Articles by Jenny Williamson

What can a story from ancient Ireland tell us about the Gauls before Caesar? Maybe a lot. The Hound of Ulster is synonymous with Irish history. But it also draws back the [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Thanks for joining us on that wild chariot ride! We will seriously never stop hearing Genn’s Warp Spasm Voice in our heads. It narrates our every [...Read More...]

In 58 BC, Julius Caesar set his sights on conquering the Gauls. But who were the Gauls? They didn’t write things down—and much of what we know about them comes from [...Read More...]

Become a Patron!First things first. Before we get into our sources, listen to a pro musician playing a modern reconstruction of an ancient carnyx:And here are some images of [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here are some of the important people in this story. Crassus: You’ve been Crassus rolled. Pompey: Always with the widow’s peak. Caesar: Cicero: [...Read More...]

After an epic quarter-life crisis, Julius Caesar returned to Rome and started to kick things up a notch—winning honors, elections, and the love of the public. But as his [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! First off, here’s the Baby Shark song. BOOM, now it’s in your head. You’re welcome. Also, here’s Mountain to Move: So here are some [...Read More...]

Julius Caesar came of age in a Rome where severed heads hung in the Rostra, bodies choked the Tiber, and murderous mobs stalked the streets. Even at 16, this was [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! It’s the end of Season 2–and we’re taking a much-needed break. We plan to use this time to produce three to five episodes over a four-week [...Read More...]

Of the six children of Germanicus, Agrippina the Younger is the last woman standing. Both savvier than her siblings and more ruthless, she quickly rises to stratospheric [...Read More...]