Here is the first book review up at the site. I don't have a rating system like I do for the movies. But I do have to say that I don't recommend Gates of Fire.

Book Review – Gates of Fire I decided to start writing reviews of books I read or listen to that deal with topics from Antiquity. I hope you all enjoy these and find them informative. Hopefully, these reviews will be a good way to add more content to the site. So, here goes ... The first book…

Proving once again that everyone is a Theodora stan @empressofbyzantium.bsky.social

Programming update - there will be two episodes this month. One will be our host-guest interview format and the other will be a movie review. Trying to lock down the dates for the release now. Stay tuned!

Thanksgiving is a great excuse to eat pie, tho.

Happy Turkey Day to all who celebrate! And for those of you in Southwest Virginia, today is a day where the cold reaches all the way into your soul.

Learn all about the complicated relationship between magic and early Christians by listening to the latest episode of the pod. youtu.be/oPx9EaXSbQM

Once again YouTube switched a video to private. It's fixed now. If you listen to podcasts on YouTube, you can now listen to the latest episode of this pod. youtu.be/oPx9EaXSbQM

And here we go! A new episode discussing the relationship between magic and early Christianity with @vox-magica.bsky.social! classicalantiquitypod.com/2025/11/20/s...

Sidequest 27 – Magic and Early Christianity with Dr. Shaily Patel In response to a suggestion from Dr. Rhiannon Garth Jones, I reached out to Dr. Shaily Patel at Virginia Tech (GO HOKIES!) to see if she would come on the podcast. Turns out she was willing to do so and this led to a discussion…

Reading @empressofbyzantium.bsky.social's recent post about Theodora convinced me I need to read The Secret History.

Thursday. 9am EST. New episode. With a VT professor. And you thought the Hokies hiring James Franklin was big news. Well, James Franklin got nothing on @vox-magica.bsky.social! (But also, GO HOKIES!)

I may start doing mini-book reviews at the site. It will just be reviews for whatever Antiquity-themed book I read. We'll see. Working on one now.

Programming update - corrected an audio error in the last episode with @apistone.bsky.social (forgot to mention who did the theme music) and edited the next episode with @vox-magica.bsky.social. The next episode will drop next week. If that weren't enough, the December episode got recorded today!

Three for me

IYKYK

100% true.

This rings hollow. You showed you weren't up to the fight. You all turned tail and ran. Shut up. Just shut up.

You were real united last election day and then you all immediately pissed it away.

Hey! Look over there!! You can see Pompey the Great and his Senate allies fleeing Rome... Nevermind. I am being told that is actually eight Senate Democrats totally caving.

Posting for no reason.

Much like Hannibal didn't press his advantage to invade Rome, the Dems end the shutdown so the Senators won't be inconvenienced by flight delays.

Anyone else still excited that Cuomo lost?

I finished reading a book for the podcast, so I decided to read some fiction next. Specifically, I am going to re-read Gates of Fire. I read it 20 some years ago, but I don't remember much about it. I'll let you know my thoughts. I bought the novel for my son and he, predictably, never read it.

IT people everywhere are furious.

Well look at that - the podcast has its own AI Overview on Google. This isn't a terrible summary, but it could be better (shocker).

A movie you've seen more than seven times with a gif

Football. @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social

Fight Club. Memento.

You're about to have an extra hour of time this weekend. Why not spend it learning about drinking habits in Greek Antiquity by listening to this interview with Amy Pistone? youtu.be/cu8BGGsjg88?...

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Don't forget to learn all about drinking habits in Greek Antiquity by listening to our most recent episode! youtu.be/cu8BGGsjg88?...

This is really Ancient Rome's fault for not using enough unique names.