JP Kenwood
Here Come The Gladiators
I’m continuing my research on gladiatorial combats for this brief but important scene featuring Gaius, Marcia, and the rest of the...
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JP Kenwood
Feb 4, 20151 min read
Aula Regia
In draft Chapter 5 of Games of Rome, Gaius and Publius attend an audience with Emperor Trajan in one of the most grand and relatively...
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JP Kenwood
Jan 26, 20151 min read
Trajan’s Column, Women, and the Roman Army
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trajans-column-sheds-light-womens-role-ancient-roman-army-1484082? JPK #RomanFactoidsandResearch
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JP Kenwood
Jan 3, 20151 min read
Happy Compitalia!
January 3rd is the traditional date of the Compitalia festival, one of the oldest communal celebrations of ancient Roman religion. The...
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JP Kenwood
Dec 23, 20141 min read
The Roman Bouleterion of Smyrna
JPK http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/assembly-of-romans-finally-comes-to-light.aspx?pageID=238&nID=75980&NewsCatID=375...
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JP Kenwood
Dec 4, 20141 min read
A large farming operation in Rome itself?
DAMN! This is the biggest archaeological news to come of out Rome in a while! A massive agricultural operation dated to the late...
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JP Kenwood
Nov 25, 20141 min read
Trajan’s Place of Death
A description (with fab photos) of Trajan’s place of death in Turkey, an ancient city known as Selinus: http://turkisharchaeonews.net/sit...
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JP Kenwood
Nov 24, 20141 min read
Fab Online Map of the Roman Empire
Oh, how I love maps! This new one is going to come in handy dandy. Want to see where some of the locations in Dominus are in the Roman...
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JP Kenwood
Oct 28, 20141 min read
Roman energy drinks and spare tires?
Have to love this one. Now my brain is buzzing about how I might include this in the story. 🙂 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/10/2...
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JP Kenwood
Oct 10, 20141 min read
The tomb of Alexander’s lover?
Yes, I’m rather obsessed with this at the moment, but even the mere suggestion that the Amphipolis tomb might have been the sepulcher of...
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JP Kenwood
Oct 3, 20141 min read
History destroyed
NY Times article on the destruction of archaeological sites and monuments in Syria and northern Iraq. Even though this has happened...
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JP Kenwood
Sep 30, 20141 min read
Holy Cannoli!
New photos from the tomb at Amphipolis. Look at that stonework. Someone pretty damn important (and wealthy) was buried there....
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JP Kenwood
Sep 19, 20141 min read
Sharpen your trowels
If there is one thing archaeologists like to do more than dig, it is debate, often fiercely. And no one debates with more passion than...
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JP Kenwood
Sep 17, 20142 min read
The Home Office: Roman Tablinum
Yes, I finally have one of my own. The walls of the tiny bedroom that once belonged to my sprouts is now mine; the walls are painted, the...
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JP Kenwood
Sep 11, 20141 min read
Maps are fun
The Roman Empire in the year that Trajan died while on campaign in the east. Click on the image for a larger version....
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JP Kenwood
Sep 9, 20141 min read
The Trophy of Marius… or rather, Domitian.
“This panoply of war trophies was misidentified during the Renaissance as “Trophei di Mario” (Trophies of Marius), referring to Gaius...
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