Articles by Jenny Williamson

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 [...Read More...]

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 [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! After all that, here are the links most relevant to this episode: Where you can get Liv’s book Where you can find Liv’s podcast Where you can [...Read More...]

Our dear friend Liv wrote a book, Greek Mythology: the Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook, and it’s already a bestseller! We just had to celebrate by dropping an extra [...Read More...]

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 [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here’s a picture of the statue of Hadrian with Athena standing on the wolf of Rome! Here are some sources for further reading on Hadrian’s [...Read More...]

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 [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Wow, what a wild ride! Here are some pictures of the Pictish Beast: Genn’s sources include: Scotland.org: Scottish Myths and Legends: The Kelpie [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here are our modern sources: Picts: History and Heritage (documentary) Picts: Symbols and Signs (documentary) Bridei Mac Bili: King of the Picts [...Read More...]

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 [...Read More...]