When Herodotus opens his monumental nine-book history, he declares his intentions as follows: ὡς μήτε τὰ γενόμενα ἐξ ἀνθρώπων τῷ χρόνῳ...

Olympias was the formidable mother of Alexander the Great. Today (12/07/2021), I am inspired to writer about her, not just because of the...

Feisty, assertive, violent, Fulvia definitely deserves an article of her own. She is not quite so well-known as the imperial women, such...

Our Communication Needs Then and Now (Originally Delivered for St. Swithun’s School Academic Lunch 07/05/21) This may seem a rather odd...

‘She has quite the ‘tude!’. So said one of my year ten pupils when I was teaching Pliny’s letter about Arria as a set text back in 2015....

This category will contain a series of articles on women of the ancient world. However, the approach will not be a story of women’s lives...