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
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 …
With summer quickly coming to an end, it was fun to read about NYTimes travel writer Matt Gross’ modern-day odyssey. He wandered from Troy to Ithaka, and saw some beautiful sights along the way (and ate some pretty good food). Click on the map below to read his story….Continue Reading A Modern Odyssey
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
At last, an answer to the question we have all been asking — what would Zeus drive?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IawMRO8Uouk&feature=player_embedded…Continue Reading What would Zeus drive??