Articles by Jenny Williamson

Greek fire was an incendiary weapon of the ancient world—and perhaps the sole reason that the Byzantine Empire stood long after the rest of Rome. It was a terrifying weapon [...Read More...]

When we talk about the Vikings, who are we talking about, exactly? What can we learn about Viking culture by looking at their myths? And which of the ancient sources about [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Check out Kelsey Fuller-Shafer’s author page, find her book here, and here’s her interview about Tolkien and Norse myth with Jackson [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Embalmed heads of the Celtic Iron Age in the south of France. Journal of Archaeological Science Strabo’s Geography (translated by Horace Leonard Jones) [...Read More...]

The Celts of the Iron age—roughly 600s BC to 43 AD—had a real preoccupation with severed heads. They took heads in battle. They displayed the heads of their enemies in [...Read More...]

We’ve covered werewolves in the ancient world before—and their connection to the Berserker myth. But wait til you hear what happened to werewolf mythology when the [...Read More...]

Men aren’t the only ones who think about the Roman Empire (Or the Roman Republic!) all the time. We do too–and so does Dr. Emma Southon, creator of the History is Sexy [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Check out History is Sexy and Dr. Emma Southon’s website for more info about her books and work! Her most recent book, A Rome of One’s Own: the [...Read More...]

This is an episode about the shock troops of Viking Armies—the most violent, the most terrifying, the men who ran out ahead of the army to shatter shield walls and break [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here are some documentaries we used to start off our research: Our ancient and modern sources include: HistoryExtra.com: The Truth about Viking Berserkers [...Read More...]