Waste in Antiquity
Presented by Dan-El Padilla Peralta As part of the Kosmos Society’s Online Open House series, guest Dan-El Padilla Peralta guides the panel through a discussion on waste and the fecal in ancient Greece, drawing on…
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Barbarians at the Gate
By Dan-El Padilla Peralta Abstract: In response to modern conversations around immigration that draw parallels with ancient Rome to justify immigration policies, Padilla Peralta analyses how Romans themselves perceived…
Slave Religiosity in the Roman Middle Republic
by Dan-el Padilla Peralta Abstract: This article proposes a new interpretation of slave religious experience in mid-republican Rome. Select passages from Plautine comedy and Cato the Elder’s De agri cultura are paired…
Rome, Empire of Plunder: The Dynamics of Cultural Appropriation
Edited by Matthew P. Loar, Carolyn MacDonald, and Dan-el Padilla Peralta Abstract: Bringing together philologists, historians, and archaeologists, Rome, Empire of Plunder bridges disciplinary divides in pursuit of an…