Articles by Jenny Williamson

· Join us as we travel back in time to the amphitheatre of Capua—mainland Italy’s largest amphitheatre in its day—and experience a day at the gladiatorial games [...Read More...]

· What did it take to be a gladiator? Who ended up in the arena, and why? And how did the gladiatorial games—one of the bloodiest sporting events known in the ancient [...Read More...]

We got to sit down the other day with Roifield Brown of podcasts including 10 American Presidents, DumteeDum, and How Jamaica Conquered the World to talk about Ancient [...Read More...]

· We invited the Partial Historians onto our show to discuss one of their favorite topics and ours: Spartacus in film and pop culture. Join us in a no-holds-barred [...Read More...]

· Become a Patron! Before doing anything else, check out Dr. Rad’s TedEd video on Spartacus! And Dr. G’s on the Vestal Virgins! And check out the Partial [...Read More...]

· The Thracians were the most feared professional killers of the ancient world—serving as hired assassins, enforcers, and mercenaries in famous battles from one end of the [...Read More...]

· Who was Spartacus, really? It’s not an easy question to answer. The ancient sources agree that he was Thracian, but even this is up for debate. Still, we’re going to [...Read More...]

During the First Servile War, the epic prophet and fire-breather named Eunus led a rebellion that threatened the Republic to its foundations. For a time, Eunus controlled all [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here’s a video that does a great job of summing up the Second Servile War: Our ancient sources include: Diodorus Siculus’ Library of History (G. [...Read More...]

The First Servile War started in 135 BC—about 62 years before Spartacus led his rebellion. It lasted about twice as long as the Spartacus war, and involved hundreds of [...Read More...]