Ancient Times is our Fancy Dress suggestion for today. 
Our Ancient Times costume suggestions today are:
- Cleopatra – take a look at some of our ladies ancient times costume ideas
- Mark Anthony
- Caesar
- Roman Gladiators
- Lions (fought the gladiators)
- Ladies Toga costume
- Jesus Costume
- Medusa and other Greek or Roman or Egyptian Gods
- Cavemen – why not wear a Flintstone costume?
- Knights
- Medieval Costumes
- Peasant costumes
On or around this date in 490BC the Battle of Marathon occurred. We mention this for two reasons. Firstly, this was a pivotal battle of Ancient Times in which the Greeks defeated a seeming unstoppable Persian invading force under Darius I. However, the defeat was a precursor to a second invasion attempt by Xerexes, which formed the background for the film about the Spartans ‘300’.
The other reason is that thanks to the legend of Pheidippides, who supposedly ran non-stop to Athens (about 25miles away) to give news of the victory and then died, the name Marathon is now inexorably linked with feats of running and endurance. (At one stage the Marathon also used to be linked with chocolate and peanut bars, but those are called ‘Snickers’ now).
Over the next couple of months the Bupa series of Endurance Runs takes place around the country. The first of these is the Great North Run of 13.1 miles (otherwise known as a ½ marathon), which is on this Sunday, September 18, around Newcastle and Gateshead. We would like to wish all the runners good luck, particularly those running in fancy dress.
