fun and accessible portal into Ancient History, with some academic and 'real world' insights. Episode 5: Aric and Dr....

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/) While in a setting with knights, tournaments and castles has a distinctly medieval flavour, it is evident that the creator of A Song of Ice and Fire, upon which the TV show Game of Thrones was based, George R.R. Martin is also well versed in and influenced by the history of the ancient world. In S01E06 "A Golden Crown," Viserys Targaryen,

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