Home

Iris Online New eyes for old worlds

New Eyes on Combat Trauma

Trying to study ancient history without discussing the topic of warfare is like making a tuna sandwich without any bread... or tuna for that matter. Warfare may not be a pleasant topic in the modern ...

Read more: New Eyes on Combat Trauma

Tacitus, Agricola and Britain

The Roman historian Tacitus’ brief biography of his esteemed father-in-law Cn. Julius Agricola, which he wrote in late 97 / early 98 CE, is acknowledged to be one of our most important literary ...

Read more: Tacitus, Agricola and Britain

This Soldiering Life: The Roman Army in Britain

When four Roman legions landed in Britain in AD 43, many of their citizen soldiers had been recruited outside Italy, e.g. from Spain and southern Gaul. The auxiliary troops that accompanied them ...

Read more: This Soldiering Life: The Roman Army in Britain

The Bacchae in Masks

The Vervain Theatre Company specialises in putting on masked productions of ancient drama. We know that masks were a central feature of ancient Greek drama; the main intention of Vervain's ...

Read more: The Bacchae in Masks

Interviews

(Not Quite) Thoroughly Modern Martha.

The clock struck thirteen as I stormed the ominous portals under the battlements of the British...

Read more: (Not Quite)...

A chat with Ian Hislop, editor of Private Eye

In the midst of the apocalyptic storms that March had sent to whirl around the streets of London,...

Read more: A chat with...

A Day in the Life of a Classicist

Classics is immensely transferable as a subject, and its students go on to almost every walk of...

Read more: A Day in the...

Travel

Great Cities of the Roman Empire - Tarragona, Spain

Welcome to Colonia Julia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco. Better known to us today as Tarragona, it is...

Read more: Great Cities...

Samothrace - Moving to a remote Greek island

The 180 km squared Greek island of Samothrace in the North Aegean is dominated by the 1600 metre...

Read more: Samothrace -...

Dougga By Day

Tunisia, a richly historical land at present under-going a (one hopes, short) period of political...

Read more: Dougga By Day

Great Cities of the Roman Empire - Nîmes

Le Midi is the name the French have given to the beautiful, southern region of their country and if...

Read more: Great Cities...

When in Rome use the underground

It isn’t surprising that Rome’s Underground/Metro system is smaller than that of London’s - after...

Read more: When in Rome...

Bacchus in France

Philippa Williams searches for the god of wine in Aquitaine.

Read more: Bacchus in...