By Joanne E. Ball Abstract: Ball discusses battlefield looting in Rome’s wars, showing that this was a phenomenon which occurred extensively, not least given the absence of fallen swords, shields and armour from areas…
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 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 Bet Hucks. Description: Bet Hucks talks about Roman importation and love of Egyptian art and other cultural material, the importance of thinking about material remains in assemblages and considering the contexts in…
by Kristina Killgrove and Robert H. Tykot. Abstract: During the Empire, the population of Rome was composed mostly of lower-class free citizens and slaves. Viewed from historical records, the Roman diet included…
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…
Edited by Alison Cooley This collection of essays investigates the impact of Rome in all its forms — political, cultural, social, and economic — upon Italy’s various regions, as well as the extent to which unification…