My latest substack is about the vigiles, Rome's firefighters and police force open.substack.com/pub/alexgoug...

Nero Reportedly Survived An Assassination Attempt Because Of A Discarded Snakeskin thehistorianshut.com/2018/12/09/n... #history

Roman bronze figurine of a little mouse nibbling on bread! Squeak squeak! 🐭❤️ Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart 📷 by me #Archaeology

Women as heroes. Opening any book plunges you into a new world and releases you from the confines of your place and time, whether as reader or writer, especially so for women. www.alison-morton.com/2018/03/12/w... #reading #bookworlds

My latest newsletter with some lovely mosaics! open.substack.com/pub/gougha/p...

Some lovely news overnight: a silver medal from The Coffee Pot Book Club!

Something ancient and wonderful for the weekend! 🤩 The world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse! This tiny figurine was carved from mammoth ivory by an Ice Age artist some 40,000 years ago! 📷 by me #Archaeology

Life on Rome’s northern frontier: a 1,900-year-old military memo in which a Roman soldier records the combat tactics of the Britons, who he refers to as ‘Brittunculi’ — ‘wretched Brits’! 😳 From Vindolanda, Northumberland, 📷 by me #RomanFortThursday #Archaeology

Are "what if" stories historical fiction? Some thoughts in this post. www.alison-morton.com/2015/09/16/a... #alternatehistory #historicalfiction

A useful guide to gifts for #histfic fans @thatphoenicia.bsky.social @elizabethrandersen.bsky.social @alexgoughauthor.bsky.social fionaforsyth.substack.com/p/i-have-eno...

My latest newsletter is about the first British Emperor, Carausius, the pirate who took Britain out of Rome in the first Brexit. open.substack.com/pub/alexgoug...

Caesar's Soldier, first in the Mark Antony series, is on special offer for 99p! Get it now and you have time to read the first three books before the last one comes out next June. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0BX...

My latest substack on eating in Rome is out open.substack.com/pub/alexgoug...

Charming little octopus from a Roman villa at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, 2nd-3rd century AD. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 me #Archaeology

Spectacular octopus from the floor of the women’s changing room at the Central Baths in ancient Herculaneum. This magnificent #Roman monochrome mosaic makes quite an impact! 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

The amazing Roman pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years! 🤩 The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD. 📷 by me #RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology

Oh yes: the link. This link includes all the other links, should you be interested. end/ profadamroberts.substack.com/p/ledia-xhog...

My latest substack is about Sextus Pompey open.substack.com/pub/alexgoug...

Timeless humour! A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to: “I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂 Dated circa 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was recovered in London during excavations by MOLA. 📷 Juan Jose Fuldain/MOLA #Archaeology

Finished going through my copyedits for Caesar's Nemesis. Thanks @steveeditor.bsky.social for a thorough job as usual. And yes I did read Marc Antoine in French!

Caesar's Avenger is only £1.09 on amazon right now! No idea how long the offer will last but go for it if you're interested in what happened to Rome after the Ides of March! www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0BYP3ZS6M

My latest newsletter with updates and news about the latest Roman releases is here open.substack.com/pub/gougha/p...

If anyone asks me, 'What have the Romans ever done for us?', I can tell them: They caused me great confusion by giving successive generations of boys the same name (not to mention the girls); they played similar tricks with places. I've spent much of today eliminating duplicates from my checklist.

They also gave rise to some of the most power-hungry, ambitious, duplicitous, and downright fascinating individuals in history - and I've had the privilege of a sneak preview of a thrilling book. @alexgoughauthor.bsky.social has done a great job of retelling Mark Antony's story for modern times.

Great video review of my Mark Antony book, Caesar's Soldier here from @UpdatingOnRome Also a fun YouTube channel if you are interested in Rome. m.youtube.com/watch?v=E4AM...

My latest substack on Roman honour is here : alexgough71.substack.com/p/what-did-i...

The story of a Roman Empire slave boy who lives in a brothel, this is a harrowing and intensely vivid novel that I could not put down - think Shuggie Bain in Roman times. A book club pick I wasn't expecting to be such a good read! #booksky

Three down, one to go… If you’re a fan of historical fiction, you should definitely give the Mark Anthony series by Alex Gough a chance. #BookMail #HistoricalFiction #BookSky @alexgoughauthor.bsky.social @thebrokenbinding.bsky.social

My latest substack is about the incredible life of Mark Antony's best general. open.substack.com/pub/alexgoug...

Oh, that neat balancing act between historical fact and historical fiction when sources are dodgy anyway! My blog guest @fionawriter.bsky.social explains... alisonmortonauthor.com/2025/06/12/d... #HistoricalMystery #RomanHistoricalFiction #AncientRome #Ovid #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub

Out today! The greatest moment in Roman history, from the perspective of the man who could have had it all. www.amazon.co.uk/Caesars-Aven...

Just listened to this week's no such thing as a Fish where @andrewhunterm.bsky.social pitched the idea of emperor Tiberius in a detective show in which he decrees whodunnit and executes them. And now I want to write it!

My new Substack about the courtesan Cytheris open.substack.com/pub/alexgoug...

It's been in the shops for over a week, but I finally got my author copies today:

My new newsletter discusses upcoming Roman events in Leicester and York and reviews books including Poetic Justice by Fiona Forsyth gougha.substack.com/p/roman-re-e...

Early a.m. manuscript work. It's far too early in the morning to be writing about this subject.

FREE audiobooks! Choose one with a beautiful cover by @flaroh.bsky.social They're mythic retellings of stories from Virgil's Aeneid, perfect for reluctant teen readers, those in a hurry or anyone who loves Greek & Roman mythology. Just go to: audiobooksunleashed.com

Latest Substack post is about Octavia, the nicest person in Rome, and also Rome's awful apartment blocks open.substack.com/pub/alexgough7…

@andrewhunterm.bsky.social hi andrew, long term fan, first time contacting. Fact for Fish, Octavia the Younger, sister of Augustus and the nicest person in Rome, became a Vestal Virgin after having five children! Resume in my latest Substack post about her : open.substack.com/pub/alexgoug...

A very interesting episode with @ljtrafford.bsky.social from a few years ago. Take note of the warning! #ancientrome #sexuality open.spotify.com/episode/1Lu5...

My latest newsletter : gougha.substack.com/p/ancient-ro...

It'll be 10 years this year that my 1st book Palatine was published. A small tale of the big death of Emperor Nero & the anarchy it unleashed. PS it's also very funny www.amazon.co.uk/Palatine-Fou...

My substack about Cato the Elder and the household gods is live now #ancient Rome alexgough71.substack.com/p/cato-the-e...

The so-called ‘Sappho’ fresco from #Pompeii A beautiful Roman painting of a woman holding a writing tablet, with a stylus pen raised to her lips in thoughtful contemplation, 1st century AD. Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples 📷 by me #FrescoFriday #Archaeology

New newsletter about the horrible Cato the Elder and the Lares about to drop #rome #history open.substack.com/pub/alexgoug...

Someday I hope to make it to Pompeii. Herculaneum was amazing for me. Next time, I'll spend more time and take more photos like this lovely one.

A 1st century AD Roman saucepan (trulleus) - part of a hoard discovered in 2005 by a metal detectorist at Kingston Deverill in Wiltshire. Now part of the collections at Salisbury Museum. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #RomanBritain #RomanArchaeology

For #FindsFriday, a beautiful comb with case from Carolingian #Dorestad, c.8thC AD, rediscovered yesterday by serendipity in our store for organic materials 🤩 there were more combs, and leather, and textile - to be continued!

The necklace was found in a woman’s grave dated AD 200s, which also contained a wooden bucket with bronze mounts, a bronze brooch gilded with silver, a silver hair-pin, a gold finger-ring, a bronze spindle whorl, an earthenware vessel, an amber bead, and a Roman glass drinking horn.