Articles by Jenny Williamson

London began its life as Old Londinium—an informal trading community that sprang up around the narrowest point in the Thames, and was burned to the ground by Boudicca’s [...Read More...]

The people of Camulodunum had found out the hard way that Rome’s promises of protection weren’t enough to save them from Boudicca’s rampaging army—and so did the [...Read More...]

When Boudicca rebelled against the Romans, she knew exactly who to turn to for allies: the Trinovantes. Years ago, the Romans had taken over their town, Camulodunum—and [...Read More...]

The story of Boudicca’s revolt is as epic as you can get. It’s got murder and pillage, Romans behaving badly, cities on fire, and a layer of destruction that was scorched [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! After all that, here are the links most relevant to this episode: Where you can get Liv’s book Where you can find Liv’s podcast Where you can [...Read More...]

Our dear friend Liv wrote a book, Greek Mythology: the Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook, and it’s already a bestseller! We just had to celebrate by dropping an extra [...Read More...]

Hadrian was the Roman emperor who commissioned Hadrian’s Wall–and he probably had a hand in designing it. But the Wall was only a very small part of Hadrian’s [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here’s a picture of the statue of Hadrian with Athena standing on the wolf of Rome! Here are some sources for further reading on Hadrian’s [...Read More...]

The Pictish Beast is a mysterious animal carved on Pictish standing stones. Nobody knows what kind of animal it is. But it must have been really important to the Picts, as [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Wow, what a wild ride! Here are some pictures of the Pictish Beast: Genn’s sources include: Scotland.org: Scottish Myths and Legends: The Kelpie [...Read More...]