Culture Resources

4.1 Sparta at War in the 5th Century

A British Museum page on Sparta: http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/sparta/home_set.html  

Two BBC Radio 4 In Our Time episodes, one on Sparta, the other on the battle of Thermopylae: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00nvz72 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004y278  

A website exploring the battle site at Thermopylae: http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/history/classical-studies/battle-thermopylae?in_menu=178302  

Herodotus on Thermopylae, with Chris Carey: https://classicsconfidential.co.uk/2014/11/19/carey/  

Meet the Spartans, with Stephen Hodkinson: https://classicsconfidential.co.uk/2011/11/19/meet-the-spartans/   

4.2 Athens at War in the 5th Century

The Trireme Trust, set up together with the building of the trireme Olympias: http://www.triremetrust.org.uk/index.asp 

A short documentary about the modern trireme Olympias: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcsrNrRkQis  

A BBC Radio 4 In Our Time episode on the battle of Salamis: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08j99jl 

4.3 The Roman Military in the Imperial Period

The website of the Vindolanda Museum: http://www.vindolanda.com/ 

A very good short video from the Vindolanda Museum on the structure of the Roman army: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcbedan5R1s 

A detailed site about Roman Chester: http://roman-britain.co.uk/places/deva.htm 

A BBC Radio 4 In Our Time episode about Hadrian’s Wall: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01kkr42  

4.4 The Romans at War

The Livius page on the battle of Actium: http://www.livius.org/articles/battle/actium-31-bce/ 

A BBC Radio 4 In Our Time episode about Cleopatra: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00w7clj 

The definitive site about Trajan’s Column: http://www.trajans-column.org/ 

A superb National Geographic site about Trajan’s Column: http://www.nationalgeographic.com/trajan-column/ 

Another excellent site about Trajan’s Column: https://arts.st-andrews.ac.uk/trajans-column/  

All of the Cichorius plates from Trajan’s Column: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Trajan%27s_Column_-_Cichorius_Plates  

A useful site about the Arch of Trajan at Beneventum: http://www.artofmaking.ac.uk/explore/monuments/6/  

A set of images from the Arch of Trajan at Beneventum: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Arch_of_Trajan_(Benevento)