The past is never dead, it isn’t even past
Welcome to Aspects of History, Stephen. Did you have a personal interest in Roman history before writing Iceni: The Year of Sacrifice? I have had a passion for Roman history for many years. I first became interested in Roman Britain and the Iceni Revolt during...
Books Click on any of the books covers below to either buy or get more information on Amazon From the Publisher Oneworld was founded in 1986 by husband and wife team Juliet Mabey and Novin Doostdar as an independent publishing house focusing on stimulating...
Since learning about Thanksgiving in the United States, I was intrigued to know why the Mayflower Pilgrims were revered on one side of the Atlantic but rarely mentioned on the other. Why did they flee Lincolnshire in 1608? What subsequently caused Puritans from...
Great to have you back in the Book Club hotseat, Barney. A year on from the publication of Nations in Arms, what first drew you to the idea of comparing these five armies, separated by such vast swathes of time, and what did you hope a comparative study would reveal...
If you have ever looked at a map of the Roman Empire at its height in the early 2nd century AD, you will note that it surrounded the entire Mediterranean Sea, while stretching north and west into modern-day Germany, France, Belgium and Britain. To the east, it...
Nearly 2,000 years ago, during the early years of Roman Britain, Boudica, victim of Roman injustice, raised the Iceni in rebellion against Rome. During August 1984, a mysterious link with the Iceni Revolt may have been uncovered. The remnants of a male peat body were...
There is a lot that has been said, written and mulled over when it comes to Roman Britain, and, consequently, a reader glimpsing Ferdinand Addis’ Conquest on the shelves might be forgiven for thinking it another interpretation of those well-trodden stories and a...
Over the last six years, Aspects of History has brought you the best historical writing from established and new authors alike, whether non-fiction or fiction. So we are now excited to outline a new chapter for the Aspects of History Substack. Our website has grown...
The western Roman Empire collapsed so long ago that we might well ask ‘why should that matter to us now?’. Yet, in multiple ways, our lives are conditioned, still, by those events. Take language, for example. Mostly, the western Empire spoke Latin. Despite substantial...
