This page lists all of the articles that have been published on this website in reverse chronological order, so with the newest material listed first.

Follow the leader?
Mustering armies in the Homeric world
In the story of the Trojan War, battles are fought between huge armies. But how were these armies organized? How were they assembled?

The Roman house in Spoleto
Located partially beneath Spoleto’s town hall are the remains of a Roman house dated to the first century of our era.

A Sibylline stone at Delphi?
There’s a large block of worked limestone at one end of the temple of Apollo at Delphi. What is it? What function did it serve?

Henchmen of Ares
Revisiting the 2013-book on Greek warfare
Nearly five years ago, my first book was published. Here’s a look back at the commercial edition of my PhD thesis and the lessons learned.

A donkey figurine from Gubbio
The small archaeological collection of the Duomo in Gubbio, Umbria, features a small terracotta figurine of a donkey, the most common pack animal of the ancient world.

The afterlife of a Greek temple
The Duomo of Syracuse
Few buildings have as deep and as interesting a history as the Cathedral of Syracuse, built on the site of an ancient temple of Athena.

Battling the Gods (2015)
A book on ancient atheism by Tim Whitmarsh
Tim Whitmarsh’s book challenges the modernist notion that atheism is a post-Enlightenment phenomenon and traces the ancient history of those who “battled the gods”.

Cascate delle Marmore
The waterfall at Marmore, located in Umbria, is the tallest man-made waterfall in the world. It was created by the Romans.

The girl with the golden wreath
This article offers a closer look at a mummy portrait of a young woman in the collection of the Allard Pierson Museum.

Roman remains in Assisi
The Italian town of Assisi, famed as the birthplace of Saint Francis, has some impressive Roman remains, including a temple to Minerva.