Classics Day is an annual celebration of the latest research in the Department of Classical and Archaeological Studies at the University of Kent. It is a chance to meet lecturers and students and hear about new discoveries, from work on Egyptian papyri, surveys of Greek temples, or excavations of Roman sites.
This year we had a special focus on Caesar, looking at his Gallic Wars, his lover Cleopatra, and his significance as a dictator. We profiled archaeological discoveries pertinent to his time in Britain. If you weren’t able to join this year’s live virtual event, you can watch all the sessions below!
Alea jacta est
Dr Dunstan Lowe: Antiquity in computer gaming
Dr Luke Lavan: Gaming in antiquity: spatial perspectives
Dictators in fact and fiction
Dr Christopher Burden-Strevens: Dictators of the late republic
Alex Davis: Cleopatra: the reception of a dictator’s soulmate
Landfall in Kent
Dr Steve Willis: Caeser in Kent: new discoveries and critical perspectives
Phil Smithers: Richborough: gateway to Roman Britain
Dramatic reading
Kent Classics & Archaeology Society: Caeser’s Gallic Wars: the British excerpts