The Alexander Mosaic: Greek history and Roman memories Perhaps the finest representation of battle to survive from antiquity, the Alexander Mosaic conveys all the confusion and violence of ...
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The first women’s shelter in Europe? Radegund’s Holy Cross ‘With the passion of a focused mind, I considered how to advance other women so that—the Lord willing—my own desires mig...
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Antonina: a sixth-century military wife In our modern world, the spouses of major political figures may sometimes themselves spend quite a bit of time in the limelight, and be significant a...
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The heavy burden of the past: the history of the conquest of México and the politics of today The history of the conquest of Mexico by Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century remain...
Xenophon’s kinder Socrates The idea that Xenophon’s Socratic dialogues entirely lacked the philosophical bite or intellectual depth of Plato’s had become a commonplace in a philosophi...
How long can the historical associations of places be remembered? Can local memory of an association between a place and the people who lived there be preserved for more than three centurie...
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Civil war and the end of the Roman Empire Adrastos Omissi argues that the collapse of the West Roman Empire in the fifth century AD was caused not, primarily, by invasions of external "barb...
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Exploring Ancient Egypt with Carter, Reisner, and Co. Travel back in time to Ancient Egypt and explore pyramids with hidden burial chambers, colossal royal statue, miniscule gold jewelry, ...
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Egyptology at the turn of the century On November 1, 1922 Egyptologist Howard Carter and his team of excavators began digging in a previously undisturbed plot of land in the Valley of the ...
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How well do you know these spooky Oxford World’s Classics? To help put you in the apt mood for Halloween this year, we have created a quiz to test your knowledge on some of Oxford World�...
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The radical reinterpretation of the fasces in Mussolini’s Italy In November 1914, when Benito Mussolini, then prominent as a revolutionary socialist, tried to mobilize popular opinion for...
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Howard Carter and Tutankhamun: a different view On 4 November 1922, Englishman Howard Carter acted on a “hunch” and discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun, setting the world at large on fir...
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Shipwreck tales: bounty from the archives News broke in 2022 that the royal frigate Gloucester that sank in 1682 had been located off the coast of Norfolk. The discovery excited marine arch...
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Four Very Short Introductions podcast episodes on the Classical world Did “Ancient Greece” exist? Are all Epicureans decadent dandies? What do we really know about Alexander the Great? ...
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Unmanly men and the flexible meaning of kinaidos in Classical antiquity Tom Sapsford discusses the "kinaidos": a type of person noted in ancient literature for his effeminacy and untoward s...
Four Very Short Introductions podcast episodes to get you thinking What does atheism mean to you? Is logic ancient history? How is Calvinism changing the world? Put your thinking cap on, ea...
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Disappearing animals, disappearing us: what can Classics teach us about the climate crisis? In enlightenment definitions, anthropological hierarchies, and early modern and modern capitalist...
Eight books to read to celebrate the 1900th anniversary of Hadrian’s Wall To commemorate the 1900th anniversary of Hadrian's Wall, here's a selection of titles exploring its history, anci...
Salvation on earth: “saviour” gods in Ancient Greece What did it mean to be "saved" in antiquity? In a polytheistic system where multiple gods and goddesses reigned, which ones did the ...
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Reconstructing Claudius’ arch in Rome A look at the process of reconstructing Claudius' Arch in Rome and how it was informed by the latest research in archaeology and classical studies to...
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Zenobia: warrior queen or political tactician? Popular culture often romanticizes Zenobia of Palmyra as a warrior queen. But the ancient evidence doesn’t support that she fought in battle...
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A silver thread through history With a history spanning back over 2,000 years, coins are much more than just money. They are also a means of storing and communicating information, resembli...
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Charlie Chaplin and the art of metamorphosis Charlie Chaplin was certainly the greatest mime, probably the greatest actor, and arguably the greatest artist in any medium in the twentieth ce...
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The appearance of the goddess Discord: Gustave Moreau and a mythical tradition Usually considered as the first French Symbolist painter, Moreau rejected the dominant artistic trends of his ...
10 books on magic, monsters, and myths to read for Halloween From its origins as an ancient Celtic festival celebrating the end of the harvest, over time Halloween has evolved into a day o...