Andromache and Dido
By Grace Starry West Abstract: This article considers how Virgil uses Andromache to characterise and contrast Dido. Article in The American Journal of Philology Vol. 104, No. 3, p257-267. The Johns Hopkins University…
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Staging Memory, Staging Strife: Empire and Civil War in the Octavia
by Lauren Donovan Ginsberg Abstract: This book situates the Octavia within the literary and political context of Nero’s reign and the years after his death. As a product of these turbulent years, the Octavia powerfully…
The Hellenistic Age Podcast
Abstract: A history podcast that covers the period of Eurasian and North African History known as the Hellenistic Age, which roughly stretches from the death of Alexander the Great to the Battle of Actium (~336 – 30…
The Neurophysiology of Panic on the Ancient Battlefield
By Susan M. Heidenreich and Jonathan P. Roth Abstract: Modern research in neuroscience, which incorporates findings from diverse areas, such as chemistry, biology, neurophysiology, and psychology, allows scientists to…
Irony and Misreading in the Annals of Tacitus
By Ellen O’Gorman Abstract: This 2000 book examines Tacitus’ Annals as an ironic portrayal of Julio-Claudian Rome, through close analysis of passages in which characters engage in interpretation and misreading. By…
Actors and audience in the Roman courtroom
By Leanne Bablitz Abstract: What would you see if you attended a trial in a courtroom in the early Roman empire? What was the behaviour of litigants, advocates, judges and audience? It was customary for Roman…
Aratus and the Astronomical Tradition
by Emma Gee Abstract: This book is a study of a Hellenistic didactic poem, the Phaenomena, written by Aratus in c.276 BC, and of its reception, primarily in the Roman period up to the fourth century AD. Aratus’ poem…
Demography and the Graeco-Roman World: New Insights and Approaches
Edited by Claire Holleran and April Pudsey Book Description: Through a series of case studies this book demonstrates the wide-ranging impact of demographic dynamics on social, economic and political structures in the…
Pliny the Poet
By Debra Hershkowitz Abstract: In letter 4.14, Pliny the Younger remarks that he doesn’t worry too much about criticism of his poetry since he’s not planning to give up the day job…This well sums up Pliny’s basic…
The Spectacle of Gazes: Seeing and Being Seen in the First Book of Horace’s Epistles
By Silvia Speriani Abstract: In ancient Rome, city-life unfolded in a spectacular exchange of social gazes. My paper focuses on the visual dynamics in the social life of Rome through the approach shown by Horace…
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