Articles by Jenny Williamson

The Thracians were the most feared professional killers of the ancient world—serving as hired assassins, enforcers, and mercenaries in famous battles from one end of the [...Read More...]

Who was Spartacus, really? It’s not an easy question to answer. The ancient sources agree that he was Thracian, but even this is up for debate. Still, we’re going to go [...Read More...]

During the First Servile War, the epic prophet and fire-breather named Eunus led a rebellion that threatened the Republic to its foundations. For a time, Eunus controlled all [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here’s a video that does a great job of summing up the Second Servile War: Our ancient sources include: Diodorus Siculus’ Library of History (G. [...Read More...]

The First Servile War started in 135 BC—about 62 years before Spartacus led his rebellion. It lasted about twice as long as the Spartacus war, and involved hundreds of [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! Here’s a neat video of the events of the First Servile War: Our ancient sources include: Dionysius of Halicarnassus: Roman Antiquities (Earnest Cary [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! If you haven’t checked out Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby!: yet, you’ve got some serious bingeing in front of you! Here are some great places [...Read More...]

This week, Ancient History Fangirl teams up with Liv Albert from Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! to drink wine, drop some f-bombs, and dish about everyone’s favorite god of [...Read More...]

Become a Patron! So, our past few episodes were recorded before the coronavirus hit us where we lived. We wanted to talk to our audience about what we’re up to, how [...Read More...]

In our last episode we talked about the journey Dionysus took to become a god. We followed his travels across the Mediterranean as he went on an epic quest to spread the [...Read More...]