A podcast for all ancient history fans! The Ancients is dedicated to discussing our distant past. Fe
Another one from the History Hit archive! The Roman Forum, also known by its Latin name Forum Romanu
Priestesses of Vesta, Goddess of hearth, home and family, the College of Vestal Virgins were Rome’s
Time for a delve into the History Hit ancient history archives! In this podcast Dan Snow sits down w
Along the banks of the River Nile, directly south of ancient Egypt and hundreds of miles away from t
Around this time 2,499 years ago the famous Battle of Thermopylae was raging. But it is important to
2,499 years ago the Persian 'Great King' Xerxes launched history's largest amphibious invasion of Eu
Move over Hannibal. More over Carthage. This podcast is all about a much BIGGER elephant power in an
In 281/280 BC, the Hellenistic King Pyrrhus ventured to southern Italy to aid the Italiote-Greek cit
From the 2000 historical blockbuster 'Gladiator' to the Total War series, brutal hand to hand warfar
From Cornwall to Orkney, stone circles are scattered throughout the length and breadth of the Britis
Agrippina the Younger (AD 15 - 59) was one of the most prominent women in the Julio-Claudian dynasty
The horse archer was one of the most feared warriors of antiquity. Triumphing mobility and fluidity,
In c.142 AD the Emperor Antoninus Pius ordered the construction of a new wall in Northern Britain. S
Housesteads Roman Fort is one of the great, surviving treasures of Roman Britain. Once an auxiliary
The origins of biological and chemical warfare stretch far back; modern technology has not brought a
In the late 4th century and early 5th centuries two massive largely-Germanic confederations arrived
Plague in the ancient world was nothing unusual. Bouts of illness were common occurrences, but we do
