Archaeologists have long focused on the skeletons of those killed by Mt. Vesuvius, but one scholar wants to know the story of the Romans who escaped the eruption of 79 A.D.
What reading an ancient Greek dialogue can tell us about the Marie Kondo craze.
Brilliant leader, kind horseman and friend of Socrates: Xenophon's writings inspire a humane, practical approach to life
Why We Should Care That Other Ancients Screwed
Would it be better if Thucydides had never written, or if his work had been lost altogether? (Not an entirely impossible scenario, given that nothing of his work was available in Western Europe bef…
The BBC radio presenters had a bit of a challenge this morning. It was the Today programme’s special feature on Outer Space and the big story was the photographs that had probably been captured of the furthest thing we’ve had a chance to examine in space: a blob of rock and ice, known as Ultima …
The Roman republic destroyed itself. Are we on a similar path?
Man who died fleeing Mount Vesuvius eruption is one of several key finds in latest dig
Incolae terrarum septentrionalium antiqui, litteras Latinas lectitaverunt et nonnumquam in patriam suam linguam verterunt. Certe summo in honore habebantur auctores medii ut vocatur aevi, velut Petrus Comestor et Iacobus de Voragine. Tamen…
One of the ways in which the Athens of Pericles is a terrible model for how to manage a just society is the ultra-restrictive citizenship law he introduced in 451, reserving full legal and politica…
There has been all kinds of “good news” from Pompeii over the last few months: the graffito that may or may not help pin down the date of the eruption, the newly discovered painting of Leda and the Swan, and now (as pictured above) the discovery of horse skeletons and trappings. A large part of …
A recent surge of critical focus on pseudoscience and classics focused on issues from Hippocrates and scientific racism to the racial bias of Ancient Aliens sees scholars doing the work to convince our field that classicists, historians, and archaeologists ought to take action to address the dissemination of pseudoscientific views in popular media.[1] Yet once we’ve accepted that we should confront pseudoscience in classics and archaeology, we find ourselves confronted with a rather different question: how can we best teach this in our classrooms?
Greek and Roman statues were often painted, but assumptions about race and aesthetics have suppressed this truth. Now scholars are making a color correction.
Researchers found that in teaching English learners -- students who aren't fluent in English and often come from homes where a language other than English is spoken -- the Latin roots of words helped them problem solve the meaning of unfamiliar words.
By mythologizing the Romans’ Trojan origins, Virgil turned a story about losers into an epic about winners.