Articles by Jenny Williamson

When Julius Caesar arrived in Egypt, he walked into a civil war between the country’s new co-rulers: Ptolemy XIII and his sister Cleopatra. The romance between Caesar and [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here, as promised, are some flute metal jams: Our modern sources for this episode include: Stacy Schiff’s Cleopatra: A Life Adrian Goldsworthy’s [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Our modern sources for this episode include: Adrian Goldsworthy’s Caesar: Life of a Colossus Patricia Southern’s Julius Caesar: A Life Jack [...Read More...]

Within sixty days of crossing the Rubicon, Julius Caesar took control of the entire Italian peninsula—almost without bloodshed. But until he defeated Pompey, Caesar’s [...Read More...]

We’re psyched to announce that our own Jenny Williamson will be speaking at the Intelligent Speech Conference on June 29 in New York City! She’ll be delivering a [...Read More...]

Julius Caesar was in Gaul for eight years—and while he was gone, things in Rome didn’t just stop. His enemies were sharpening their knives, just salivating for him to [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here is a picture of the Rubicon in winter, when Julius Caesar crossed it. No idea if this is the same river. Our modern sources for this episode include: [...Read More...]

This episode is a whole divided into three parts. In Part 3, Vercingetorix has been in the field for less than a year–fighting Julius Caesar by burning his own towns, [...Read More...]

Become a Patron!   Here is a lego reproduction of that ubiquitous Lionel Royer painting of Vergincetorix throwing down his arms before Caesar. We don’t know if [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Our modern and ancient sources were pretty much the same for this episode as the last one: The Ancient Celts by Barry Cunliffe The Celts: Search for a [...Read More...]