ancient history

OK. I wasn’t going to do this (this is Jenny writing), but Genn insisted that I include my ultra-secret Alaric theme song, “Meridian” by Zola [...Read More...]

Few sights terrorized ancient armies more than that of a wall of elephants, tusks drenched in blood, bearing down on them in a killing frenzy. From the mighty armies of [...Read More...]

We opened this episode with a passage from Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J.R.R. Tolkien. And here’s an awesome clip of his Oliphants in action in the movie [...Read More...]

In this episode, it’s Roman Emperors behaving badly–and Praetorian Prefects behaving even worse. Beginning with Caligula, Emperors were assaulted in their homes, [...Read More...]

So…yeah. Sometimes Genn and I will look at each other after an episode ends and go, “did all that actually happen?” This was definitely one of those. Our [...Read More...]