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Daniel is the first intern @AncientWorldMag have had, and has written a series of articles based on his undergraduate research project from when he was a student @HistoryManMet - all about the Athenian symposium.New contributor Daniel Woon looks at the Athenian symposium from three different perspectives to fully understand what really went on at ancient Greek house parties. This first part in the series will explore the personal gains from attending a symposium. https://t.co/DirLaI629C
Pigs being set on fire to scare elephants always seemed too fanciful to me. This was a great article assessing the evidence behind those claims ⬇️⬇️⬇️
#BadAncientI’m always fascinated by the different images that come from the Alexander Romance.
For an assessment on the historicity of using pigs to drive away elephants, see my article for Bad Ancient: https://t.co/PXXFb9B7DZ https://t.co/iM0CndSGo9
Tag Archives: William Marshall
Diary of Ireland – Day 5
As we join our bedraggled travellers today we learn that a castle that does not look like a castle can still be a castle, there exists a place in Ireland where the pubs don’t sell real ale and historical periods … Continue reading
Diary of Ireland – Day 3
Welcome to today’s episode of ‘When Historians get Unleashed’; today we shall see how our travelling heroes judge a city and whether a hedge is more useful than a wall! 10th May 2012 – Day 3 With a heavy heart, … Continue reading
Diary of Ireland – Day 1
Due to the lack of available technology it was not possible to do this to my original design of blogging as I went. So, I ended up doing it the old fashioned way; buying a journal and writing as I … Continue reading
Observing history
I am fascinated at the moment by characters in history that witnessed so much in their own lifetime. For instance, I am doing some background work on William Marshall, 1st earl of Pembroke. This knight witnessed 4 different English kings … Continue reading
