JP Kenwood
Roman Underwear
A neat set of “how-to” drawings crossed my FB feed this morning, so I thought… let’s chat about skivvies! Mosaic of women exercising (the...
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JP Kenwood
- May 29, 2015
- 1 min
The Palatine Hill
Glorious video taken by a drone. Several scenes in the Dominus saga take place within the great halls and spacious corridors of the...
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JP Kenwood
- May 24, 2015
- 1 min
Drug use in ancient Rome
New finds from a Scythian grave confirm the use of both opium and cannabis. I knew it! You’ll recall, if you’ve read Dominus, that...
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JP Kenwood
- May 6, 2015
- 2 min
Roman money
This is a huge and complicated topic, but since characters in the Dominus series often refer to specific denominations of money, here are...
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JP Kenwood
- May 1, 2015
- 1 min
Lararia
I’ve chatted about this topic before but I found a few more pictures to share. Lararium in the peristyle garden of the House of the...
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JP Kenwood
- Apr 30, 2015
- 1 min
Knucklebones
Collection of Roman knucklebone playing pieces and two dice In the scene I’m currently penning, a group of youths play knucklebones. This...
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JP Kenwood
- Apr 26, 2015
- 2 min
Lictors
We’ve seen them before in book 1, Dominus, but as I pen this “reading of the will” scene for Games of Rome I see that they pop up yet...
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JP Kenwood
- Mar 26, 2015
- 2 min
Speculatores
Now that we’ve reviewed a few of the major types of gladiators, we move on to some tidbits concerning the Roman army. In Dominus, the...
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JP Kenwood
- Mar 24, 2015
- 1 min
Reading Trajan’s Column
A very cool site from National Geographic. Trajan’s Column is, in fact, one of the very few sources we have for the events of the Dacian...
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JP Kenwood
- Mar 21, 2015
- 1 min
Foodstuffs
Wrapping up this fun scene: Gaius’s dinner with the imperial family. Pliny’s there. Marcia’s there. Damn, even Apollodorus showed up! 😀...
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JP Kenwood
- Mar 17, 2015
- 1 min
Ancient Rome was a dangerous place
Assaults, roving gangs, drunken brawls, no street lamps, arson, flying chamber pots… No wonder Publius is scared to the leave the palace...
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JP Kenwood
- Mar 13, 2015
- 1 min
Gladiator of the Day: The Retiarius
Last one… the net-thrower. Chapter 6.2 from Games of Rome will be posted very soon. Gobs of Gaius snark and Marcia and Sabina and… 😀...
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JP Kenwood
- Mar 12, 2015
- 1 min
Gladiator of the Day: The Secutor
Third on our list…. the Secutor. “The first thing to note about the secutor is the name: meaning ‘chaser, pursuer’, it hints at the...
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JP Kenwood
- Mar 11, 2015
- 2 min
Gladiator of the Day: The Murmillo
Since the next draft scene includes a contest between gladiators, I’m starting a new segment that highlights the basic equipment and...
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JP Kenwood
- Mar 10, 2015
- 2 min
Gladiator of the Day: The Thracian (Thraex)
Since the next draft scene includes a contest between gladiators, I’m starting a new segment that highlights the basic equipment and...
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JP Kenwood
- Mar 7, 2015
- 1 min
Hatra
Hatra, founded by the Greek Seleucids in the 3rd-2nd centuries BC, became a major city of the mighty Parthian Empire, Rome’s greatest and...
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JP Kenwood
- Mar 5, 2015
- 1 min
Singidunum
artist’s drawing of the Roman city and fort of Singidunum Singidunum (modern Belgrade, Serbia) was the site of the main military camp of...
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JP Kenwood
- Mar 4, 2015
- 1 min
The Vespasianus Titus Tunnel
A combo tunnel and canal located in Seleucia in Pieria (modern Antakya in south-eastern Turkey) begun in the first century AD and...
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JP Kenwood
- Feb 26, 2015
- 1 min
Family Tree – Nerva to Hadrian
Here’s a partial screen shot of the family tree (from Wikipedia) that includes Trajan, Hadrian, Plotina, Sabina, and other historical...
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JP Kenwood
- Feb 19, 2015
- 1 min
Rome’s garbage heap of ancient amphorae
What did ancient Romans do with their non-perishable garbage? In the case of the amphorae that were used to transport oil from Spain to...
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