My name is Joel and I’m exploring the Roman Empire.  Or rather, I’m exploring the world which used to be the Roman Empire, and seeing things from before, during, and after the time the Romans knew that part of the world.  This is a site for planning, recording, and sharing that trip.

 

Feel free to follow me on, advise me on, comment on, join me on, or simply share with me my travels around the Mediterranean, as I seek to explore the ancient world and learn a little more about the modern one and my place in it. There are info pages on your left and blog posts on your right (unless you’re viewing this on a mobile device, in which case, sucks to be you, sorry).  The First Post is a good place to start if you haven’t already. There was a homepage which I updated as to my “current home”… but of course I couldn’t keep that up.  So homepage and About have been rolled into one here.

 

I’m on Facebook, Twitter, Gmail,  Skype, WhatsApp, and I own one of those cellular telephone thingies that is so useful, so if you know me and you’d like to get in touch during the trip use this or any of those.  If you don’t and you have wisdom to share or opinions to opine, please post here.

 

I look a bit like this: