R.McLaughlin
@RaoulMcLaughlin
Research Historian, Author: Rome and the Distant East, Roman Empire and Indian Ocean and Silk Routes, Founder member CANI, researching Ancient Ireland
Want to compare the Ancient India-Roman Sealanes to the famous 'Silk Roads'? There is also my monograph 'Rome and the Distant East' (Bloomsbury Press, 2010). amazon.co.uk/stores/Raoul-M… @DalrympleWill @profmcscott @peterfrankopan
The Ermine Street Guard parades at Vindolanda Roman Fort (@VindolandaTrust). I am proud to say that I am a veteran of this world-famous registered charity. #RomanFortThursday
Our latest episode is out now! We talk with historian and author, @Lindsay_Powell, about the Fall of the Roman Republic, Rise of Imperial Rome and more! Be sure to check it out! diggingupthepast.net/p/the-fall-of-… #ancient #history #roman #rome #historypodcast #italy #italian #ancientrome
Why are the governments of Europe and Japan not working to make Ulysses 31 an urgent reality? youtu.be/Zrf_yNgY4Xk
'Horatius at the Bridge' by Thomas Babington Macaulay (1842). Thinking about Beowulf in the Mead-Hall or Cuchulainn at the Ford. pen-and-sword.co.uk/Germania-The-A…
Dr Raoul McLaughlin, 'Germania: The Ancient Germans in Greek and Roman Sources: Geography, Society, Warfare, Religion, and Customs.' 🔖pen-and-sword.co.uk/Germania-The-A…
Pliny the Elder - 'Weirdest Things In The Ancient World' 😲 @ClassAssocNI @HistoryBro1 @ClassicsIreland youtu.be/KQNyoweK9ZU?t=1
Pliny the Elder on the strange and marvellous at the edges of the world😲 @ClassAssocNI @rogueclassicist
Talkin' a bit more about Magellan's voyage, and the fanciful things they might have expected to run in to... Things like Prester John, The Kraken, The Fountain of Youth, etc. youtube.com/watch?v=OkU18s…
My friends at @penswordbooks have a compelling offer for you! Buy all 6 titles by @Lindsay_Powell today and save 35% off RRPs! For details, click the link in the comments below!
Iggy Pop - The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 🧷📔 @ClassAssocNI @rogueclassicist @ClassicsIreland @UCDclassicssoc youtu.be/ugSqEPfzUWE
Dr Raoul McLaughlin, Germania: The Ancient Germans in Greek and Roman Sources: Geography, Society, Warfare, Religion, and Customs 🔖 pen-and-sword.co.uk/Germania-The-A… youtu.be/DGmiG9EDZPg 🔖 @ClassAssocNI @ClassicsIreland @rogueclassicist
Harken! We, the Spear-Danes, in past days, We had Clan-Kings who proclaimed their glory. We had Nobles who performed courageous deeds. Scyld Scefing often scourged enemy hordes, He seized the mead-benches from many peoples, He scarified the Eorlas
CAI Newsletter June 2025 Published and online: classicsireland.ie/cai-newsletter… Many thanks to the editors, Áine Spears and Katie Guiry (Maynooth University)
Free history documentary now up on YouTube youtu.be/M2wdHen1hYk?fe…
"Their king Boiorix died fighting with great fury in the forefront of the battle, after he had inflicted many vengeful injuries upon his foes." (Florus, Roman History). pen-and-sword.co.uk/Germania-The-A…
Best Bonfire ever - Navan Fort, Ancient Ulster 100 BC 🔥youtu.be/StZqajx_oao
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Somehow, I imagine that the #Roman sources will not be hugely positive...
#MilitaryHistory A new release by Dr Raoul McLaughlin, now in stock: 📖 Germania: The Ancient Germans in Greek and Roman Sources – Geography, Society, Warfare, Religion, and Customs 🛒 buff.ly/qPcNA5n