News reports from earlier this week note the discovery of a Roman imperial dining room from the time of Nero. The room is perhaps the “famous” dining room described by Suetonius as being part of Nero’s Domus Aurea (Golden House). This is a new discovery — adding to the extensive remains of the house that…Continue Reading Nero’s Dining Room
This is the second in my on-going series of posts about applying to graduate programs in Classics. Today’s topic — the application process! Graduate program applications vary from university to university, but most Ph.D. programs will require basically the same items. Application form and essay. You will need to complete an application form (usually on-line)…Continue Reading Graduate School Applications
It was student presentation week in HONS 120. We had four great group presentations of Greek plays. The group that worked on Euripides’ Medea made a video as part of the presentation — a hilarious spoof on an “E! True Story” using Fandango-inspired puppets. Well worth checking out on YouTube: Medea E! True Story…Continue Reading Medea – an “E! True Story”
I know that some students out there are thinking about pursuing an M.A. or Ph.D. in Classics — in recent years, more and more CofC students have been going to grad school in Classics. I thought that this blog would be a great place to post information that would be helpful to people who are…Continue Reading Considering Graduate School in Classics?
On this day, 1,930 years ago, Mt. Vesuvius erupted burying the neighboring cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum beneath ash and mud. A bad day for Romans living in the bay of Naples, but as it turns out, a very useful one for folks interested in studying the social history of the Roman world. Pliny the…Continue Reading 1,930 years ago on August 24 …