Ancient History Magazine

Ancient History looks at every aspect of the ancient world: you'll find articles covering politics, society, literature, language, religion, economics, and art - all in one magazine! Like its big brother, Ancient Warfare, Ancient History Magazine is a bi-monthly, 60-page magazine that relies on a thematic approach: each issue is centered around one specific subject. From ancient Egyptian trade and Roman family life to the lost city of Pompeii, there's sure to be something for everyone - all presented in a well-researched but accessible, fun manner.

Ancient History Magazine

PRELIMINARIES

Throne room of a powerful Moche woman revealed

Flooring uncovered at sunken Roman resort

Early Alemannic grave discovered in Germany

Royal seals confirm importance of Hittite city

Bronze Age shopping list revealed by earthquake

Egyptian tombs yield a trove of artefacts

Lasers detect Roman circus in Spain

FANTASY FICTION AND HISTORICAL INSPIRATION AGAINST ALL GODS • Against All Gods, published in 2022, is the first book in the Age of Bronze series by Miles Cameron (the pen name of author Christian Cameron). As the name of the series suggests, this book is inspired by the world of the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean.

THE CHARIOT OF THE SUN • One of the greatest archaeological finds of the twentieth century was mistaken, at first, for a toy. In 1902, while draining and ploughing the Trundholm bog on the island of Zealand, a farmer discovered pieces of a small, horse-drawn chariot, cast in bronze. Dated to the Early Bronze Age, it had lain in the wet earth for nearly two and a half millennia.

THE ORPHIC FUNERARY TABLETS • The mythical figure Orpheus has fascinated students of the classics for centuries. Writers and artists from antiquity to modern times have drawn on motifs of the myth of Orpheus in their works. However, he was more than a musician who followed his wife to Hades. According to the ancient Greeks, Orpheus also originated a number of mysterious rites, many of which relate to mysterious golden tablets or lamellae which have been found in a number of tombs across the Greek world.

Parallels with Pythagoreanism

Near Eastern precedents

Katabasis

FORGOTTEN FRONTIER • Northern Africa is the ‘forgotten frontier’ of the Roman Empire. Yet its history is just as fascinating as the border with Persia or the militarized zones along the Danube, Rhine, and Hadrian's Wall. The Roman political and military presence spanned a vast and varied landscape from the High Atlas Mountains in modern Morocco, though the fertile uplands and rich agricultural territories of northern Algeria and Tunisia, the salt pans and rocky escarpments of southern Tunisia and Libya, to the Western Desert of Egypt. Across this world, Roman imperial power encountered established political and social forces, and created a vibrant and constantly changing zone of cultural interaction.

THE BREADBASKET OF ANCIENT ROME • North Africa conjures images of dusty plains and deserts, of nomads crossing vast sand dunes. However, for much of its history, North Africa, especially the land around ancient Carthage and the coast to its west, was a breadbasket of Rome, a place of vast, fertile estates. What, then, was agriculture like in Roman North Africa?

The lex Manciana

SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS AND LEPCIS MAGNA • The Severan Dynasty has a mixed legacy. Under Septimius Severus, for example, the borders of the empire were expanded to their greatest extent, yet the coinage was significantly debased, weakening the Roman economy. Throughout the reign of the dynasty, however, there was a concerted building effort, both within Rome and across the empire. This is most apparent in the city of Lepcis Magna, the home of Septimius Severus, the founder of the dynasty.

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