Ancient History

From the construction of the very first pyramids to the fall of the Roman Empire, this period marks the beginning of human civilization laying the foundations of the world we live in today.

Roman mosaic of a woman, British Museum | Pixabay | Public Domain
The Ivory Bangle Lady and the multi-culturalism of Roman Britain

Not What You Thought You Knew
Hannibal: The Carthaginian general who almost toppled Rome

Ancient History
What were the true motives of the Spartans at Thermopylae?

Ancient History
Severus: Rome’s first African Emperor

Ancient History
An engraving by William Sharp published in 1793, based on Boadicea Haranguing the Britons | Public Domain | Wikimedia
The life of Boudicca: the warrior queen of the the Iceni

Ancient History
Ancient Egypt: death and the afterlife
Ancient Egypt: death and the afterlife

Ancient History
Replica of the helmet from the Sutton Hoo ship-burial by Ziko-C | Wikimedia
Sutton Hoo: Discovering the face of history

Ancient History
Alaric (played by Gavin Drea)

Barbarians Rising
Boudica (played by Kirsty Mitchell)

Barbarians Rising
Hannibal (played by Nicholas Pinnock)

Barbarians Rising
Harbard (Kevin Durand)

Vikings
Fritigern (played by Steve Waddington)

Barbarians Rising
Emperor Charles (Lothaire Bluteau)

Vikings
Floki (Gustaf Skarsgård)

Vikings
Geiseric (played by Richard Brake)

Barbarians Rising
Kalf (Ben Robson)

Vikings
King Ecbert (Linus Roache)

Vikings
Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick)

Vikings
Princess Gisla (Morgane Polanski)

Vikings
Porunn (Gaia Weiss)

Vikings
Spartacus (played by Ben Batt)

Barbarians Rising
Rollo (Clive Standen)

Vikings
Viriathus (played by Jefferson Hall)

Barbarians Rising
Princess Isabella

Knightfall
Gawain

Knightfall
King Philip IV

Knightfall
Tancrede

Knightfall
Landry du Lauzon

Knightfall