Ancient Athletics Part Eleven: Romans at the Games
Romans? At the Olympics? Well, sometimes. Sort of. Alexandra Sills continues her exhaustive investigation...
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Alexandra Sills
- Aug 1
- 4 min
Ancient Athletics Part Eight: Courses for Horses
Horses were an important part of ancient athletic festivals, and winning horses could become very famous. Equestrian events feature in...
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Alexandra Sills
- Jul 29
- 4 min
Ancient Athletic Part Five: Big Track
Get your shoes on, get your headband on, get your cup of tea and put your sports-shoed feet up for this read about ancient track events.
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Alexandra Sills
- Jul 28
- 5 min
Ancient Athletics Part Four: Who's Who?
Who might you meet if you were visiting the Olympics at Olympia? Alexandra Sills takes you through the gathering throng.
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Working Classicist Admin
- Jul 27
- 5 min
Ancient Athletics Part Three: No Cheating!
Was pankration a ruleless fight? Could anyone take part? And why would a referee beat a javelin-thrower? Over to Alexandra Sills...
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Alexandra Sills
- Jul 26
- 6 min
Ancient Athletics Part Two: Get With the Programme
Alexandra Sills takes a look at how the ancient Olympics were arranged. Day five is a cracker!
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Alexandra Sills
- Jul 25
- 1 min
Ancient Athletics Part One: On Your Marks...
A brief set-up for a slew of Olympics-related articles coming over the next few days...
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Alexandra Sills
- Apr 3
- 12 min
So You Want to Be a Roman Charioteer…
Alexandra Sills offers you a practical guide to working in the chariot-racing industry.
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Alexandra Sills
- Aug 13, 2023
- 6 min
Are You Not Entertained? (We Were.)
Working Classicist of the Year and self-confessed gladiator nerd, Alexandra Sills has been to a splendid exhibition in Colchester...
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Alexandra Sills
- Jul 14, 2023
- 6 min
Eating Rome: The Colosseum Concession Stand
Alexandra Sills returns with more Roman comestibles. Ideal for the next time you're at your local arena...
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Working Classicist Admin
- Mar 25, 2023
- 5 min
The Perfect Modern Gladiator is Tom Hanks (Part Two)
Building from Part One, Alexandra Sills explains how the everyman actor, is an ideal everyman gladiator.
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Alex Imrie
- Jan 14, 2022
- 9 min
Ancient Games: 7 Wonders (2010)
Alex Imrie (@AlexImrie23) guides us through an ancient-world board game which is ideal for those new to board-gaming.
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Alex Imrie
- Sep 26, 2021
- 8 min
Ancient Games: Commands & Colors: Ancients (2006)
The second in our Ancient Games series. Alex Imrie unfolds the background and gameplay to this Carthaginian epic...
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Alex Imrie
- Sep 4, 2021
- 7 min
Ancient Games: Elysium (2015)
The Backdrop In the sixth book of Virgil’s Aeneid, the poet recounts Aeneas’ journey to the underworld. During this voyage, the destiny...
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"For what people have always sought is equality before the law. For rights that were not open to all alike would be no rights.” - Cicero. Yes, that Cicero...
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