Episode 53 - With the river diverted, the Athenians and their Egyptian allies are no longer in de-Nile... this expedition and rebellion is doomed...https://mncvgk.podbean.com/e/a-soldier-and-a-scholar...

Episode 12: We reach a pivotal point in Athenian history with the tyranny of Pisistratus, whose reforms pave the way for democracy and whose sons play a role in bringing about the Persian Wars...https...

“puto, ut sancti Innocentii, qui apostolicae cathedrae et supra dicti viri successor et filius est, teneas fidem” “I think that you should keep the faith of St. Innocent, who is the successor and son ...

An island from the end of the Ice Age in Britain, the earliest identified inhabitants of the Isle of Mann were hunter-gatherers and fishermen of the Mesolithic period, who were capable of rudimentary ...

Episode 11: Aric and Dr Crawford move on to character of Solon and the the constitutional changes he introduced to the Athenian system of government in teh early 6th century BC... https://mncvgk.podb...

After his takeover of the Roman Empire during the Year of the Four Emperors (AD 69), Vespasian and his advisors sought any avenue of raising taxes. One seemingly unsavoury tax they (re-)employed in AD...

Those of you who have been following CANI since the earliest days of its 2014 reincarnation, you will know that the hoard of Roman silver found at Ballinrees near Coleraine in Northern Ireland and the...

Episode 10: Aric and Dr Crawford take a look at the evolution of Athenian Law and the Athenian system, starting with the extreme punishments of Draco and internal issues as the beginnings of a legal s...

While in the East, a great blaze of light in the sky could be a hopeful sign of the rise of a powerful leader, the Greco-Romans dreaded comets as portents of doom, war or the overthrow of a ruler. Whe...

With the demise of Nero – the last Julio-Claudian emperor – you would be forgiven for thinking that the extinguishing of that dynasty marked the end of the bloodline of its founder, the emperor August...

Aside from its eponymous founder, the imperial men of the Severan dynasty all met murderous ends - Geta was butchered in his mother’s arms, Caracalla was stabbed whilst answering the ‘call of nature’,...

The otherwise unknown Sentius wrote his name into the annals of Roman history, specifically Cassius Dio LXVIII.22.3, on the backdrop of the Roman emperor Trajan's invasion and conquest of much of the ...

Episode 9: Aric and Dr. Crawford turn their attention to the other great city state of fifth century BC Greece... Athens https://mncvgk.podbean.com/e/a-soldier-and-a-scholar-9-athens-part-1/ A (hopefu...

The mixed reactions to the Red Comet recorded in A Clash of Kings and the concordant early episodes of the second season of Game of Thrones reflect similar ambiguous responses in history to such astro...

What do the Roman victories of Gaius Duilius over the Sicilians and Carthaginians in 260/259BC, Publius Cornelius Lentulus over the Ligurians in 236/235BC, Gaius Claudius Pulcher over the Istri and Li...

Speaker: Helen McVeighWritten and Edited by Peter CrawfordBibliographyClunn, T. The Quest for the Lost Roman Legions, El Dorado Hills (2005)Murdoch, A. Rome'...

Is it ever permissible to destroy a site or building of historical value because of possible military applications? The damage done by insurgents, jihadis, rebels, governments and western forces in th...

A (hopefully) fun and accessible portal into Ancient History, with some academic and 'real world' insights.Episode 8: Aric and Dr. Crawford finally reach the thing that the Spartans are most famous fo...

Episode 52 - Having trouble defeating an enemy holed up on an island? Just redirect a section of the world's biggest river...https://mncvgk.podbean.com/e/a-solider-and-a-scholar-52-the-fury-of-inaros-...

As they streak across the sky, striking awe into onlookers, it is easy to forget that such comets could, with just a few degrees difference in angle, be harbingers of the ultimate doom to life on this...

I have written elsewhere of an instance of the reign of a Persian king, Shapur II, technically beginning before he was born with him being ‘crowned in utero’…https://classicalassociationni.wordpress.c...

At midnight on 28 July 1588, a squadron of eight warships were filled them with pitch, brimstone, tar and some gunpowder, and cast them downwind among the closely anchored vessels of the Spanish Armada. They failed to do their job in setting any Spanish ships on fire, but sowed enough confusion to break the Spanish formation and enable the English to complete the frustrating of the Armada's plans at the subsequent Battle of Gravelines.While this might be the first time that many a history studen