roman britain

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...]

Become a Patron!   We couldn’t have produced this episode without the following sources. Huge thanks especially to Vanessa Collingridge’s epic book – [...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! Here are our modern sources: Picts: History and Heritage (documentary) Picts: Symbols and Signs (documentary) Bridei Mac Bili: King of the Picts [...Read More...]

The Picts burst onto the Romano-British scene as terrifying Celtic pirates, overwhelming Hadrian’s Wall from the north, sweeping in from the sea to ravage and burn [...Read More...]

The living at Hadrian’s Wall wasn’t as austere as you might think for those stationed there–especially in the beginning. Merchants flocked from all over the [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Thanks for joining us! Our modern sources include: Hadrian’s Wall by Adrian Goldsworthy Dr. Rebecca Jones. “Africans on the Antonine Wall.” [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Our ancient sources for this episode include: Plutarch’s On the Bravery of Women (Loeb Classical Library edition) Cassius Dio’s Roman History [...Read More...]

In our last episode, we alluded to the fact that there were female as well as male Druids in the Celtic iron age. But if the picture of male Druids is spotty, the picture of [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Our ancient sources for this episode include: Tacitus’ Agricola and Annals (Translated by Alfred Church) Polyaenus’ Strategems (R. Shepherd [...Read More...]