“the romans were nasty thugs – but so was everyone else in the ancient world”

The most celebrated of all ancient Romans almost met a watery end before he’d made his big splash in the vast ocean of history. In 75 BC, Julius Caesar – then in his mid-20s and yet to establish himse

What the West owes to the ancient world

Uncover the all-conquering Hun king whose nomadic horde terrorised Rome

Danny Bird What was the genesis of Legenda? Was there a moment when you knew you had to write this book? Janina Ramirez From the start of my academic career, I learned from [Palestinian-American liter

The powerful Greek city-state overreached itself and saw its influence decline as it failed to integrate conquered territories

“One might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb,” goes the old proverb. The meaning is simple: if you are going to be punished for a small crime, you may as well commit the bigger one. In the early