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Load More...Always nice to be noticed! And what's a few centuries between colleagues. 😉
#BadAncientOne is https://t.co/MMwjkotNlg which does some very nice work, especially on Spartan myths, but also other things (I don't always agree with the take on the phalanx chronology and system, but that's details)
Wrestling is one of the oldest Olympic sports ... the Olympics are on. This counts as a relevant post! #Tokyo2020
Take a closer look at Atalanta wrestling Peleus, depicted on this Greek hydria in the Manchester Museum, with @reeshistory via @AncientWorldMag
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Category Archives: History on the Internet
PTSD in Ancient History … or, How to Disagree Amicably
Book being read: None at the moment, unless Thucydides counts, but I am always dipping into that so probably not! As regular readers and poor survivors of my obsessive monologues well know, I do a lot of work and research … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient History & My Research, History on the Internet, Tangents
Tagged ancient PTSD, Ancient Warfare, combat trauma, Owen Rees, PTSD, trauma
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How to get a history book deal
Book being read; B. Caven, Dionysius I: War-Lord of Sicily, (1990) In January last year (2013) I gave up full time work to become a stay at home Dad. At the same time my wife convinced me to go back … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient History & My Research, History on the Internet
Tagged Ancient Warfare, Blog, book writing, Historian, Internet, Owen Rees
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AMPAH 2011
I have just returned from the Annual Meeting of Postgraduates of Ancient History held this year at UCL. I was fortunate enough to chair two panels, one on Greek Warfare (a position I was not initially going to have but … Continue reading
Posted in Day-to-day, History on the Internet
Tagged AMPAH, Conference, Owen Rees, PhD, UCL
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Competition in Irony
Competition time! As some of you may know, I work at Shakespeare’s Globe to fund my PhD. In said Globe, there is a poster written by Bernard Levin called ‘Quoting Shakespeare’, all about the impact of Shakespeare on the English … Continue reading
Classics in modern political speech
Just a quick thought that arose when my attention was drawn to this rather embarrassing article/interview about ancient Democracy and why, in the academic’s opinion, places like Egypt don’t have one (basically) read here. Have a read of it, … Continue reading
Posted in History on the Internet, Tangents
Tagged Blog, Historian, Media, Owen Rees, UCL
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