Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus remains one of the most recognisable names in Roman history, and not...
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.
Medieval writers loved scale. The bigger the army, the greater the glory on the battlefield, or the...
The Battle of Eylau, fought on 7 and 8 February 1807 in East Prussia, remains one of...
Rome’s Quiet Architect of Power Marcus Agrippa tends to suffer from proximity. Stand him next to Augustus...
Who Was Kotetsu? Kotetsu, more formally known as Nagasone Okisato, is one of the most discussed swordsmiths...
The Battle of Lepanto was fought on 7 October 1571 in the Gulf of Patras, off western...
Anne of Cleves is often reduced to a punchline about a failed marriage, which is unfair and...
The Battle of Peonnum is one of those early medieval clashes that sits half in the light...
François L’Olonnais has long been introduced as the most brutal of the French buccaneers who haunted the...
The Battle of Inverkeithing took place on 20 July 1651 during Cromwell’s invasion of Scotland. It was...