Boudicca Part 2: Hares and Foxes Amongst the Wolves
When Boudicca rebelled against the Romans, she knew exactly who to turn to for allies: the Trinovantes. Years ago, the Romans had taken over their town, Camulodunum—and made it over into a veterans’ r...
13 Maj 20211h 22min
Boudicca Part 1: The Seeds of Rebellion
The story of Boudicca’s revolt is as epic as you can get. It’s got murder and pillage, Romans behaving badly, cities on fire, and a layer of destruction that was scorched into the earth. But it's also...
29 Apr 20211h 11min
BONUS EPISODE: Liv Wrote a Book! + Drunk Mythology
Our dear friend Liv (from Let's Talk About Myths, Baby!) wrote a book, Greek Mythology: the Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook. And it’s already a bestseller in Canada and a #1 new release on Amazon...
22 Apr 202146min
Hadrian in Athens (With Liv Albert from Myths Baby!)
Hadrian was the Roman emperor who commissioned Hadrian’s Wall--and he probably had a hand in designing it. But the Wall was only a very small part of Hadrian's life, and it’s not the only massive buil...
15 Apr 20211h
The Pictish Beast: What is It?
The Pictish Beast is a mysterious animal carved on Pictish standing stones. Nobody knows what kind of animal it is. But it must have been really important to the Picts, as over 40% of animals carved i...
1 Apr 202157min
Who Were the Picts?
The Picts burst onto the Romano-British scene as terrifying Celtic pirates, overwhelming Hadrian’s Wall from the north, sweeping in from the sea to ravage and burn Romano-British settlements as the po...
18 Mars 20211h 30min
Hadrian's Wall, Part 4: Wall at the End of the World
By the end of the 300s, the soldiers on Hadrian's Wall were hungry, they were under-equipped, and they hadn't been paid in years. Even so, many stayed at their posts--even as the Roman Empire lost its...
4 Mars 202149min
Hadrian's Wall, Part 3: After Hadrian
The living at Hadrian's Wall wasn't as austere as you might think for those stationed there--especially in the beginning. Merchants flocked from all over the Empire to sell their wares to soldiers wit...
18 Feb 202151min
