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Sappho: The Poet from Lesbos
Episode 181
Famous throughout antiquity, yet retold only in fragments today - who is Sappho? Her poetry inspired generations, from Catullus to Byron, so how come…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Terracotta Army
Episode 180
Discovered by local farmers in 1974, the Terracotta Army is one of the most astounding archaeological finds on record. A piece of funerary art, dedic…
4 years, 6 months ago
Eureka! Innovation in Ancient Greece
Episode 179
It's often thought that the ancient Greeks were devout in tradition, strict in their ways and beliefs. But how true is this? When it comes to creativ…
4 years, 6 months ago
The First Australians
Episode 178
Indigenous Australians have lived on the vast continent of Australia for thousands of years - but how have they survived isolation, extreme condition…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Truth About Saint Valentine
Episode 177
St. Valentine of Rome, patron saint of beekeepers and epilepsy, among many other things. But who exactly is the real St Valentine, and how has the st…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Largest Roman Palace North of the Alps
Episode 176
Fishbourne Roman Palace in West Sussex was first constructed just three decades after the empire’s legions conquered Britain in the first century AD.…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Origins of London
Episode 175
London is today one of the greatest cities in the world, and the story of its origins is fittingly spectacular. Founded by the Romans as Londinium in…
4 years, 7 months ago
The Phoenician World
Episode 174
Imagine you are a traveller sailing to the major cities around the Mediterranean in 750 BC. You would notice a remarkable similarity in the dress, al…
4 years, 7 months ago
Alexander's Successors at War: The Spartan Adventurer
Episode 173
It’s here! Today is the publication date of Tristan’s first book, Alexander’s Successors at War: The Perdiccas Years. Focussing in on 323 – 320 BC, t…
4 years, 7 months ago
The Scholars of Assyria
Episode 172
Tens of thousands of clay tablets containing texts written in the ancient Cuneiform script of the Assyrian Empire have been discovered, giving us inv…
4 years, 7 months ago