Iron Age Iberia and the Lost Civilization of the Tartessians
Iberia is the hinge between worlds: Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. That was never more true than at the end of the Bronze Age and the beginning of the Iron Age, when a new civi...
25 Touko 20230s
Building Archaic Rome: Interview with Dr. Andrea Brock
What was Rome like before it became one of the biggest cities in the ancient world? How did its early inhabitants adapt to the threat of flooding, and change the landscape to suit their needs? Dr. And...
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The Birth of Rome
Rome eventually became the heart of one of the largest and most powerful empires the world has ever known, but in the beginning, it was just a collection of villages on the Tiber River. How those vill...
11 Touko 20230s
Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient Mediterranean: Interview with Professor Peter van Dommelen
When we think of the ancient Mediterranean, our minds first turn to familiar names, such as the Greeks and Romans. Yet the ancient world was full of peoples, all of them living in sophisticated societ...
4 Touko 20230s
The Emergence of the Etruscans
The Etruscans are often called "mysterious," but we actually know quite a bit about them, from their unique language to their amazing metalwork and impressive cities. But where did the Etruscans come ...
27 Huhti 20230s
Greek Colonies and Networks in the Iron Age: Interview with Dr. Lieve Donnellan
One of the best ways to understand how the ancient world functioned is to think in terms of networks and interactions between people and places. Dr. Lieve Donnellan of the University of Melbourne is a...
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Iron Age Italy
At the beginning of the Iron Age, around 950 BC, Italy was a land of farming villages; just a few centuries later, it was one of the wealthiest and most densely urbanized parts of the Mediterranean wo...
13 Huhti 20230s
Competition, Tyranny, and the Birth of Ancient Greece
Archaic Greece went through some of the most explosive and rapid transformations of any ancient society, but why? What stands out the most is the intense strand of competition running through every as...
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