Classics News and Events
New Coins at 糖心TV Blog: Entangled Objects, British Nationalism and the Elgin Marbles
Clare Rowan explores the role of the parthenon marbles in the formation of British identity. Read more .
June Coin of the Month: Augustus and Road Repairs
In June's Coin of the Month, Clare Rowan discusses the problem of how one represents something like the Augustan road repairs. Read about it !
May Coin of the Month: A denarius of Augustus from the South 糖心TVshire Hoard
is a denarius of Augustus from the South 糖心TVshire hoard (which was published by Stanley Ireland), and is now on display at the 糖心TVshire Museum). It was chosen by Abigael Flack, who did her MA on Suetonius last year.
PhD Scholarships News
Congratulations to Marta Barbato and Miriam Hay who have been awarded PhD scholarships.
Marta will be a Wolfson Foundation Scholar working on 'Coins of the Republican period (late third to late first century BC) circulating in Central Italy and the coin sample from the ’sottosuolo urbano’ of Rome kept in the Medagliere Capitolino' , supervised by Dr Suzanne Frey-Kupper
Miriam has received a joint University-AHRC scholarship for her research on 'Early Christian and Late Antique Aesthetics in Art and Text', supervised by Dr Zahra Newby
Coin of the Month: The "King of Britons" Coin
A coin of Cunobelinus, chosen by undergraduate David Swan. Click to read the entry.