
Swords in ancient Greece
A look at ancient Greek swords, with particular reference to blades from the Archaic and Classical periods.

Battlefield rock, paper, scissors
Combined arms in ancient armies
Ancient generals came to appreciate the value of combined arms. But why is it a good idea to deploy a mix of different kinds of warriors?

A Cypriot chariot
The British Museum has many interesting objects from Cyprus, such as this jug depicting a chariot.

The shield of Achilles
The description of Achilles’ shield in the Iliad tells us much about what Homer’s views might have been on warfare and violence.

Thucydides' history of Early Greece
The so-called Archaeology by Thucydides offers the famed ancient Greek historian’s view of his people’s early history.

Ryse: Son of Rome (2014)
A gorgeous-looking and entertaining action game that, unsurprisingly, plays fast and loose with Roman history.

A triple-bodied warrior in London
An interesting object in the British Museum is a Cypriot terracotta statuette of a triple-bodied warrior.

The world of Homer
How do the worlds created by Homer in his epic poems relate to historical and archaeological realities?

The Horseman of Grumentum
A closer look at a handsome bronze figurine of a horseman from Southern Italy, now at the British Museum.

The Battle of Marathon
Thoughts on the Athenian victory of 490 BC
In a recent lecture, I argued that the Battle of Marathon wasn’t as much of a big deal as our Greek sources would have us believe.