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All Roads Lead to Tongeren
8 February 2022
On a visit to the oldest city in Belgium, Derek Blyth discovers a Roman road sign, a lost river and a hoard of antique hunters.
#3 – Illuminating the Dark Ages with Monks, Migrations and Merovingians
8 February 2021
A common misperception is that once Roman influence ended by 476 CE, the European continent went into a dark abyss with very little happening until the Italian Renaissance in the 14th century. Most historians today would most likely disagree with this notion, because many important and enlightening
#2 – What Have the Romans Ever Done for Us?
27 January 2021
Throughout history, the Low Countries would often be defined by their interactions with great powers nearby. This began when the Romans decided the border of their empire would be the Rhine river, running right through the heart of our beloved swamp. One lowlander tribe, the Batavians, would learn t