Featured Podcast

Dickinson College have a series of six Latin poetry podcasts, available on iTunes.
Here is the list of their podcasts, and the link to get them.

iTunes link

Featured Podcast and Website

I found this great resource about the whole Roman History, they have a series of weekly podcasts that :

traces the history of the Roman Empire, beginning with Aeneas's arrival in Italy and ending (someday) with the exile of Romulus Augustulus, last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire 

The podcasts can be downloaded on iTunes from here. 


They also have an accompanying website, that you should take a look at, its really good and has illustrations and photos to go along with the podcasts. 

The History of Rome Website

Featured Podcast

This weeks featured podcast is another one by the Open University available free on iTunes U from this link. 

The splendidly evocative ruins of ancient Rome have long been a challenge to historians and archaeologists in reconstructing how it looked and functioned. It became the largest city in the western world during the imperial period, so how was the city constructed, and what were the materials used? How was it defended, supplied with food and water, and how were the people housed and entertained, and above all, how did it function? These video tracks use various famous sites such as the Baths of Caracalla and the Pantheon to answer some of these questions. 

Roman Mosaics and Amphitheatre -Tunisia

Alright, So it just occurred to me that I have photos of some of the best preserved Roman mosaics found in El Jem, Tunisia. So over the coming weeks I shall share some of them with you... In addition these I have photos of the Amphitheatre built around 238 and thought to be used for gladiator fights and chariot races. It is also the third larges amphitheatre; only the Colosseum in Rome and that of Capua, Italy are larger.

Especially since the "Arab Uprisings", and Tunisian Resistance. Fewer people will have access to them. They are found away from the main Colosseum, quite a walk away, but if you ever get the chance, this restored Roman house and the mosaics found inside are pretty amazing.

Here are some Taster photos: