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Review: The War That Made the Roman Empire
The War That Made the Roman Empire: Anthony, Cleopatra and Octavian at Actium, by Barry Strauss (Simon & Schuster, 2022) is about exactly what the
Dura Europos and Esther
The story of Esther is fiction. There was no king Ahasuerus, or valiant woman Esther, or even her uncle Mordechai. However, it’s a very popular story and
Aristophanes’ Acharnians on CANEPress
The Acharnians by Aristophanes is a play I have never read, but like many of his plays, is anti-war. This version, edited by W. W.
Review: Age of Bronze Graphic Novels by Eric Shanower
Who would have thought that the story of the Iliad could be made into a multi-part graphic novel and one that is so carefully done! This
Review: The Wars of Alexander’s Successors
The Wars of Alexander’s Successors by Bob Bennett and Mike Roberts (Pen & Sword, 2011) attracted me as being about a period which is normally
Pervigilium Veneris on CANE Press
A hymn to spring and birth – who can resist this? This late Latin poem, with no author attributed, celebrates love and the goddesses. Who