Ancient Technology
by Tracey Rihll Abstract: Technology was an integral part of ancient life. The old view that there was little technological development in antiquity was based on a simple notion of technology and an inadequate…
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An Investigation of Black Figures in Classical Greek Art
by Sarah Derbew Abstract: Museum and academic scholars are key players in the fight for contextualized and equitable perspectives of black people in antiquity; they curate exhibits and write books that greatly…
Slavery and Technology in Pre-Industrial Contexts
by Tracey Rihll Abstract: On the relationship between slavery and technological innovation in the Greco-Roman world. Slaves in the manufacturing and service sectors performed high-skill or care-intensive work, and were…
The Archaeology of Poverty: how poor were Roman peasants? Did they get poorer?
by Kimberly Bowes Abstract: Prof. Kimberly D. Bowes discusses how models about the collapse of the Roman Empire have often been predicated on the idea of poverty: that the end of Roman domination meant the decline of a…
The Heroic Rulers of Archaic and Classical Greece
by Lynette G. MItchell Abstract: This title challenges orthodox views of ruling in the ancient world and breaks down traditional ideas about the relationship between so-called hereditary rule and tyranny. It looks at…
Hippias Minor or the Art of Cunning: A New Translation of Plato’s Most Controversial Dialogue
Introduction and artwork by Paul Chan, Translation by Sarah Ruden, Essay by Richard Fletcher One of Plato’s most controversial dialogues, Hippias Minor details Socrates’ claims that there is no difference between a…
Etymological Wordplay and Poetic Succession in Lucretius
By Monica R. Gale Abstract: Gale argues that Lucretius uses a series of allusive etymologies to playfully express a fundamental aspect of his own conception of the De Rerum Natura. Published in Classical Philology,…
Historical Agency and Self-Awareness in Xenophon’s Hellenica and Anabasis
By Sarah Brown Ferrario Abstract: Historical agency is difficult to define in the abstract, because any attempt to do so poses questions about the nature of history. If history is an objective reality, then the true…
The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome: Latin Poetic Responses to Early Imperial Iconography
By Nandini B. Pandey Abstract: Augustus’ success in implementing monarchical rule at Rome is often attributed to innovations in the symbolic language of power, from the star marking Julius Caesar’s deification to…
Cicero’s Law: Rethinking Roman Law of the Late Republic
Edited by Paul J. du Plessis Abstract: Why did Roman prosecutors typically accuse the defendant of multiple crimina, when in most standing criminal courts the punishment imposed on a guilty defendant was the same…