Ancient Warfare Blog

An ode to helmets

This entry was posted on August 28, 2019 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Negau helmet, now in Berlin I'm not an archaeologist - trained as a historian instead - but somehow my thoughts easily turn to material culture... Read more

Tombstone details

This entry was posted on August 14, 2019 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Caius Romanius, now in the Mittelrheinisches Landesmuseum, Mainz. (c) Livius.org We've discussed Roman military tombstones before. Their quantity and often formulaic text make them an... Read more

Podcast episode 90: Hired help from overseas

This entry was posted on July 22, 2019 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Pyrrhus is endlessly fascinating, but the Epirote warlord was not the first to cross the Adriatic on request of Tarentum. Join the Ancient Warfare podcast... Read more

The Imperial Gallic I helmet

This entry was posted on July 16, 2019 by Jasper Oorthuys.

At the end of the Imperial Gallic series of helmet types (a.k.a. Weisenau-type, in the continental style), there's a small set of copper-alloy helmets. H.Russell... Read more

Convoluted names

This entry was posted on July 2, 2019 by Jasper Oorthuys.

(warning: serious chance of "Well, actually..." pedantry ahead) Gladiator, warts and all, is one of my favourite movies. I probably owe it a debt of... Read more

Podcast episode 89: The Roman conquest of Spain (v2)

This entry was posted on June 26, 2019 by Jasper Oorthuys.

It's a good thing there's much to say about the 200-year period of the Roman Conquest of Spain, as we accidentally discussed this old issue... Read more

The Cohors Classica

This entry was posted on June 25, 2019 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Fragmented tombstone of a soldier of the Cohors I Classica. The reconstructed and heavily emended inscription reads: (to) Tiberius Julius Probus, son of Julius, soldier... Read more

Ancient Warfare podcast: military celebrities

This entry was posted on June 5, 2019 by Jasper Oorthuys.

The team sets aside their own modest dreams of celebrity to discuss the ancient variety, more specifically ancient military celebrities. What famous examples do we... Read more

OOP back issues

This entry was posted on May 3, 2019 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Ancient Warfare has been around for over a decade now, and is fortunate in that many readers seem to like to collect back issues. Inevitably... Read more

Ancient Warfare podcast: Germanic raiders

This entry was posted on April 24, 2019 by Jasper Oorthuys.

Using some secret documents and files, the Ancient Warfare podcast team was (mostly) well prepped to discuss the upcoming issue XII.6 in our latest episode. Enjoy! Read more