The ancient Siciliy miniseries has been great fun and I hope you have enjoyed it – I will pick it up again sometime but this episode seemed a good place to pause things. You can find episode notes for the previous episode here – and why not check out the subreddit for this pocast? I […]
Ancient Sicily – Dionysius I: Poetry and Politics. Episode Notes. Read More »
I hope you have enjoyed the ancient Sicily miniseries – here is some supporting content! Don’t forget to rate and review – I forgot to mention that you can also find this podcast on Reddit. Maps In order to orientate the below map is very good. You can see Motya off the western coast, to
Ancient Sicily – Dionysius I: Countering Carthage. Episode notes. Read More »
I hope you enjoyed the episode, what was going to be a two-part episode is becoming an ongoing mini-series on ancient Sicily and I’m really enjoying researching writing and recording it. If you have any feedback get in touch! If you want to have a look at some coins from Himera, Acragas, Selinus and Syracuse
Ancient Sicily- Revenge & Ruin. Episode notes. Read More »
Tyrants formed much of the background to this episode so I hope you didn’t suffer from tyrant fatigue! Here are some extra bits which I hope will help you enjoy the episode more. Maps. Below you can make out the wider Greek world around Sicily and how those colonies were networked. In the episode I
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Coins provide a valuable insight into how those who produced them wanted to be perceived in antiquity. The resonance of this physical propoganda resonates less today, there’s just so many ways to set your brand or identity. For the Greek colonies of ancient Sicily the opportunity to say something about who you were through coins
Coins from ancient Sicily. Read More »
Hope you enjoy the episode I’m still unsure what I have let myself in for as there is a lot of content. Anyway, here is some supporting content which I hope helps. I recently received some lovely feedback saying that the reading list gave that person more sources to use and ideas to research. H.M.
Ancient Sicily Part One. Episode notes. Read More »
