By Shushma Malik and Caillan Davenport Abstract: Malik and Davenport argue against the idea that some Roman buildings had purpose-built ‘vomiting rooms’ intended for use after particularly intense feasting sessions.…
by Shushma Malik and Caillan Davenport Abstract: Malik and Davenport show that the allegation that Roman Emperors were fierce persecutors of Christians is unjustified by the evidence, which indicates that ‘haphazard’…
by Shushma Malik and Caillan Davenport Abstract: In this article, Malik and Davenport scrutinise the major allegations which have brought the Emperor Nero infamy: his supposed setting alight of the city of Rome in 64AD…
by Alison Cooley Abstract: This podcast provides an account of Octavian’s rise to power and his adoption of the title Augustus. It examines the res gestae in terms of its context, content and surviving evidence.…
by Annalisa Marzano Abstract: Marzano provides an introduction to the uses of gardens in the Roman world. These were seen by elites as places of leisure and luxuriation, whilst others used them for exercise or planted…
by Katherine Reinberger Abstract: Reinberger details recent archaeological findings found using dental analysis indicating that the first Battle of Himera (5th century BCE) involved combatants from a far wider area…
by Jennifer Ingleheart Abstract: Ingleheart argues for homosexuality as significant in ancient Roman cultural life, simultaneously showing that ancient Rome has been vitally important for the subsequent development of…
By Miriam Kamil Abstract: Kamil explores bleeding trees as an important motif in ancient literature both in the West and the East, suggesting that ‘transcultural anxiety around the wellbeing of trees’ has racked…
By Milly Ayers Abstract: In this article, Ayers explores how she came to become the first person from a Showman’s background to study Classics at Oxford. She discusses her motivations for taking her degree and her…
by Bijan Omrani Abstract: Written against the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic and the accompanying travel restrictions, Omrani’s article takes Ausonius’ Mosella, composed in the late fourth century AD, as a…