ancient rome

During the ancient Roman Republic and into the Empire, there was a place all the fabulously wealthy went. An escape from the real world. A place where they could unleash all [...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...]

Become a Patron!   Pompeii: The Last Day (BBC Documentary) Real History – Vesuvius Reconstructed (Documentary)  Asolute History: What is was actually  like to [...Read More...]

You’ve been transported almost 2,000 years into the past, to the streets of Pompeii. It’s a brisk autumn morning, around, oh…10 AM…and all hell is about to break [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here is a helpful documentary: Other sources include: Pseudo-Dionysus of Tel Mahre: Chronicle. Translated by Witold Whitakowski “Yersinia pestis and [...Read More...]

This is an episode about a plague that killed up to 100 million people by the time it was done—as many as 60% of its victims. It’s the first documented occurrence of a [...Read More...]

Just who are the classics for, anyway? Our guest Jasmine Elmer has been an educator in the Classics for decades—through educational charity work, as a TV presenter and [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here’s Debbie Felton’s book Monsters and Monarchs: Serial Killers in Classical History and Mythology. More info can be found here, including [...Read More...]

Serial killers may seem like a modern phenomenon. But there were serial killers in operation in the ancient world—or so it would seem. Evidence for them is everywhere—in [...Read More...]

Who were the witches and sorceresses of ancient Greece and Rome–and how did they wield their power? In this episode, ancient occult expert Daniel Ogden introduces us to [...Read More...]