A few years ago, the Roman epigraphy database mapped all its entries (unfortunately the map doesn’t seem to work any longer). Naturally, I was most intrigued by all the entries on the far edges of the map. This blog post is about the westernmost Roman inscription, which, as it turns out, has a lot more…Continue Reading The Shipwrecked Otter (possibly) – Maria Pretzler
Bombing Pompeii and the Monuments Men
This links to a blog post Nigel Pollard wrote recently for the website of the British School at Rome as a trailer for his upcoming book, Bombing Pompeii: World Heritage and Military Necessity….Continue Reading Bombing Pompeii and the Monuments Men
Reading Listicles §4: Wherever I may Rome – Ian Goh
Once more into the breach, dear friends, once more! Today I’m giving you, in what’s quickly becoming a pretty personal look at some reading matter you might want to explore before you make it to university, some Roman history tips. It’s difficult to encapsulate all the comings and goings of Rome and its empire which…Continue Reading Reading Listicles §4: Wherever I may Rome – Ian Goh
Reading Listicles §3: Read like an Egyptian – Ian Goh
Last week I said I’d have some reading tips for you budding Egyptologists. This is actually a difficult task, not only because I’m not an expert on ancient Egypt myself, but also because ‘ancient Egyptian civilisation’ stretches back as distant from the time of, say, the ancient Athenians themselves as they are from us. I…Continue Reading Reading Listicles §3: Read like an Egyptian – Ian Goh
Swansea Summer Seminars: Myths and Politics – Thomas Alexander Husøy & Maria Pretzler.
This summer we are bringing together a group of international scholars to talk about connections between myths and politics from antiquity to our present time. This topic links the interests of a number of staff members and PhD students here at Swansea, and we are delighted to welcome scholars from all over the world for…Continue Reading Swansea Summer Seminars: Myths and Politics – Thomas Alexander Husøy & Maria Pretzler.
Reading Listicles Two: Ancient Greece – Ian Goh
Yesterday I promised some Greek history reading tips. I think it’s fair to say from the outset that my colleagues and I would like to complicate the influential but oversimplified saying of Edgar Allan Poe which observes ‘the glory that was Greece, and the grandeur that was Rome’. AA book which you can borrow and…Continue Reading Reading Listicles Two: Ancient Greece – Ian Goh
Reading Listicles: A First Salvo – Ian Goh
Hi! I’m Ian Goh, Admissions Tutor for Classics, Ancient History, and Egyptology at Swansea University. So, you’re casting about for stuff to read in preparation for university? Over a series of something like a week or so of blogposts, I’m going to share some of my colleagues’ suggestions of some books that we’ve found over…Continue Reading Reading Listicles: A First Salvo – Ian Goh