This month’s post is by Dr Patty Baker, Senior Lecturer in Classical & Archaeological Studies at the University of Kent.,… Read more Sensory experiences in Roman Gardens and their Influence on Bodily Health
Category: Archaeology
Kent students discover prehistoric monument at Lees Court
This month’s post is by Dr David Walsh, Lecturer in Classical & Archaeological Studies at the University of Kent. Last… Read more Kent students discover prehistoric monument at Lees Court
The Roman World in Modern Museums
This month’s post has been written by Karl Goodwin, a third-year PhD student in Classics and Archaeology at the University… Read more The Roman World in Modern Museums
Oplontis: fancier than Pompeii
This month’s post has been written by Brittany Stone, M.A. student in Roman History and Archaeology at the University of… Read more Oplontis: fancier than Pompeii
Roman Egyptian artefacts: making replica musical instruments
This month’s post has been written by Dr Jo Stoner, a post-doctoral researcher on Dr Ellen Swift’s AHRC funded project… Read more Roman Egyptian artefacts: making replica musical instruments
A Tour of the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme
This month’s post has been written by Brittany Stone, M.A. student in Roman History and Archaeology at the University of… Read more A Tour of the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme
Why Does Rome Look the Way it Does? The City’s Layout throughout Time
This month’s post has been written by Brittany Stone, M.A. student in Roman History and Archaeology at the University of… Read more Why Does Rome Look the Way it Does? The City’s Layout throughout Time
Women and sacrificia publica in the Roman Republic
This month’s post has been written by Sophie Chavarria, a second-year PhD student in Classics and Archaeology at the University… Read more Women and sacrificia publica in the Roman Republic
The painful art of being a Roman woman
This month’s post has been written by Brittany Stone, a M.A. student in Roman History and Archaeology at the University… Read more The painful art of being a Roman woman
The Cult of Mithras
This month’s post is by Dr David Walsh, Lecturer in Classical & Archaeological Studies at the University of Kent. In… Read more The Cult of Mithras
Roman Weights and Measures
This month’s post is by PhD student Philip Smither. How many apples do you get in a lb? Four small… Read more Roman Weights and Measures
Trajan’s Column: then and now
This month’s blog post is by Hayley Bradley, a postgraduate alumnus of the University of Kent. She is about to… Read more Trajan’s Column: then and now
Creating Believable Worlds
The animated films A Glimpse of Teenage Life in Ancient Rome, and Four Sisters in Ancient Rome created believable worlds… Read more Creating Believable Worlds
The Statue of Isis that Talks
This month’s blog has been written by Freya Burford, a postgraduate student who studied at Kent’s Rome Centre earlier in… Read more The Statue of Isis that Talks
The Temple of Apollo Medicus Sosianus: Restoration and Politics under Augustus
This month’s blog by Mark Crittenden, a Kent postgraduate, explores the politics of the Augustan Age and questions whether we… Read more The Temple of Apollo Medicus Sosianus: Restoration and Politics under Augustus
The Horologium Augusti, or when a sundial is not a sundial
The month’s blog is brought to you by Jade Coates. Jade is a postgraduate student studying at the University of Kent… Read more The Horologium Augusti, or when a sundial is not a sundial
Troops on the edge of the Empire: Daily life in the multicultural Roman auxiliary
This month Catherine Hoggarth, a PhD student funded by the AHRC through CHASE at University of Kent, draws on her… Read more Troops on the edge of the Empire: Daily life in the multicultural Roman auxiliary
Paris and Rome – Napoleon and Classical Antiquity
This month Dr Diana Rowell, an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Kent, reveals how Paris and Rome contain… Read more Paris and Rome – Napoleon and Classical Antiquity
Dressmaking the Roman way
Four Sisters in Ancient Rome includes reference to the making of textiles, in this month’s blog Dr Mary Harlow (University… Read more Dressmaking the Roman way
Baiae: Oysters, Odysseus, and Nero murders his mother
Baiae was a watchword for luxury and pleasure in antiquity, as well as a place to visit for cures in… Read more Baiae: Oysters, Odysseus, and Nero murders his mother
Ancient statues show their true colours
In the film A Glimpse of Teenage Life in Ancient Rome, the Secundus boys take a trip to the Forum… Read more Ancient statues show their true colours
Ides of May AD 73: the Vestals, the Tiber and the Bridge
This month’s blog is by Catherine Hoggarth – through the eyes of Lucius – we view the Tiber and its… Read more Ides of May AD 73: the Vestals, the Tiber and the Bridge
Childhood in Ancient Rome
In the two stories, Four Sisters in Ancient Rome and A Glimpse of Teenage Life in Ancient Rome, we have… Read more Childhood in Ancient Rome