Josho Brouwers

Josho Brouwers

Josho Brouwers is the editor-in-chief of Ancient World Magazine since its founding in 2017. He holds an MA and PhD in Mediterranean archaeology, specializing in war, violence, and society in the ancient Aegean. From 2012 to 2023, he also served as editor for various historical print magazines, such as Ancient Warfare and Ancient History, as well as numerous historical and educational books.

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“Heroic” Rape/Abduction in Classical Antiquity (2022)

“Heroic” Rape/Abduction in Classical Antiquity (2022)

A book by Rosanna Lauriola

4 min read

Our new nightmare

Our new nightmare

Looking for hope in the year 2025

7 min read

Total War: Pharaoh

Total War: Pharaoh

Thoughts on the latest strategy game by Creative Assembly

14 min read

Hittite warriors

Hittite warriors

A video produced by Invicta History

4 min read

Fatality!

Fatality!

Brutal violence in Homer’s Iliad

7 min read

Rules of the Trojan War?

Rules of the Trojan War?

Heralds interceding at nightfall

6 min read

Ancient World Magazine lives!

Ancient World Magazine lives!

We’re back, sort of – it’s complicated

2 min read

Matriarchy and madness

Matriarchy and madness

A bad take on AegeaNet

11 min read

Old World (2021)

Old World (2021)

A deeply flawed historical strategy game

57 min read

Africans in Bronze Age Crete?

Africans in Bronze Age Crete?

The “Captain of the Blacks” fresco from Knossos

7 min read

Vindobona

Vindobona

Vienna in Roman times

3 min read

Competing for olive oil

Competing for olive oil

A Panathenaic prize amphora

4 min read