This tag: Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome and its encounters with Celtic Britain This course ran at the British Museum and City Lit on Saturday 8th December 2018. Britain was part of the Roman Empire for nearly 400 years from AD 43 to 410 but the association of the two civilisations went back a further century to Julius Caesar’s invasion… Read more »
This tag: Ancient Rome
I run a tour at the British Museum inspired by the Olympic Games which covers the origin of the Ancient Olympics and what events were covered in those games. We can discuss how modern games differ from and are similar to their ancient cousins. The tour also covers some of the games not at Olympia… Read more »
- Posted on: July 26, 2019
- Featured in British Museum Eyeopener Tours, History, History features
- Also tagged Achilles, Ancient Greece, Ancient History, Ancient Olympics, Ancient Sport, British Museum, Etruscans, European History, Greek Myths, Olympic Games, Sport History, Troy
This tag: Ancient Rome
This was a one day course originally run at the Queen’s House and National Maritime Museum in Greenwich on 22 July 2017. What is the course about? Ever since the Renaissance artists in Western Europe had been discovering the beauty and majesty of statues and other works of art from the worlds of Ancient Greece… Read more »
- Posted on: May 11, 2019
- Featured in
- Also tagged Ancient Greece, Ancient History, Art in the C17th, Art in the C18th, British Art, British Kings and Queens, British Museum, Enlightenment, European History, Greenwich, Inigo Jones, Joshua Reynolds, National Maritime Museum, Queen's House