Connoisseurs of Roman cuisine may be familiar with the recipes of "Apicius".  Indeed, "Apicius" was the inspiration for the Roman recipes in Tastes Of History's recent post "Fast Food or Dinner Party", but just who was he?  Did he really write the first cookbook?  And was he really a skilled Roman cook?

Mother's Day: Every March there is annual chance to tell your mother how much she means to you (hopefully you don't need just one Sunday per year to do that!). But what is the history behind the commercialism.

“We trained hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form into teams, we would be re-organised..." is often attributed to a Roman soldier, but it's a myth. Find out why.

Dispelling some of the popular myths about ancient druids.

Gladiator deaths in the arena were probably not as high as many modern commentators often portray. Gladiators were expensive to provide for and train, and perhaps to protect the investment, most only fought two or three times per year. Dispelling some of the myths surrounding these iconic Roman fighters.

Every so often, over the last decade at least, our modern-day bards, the media, regurgitate a story about “European-looking” people in north-west China claiming ancient Roman descent. This tale of a “lost legion” is just another myth that does not stand up to scrutiny.

All Romans ate dormice didn't they? You may have been told that in school, and it's still a popular and persistent belief, but it's simply not true. Find out why?

Depending on who you choose to believe, the saintly George is variously thought to be a martyr who defied Emperor Diocletian’s “persecution” of the Christians, an early Christian Bishop, or a disgraced supplier of dodgy pork to the Roman army.