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Jessica Suess
Jessica holds a BA Hons in History and Archaeology from the University of Queensland and an MPhil in Ancient History from the University of Oxford, where she researched the worship of the Roman emperors. She worked for Oxford University Museums for 10 years before relocating to Brazil. She is mad about the Romans, the Egyptians, the Vikings, the history of esoteric religions, and folk magic and gets excited about the latest archaeological finds.
Education:University of Oxford (2007)MPhil Ancient HistoryUniversity of Queensland (2004)BA Hons History & ArchaeologyExpertise:Articles by Jessica Suess
Claudius’s only son Britannicus was a victim of the intrigues of the Roman imperial court. He was assassinated and forgotten before the age of 14.
In one strange story from Norse mythology, Thor, Loki, and two servants travel to Jotunheim in what feels like a trip to Wonderland.
The dedication of the Ara Pacis gave Augustus the opportunity to visually represent his ideology for Rome in monumental style.
Freyr, a Norse god of virility and fertility, was extremely popular during the Viking Age but is relatively unknown today compared with Thor and Odin.
How was the Viking world converted to Christianity between the 10th and 12th centuries? Why did they convert?
Summary of Homer’s Odyssey, with details of what happens in each of the chapters, known as rhapsodies. This is Odysseus’ journey to reclaim his homeland.
The Norse goddess Idunn represented eternal youth, and she kept the gods young with golden apples. But was she even really a goddess?
Tacitus is one of our most important sources for the first 100 years of the Roman Empire, but how reliable is his account of events?