Year: 2011

Urban Dreams and Realities

  Next week I’m off to Edmonton, Alberta, to take part in a conference on the city in the ancient world.  It looks like an excellent  line-up of talks — I’m excited to hear lots of interesting papers.  You can visit the conference website by clicking on the piture above.  I’ve heard lots of good…Continue Reading Urban Dreams and Realities

All Roads Lead to Rome, Very Soon for Some …

The new issue of College of Charleston Magazine  features a profile of recent Classics graduate Melissa Huber.  A great story.  Melissa is heading off to pursue a Master’s at the University of Reading in their unique program on the history of the city of Rome.  The program includes several months of work in Rome, based…Continue Reading All Roads Lead to Rome, Very Soon for Some …

Chrestomathy Article by Spencer Williams

At long last, Spencer Williams’ article “The Nobility under Augustus” has been published electronically on the Chrestomathy website.  The print edition of the article came out in 2010.  It is an excellent study of changes to the political culture of the elite in Augustan era Rome.  Terrific work. Each year the journal Chrestomathy publishes the…Continue Reading Chrestomathy Article by Spencer Williams