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Ancient Blogger 118 - Festivals in ancient Rome: July & August

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Episodes

Festivals in ancient Rome: July & August

Sparta in the Spotlight. Part III

Hannibal: surprise, Celts and not besieging Rome

Sparta in the Spotlight. Part II

Sparta in the Spotlight. Part I

2026 update

Exploring Place in Regal Rome (Part 2).

Exploring Place in Regal Rome (Part 1).

Tacfarinas with Dr Jo Ball

Witches in ancient Rome

Festivals in ancient Rome: May & June

Festivals in ancient Rome: April

Festivals in ancient Rome: March

Festivals in ancient Rome: February

Festivals in ancient Rome: January

Film review: The Return with Lottie Luke.

Ancient Sicily (pt7). Dionysius I: Poetry and Politics.

Podcast update!

Pliny the Younger

Minisode: Gifts.

Ancient Sicily (pt6). Dionysius I: Countering Carthage.

Curse tablets and figurines.

Guest Episode - The Partial Historians on Spartacus.

The Teutoburg Disaster with Dr Ball: Part Two.

The Teutoburg Disaster with Dr Ball: Part One.

Ancient Sicily (pt5). Revenge & Ruin.

Ancient Sicily (pt4). The Sicilian Expedition.

Tyrants in ancient Greece.

Ancient Sicily (pt3). Democracy & Ducetius.

Ancient Sicily (pt2). Tyrants and Tragedy.

Ancient Sicily (pt1). New neighbours.

Ancient Rome's Worst Emperors with LJ Trafford

The Saturnalia.

Episode Swap: Roman street food and urban kitchens with The Delicious legacy Podcast.

Night of the Livy Dead VII

Re-release: Witches and Demons in Mesopotamia.

Bees BC: Bees and honey in Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia and Greece.

Hannibal: from Cannae to Zama

Magna Graecia: Greeks in Southern Italy.

Helots of Sparta

Archaic Athens and democracy.

The Lupercalia.

Romans in Scotland: The Campaigns with Dr Andrew Tibbs.

Romans in Scotland: Fortifications with Dr Andrew Tibbs.

Minisode. The Haloa

Rise of the Gladiator

Night of the Livy Dead: The Greek Underworld.

Night of the Livy Dead Minisode: Werewolves in Greece and Rome.

'Mad Honey'.

Artemis with Dr Carla Ionescu.