7 Facts and 7 Myths about Ancient Rome Ancient Rome sits at the crossroads of history and...
Jayne Ellis
Jayne Ellis is a History graduate from the University of York with a deep fascination for ancient societies and the human experience that shaped them. Her writing reflects a keen eye for cultural nuance and a traveller’s instinct for perspective, often weaving lived experience with historical insight. Serious in her research yet unafraid to voice an opinion, Jayne approaches the past with curiosity, rigour, and the occasional sharp edge, because history, after all, was never neutral.
Cassius Dio stands as one of Rome’s most meticulous chroniclers. A senator, consul, and historian, he straddled...
The Middle Ages are often painted as a dark, ignorant age of filth, fanaticism, and superstition. Yet...
When civilisation was young and cruelty was policy. Ancient history wasn’t for the faint-hearted. Long before modern...
When we think of the Middle Ages, images of knights, castles, and grand feasts often dominate. Yet...
The Enlightenment was not a single moment or manifesto but a movement of ideas that transformed Europe...
A seasoned soldier turned king and emperor, whose life bridged the age of the Crusades and the...
The Iceni are one of the most famous tribes of Iron Age Britain, remembered largely because of...
Modern Historical European Martial Arts, or HEMA, is one of those rare pursuits where grown adults get...
A study of the first Carolingian king and the man who built the bridge between the Merovingian...