Ben Kane, top 10 bestselling author of fiction set in the Roman world and beyond, visited Abingdon last Friday to give talks to students in First Year to Fifth Year. Ben enthused students with his incredible knowledge of the Roman army, Hannibal’s campaign against Rome in the Second Punic War, and his reflections on who would win between a Greek phalanx and a Roman legion (based on analysis of the Battle of Cynoscephalae). As usual, Ben turned up in his Roman soldier’s gear and with an entire goody bag of replicas, from chain mail to oil lamps, which the students really enjoyed.
