How to look like a Roma Novan Praetorian

Egged on (albeit genteely) by fellow authors going to the 2019 Eboracum Roman Festival, I decided to try and put together the kind of uniform worn by Carina and Aurelia during their service in the Praetorian Guard Special Forces in Roma Nova. Others were wearing Roman dress of the period of their books so for […]

Women in uniform

Earlier this week, I posted on my writing blog about my OU studies in history and how I turned my MA dissertation into a self-published book Military or Civilians? The curious anomaly of the German Women’s Auxiliary Services during the Second World War.

The experience of women serving in a uniformed service in wartime fascinates […]