Articles by Jenny Williamson

Become a Patron! Here’s the episode where we talk about the elephant battle with King Juba and Scipio in more depth. We relied on these modern sources: Stacy [...Read More...]

After winning the Alexandrian War and restoring Cleopatra to her throne, Julius Caesar returned to Rome. And then—he kept busy. Settling an insurrection among his troops, [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Our modern sources for this episode include: Stacy Schiff’s Cleopatra: A Life Adrian Goldsworthy’s Caesar: Life of a Colossus And our ancient [...Read More...]

When Cleopatra met Julius Caesar, sparks flew. The daring Egyptian queen beguiled the conquering Roman general—and then enlisted him to fight her battles. Outnumbered five [...Read More...]

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...]