Articles by Jenny Williamson

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...]

With their brother Caligula dead, the two remaining Germanicus children–Julia Livilla and Agrippina–are called home from exile. The new emperor, their uncle [...Read More...]

Wish you had a holiday all about feasting, drinking, the upending of the social order, blood sacrifices, the harvest, pranks, novelty gifts, honouring a god who devoured his [...Read More...]

With their parents and older brothers dead, the four remaining Germanicus children (Agrippina, Julia Drusilla, Julia Livilla, and Caligula) face an uncertain future. Caligula [...Read More...]

Close your eyes and imagine a loving family. Devoted parents and six children, three happy brothers and three happy sisters. The father, Germanicus, is a war hero—beloved [...Read More...]

Ancient Rome was full of rich, ambitious social climbers in a cutthroat political environment—people who had enemies to get rid of, and deep pockets to pay for the service. [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Just for amusement’s sake, here’s a clip of that scene from Harry Potter where the kids repot a mandrake: Interestingly enough, everything in [...Read More...]

Communities all over the ancient world had a problem: their dead wouldn’t stay in the ground. They rose up as shambolic corpses, gusts of wind and evil spirits, [...Read More...]

Just for fun, here’s a clip from 300. Check out the Totally Authentic Abs! AND! I hunted down a clip from the sequel, 300: Rise of an Empire, featuring Artemisia! On to [...Read More...]