Classics News and Events
Coin of the Month: The Proculus Enigma
In March's , finalist Greg Edmund examines the questions raised by a recent coin find.
The face of Cleopatra: was she really so beautiful?
Kevin Butcher explores in .
Drama day - Lysistrata
Our annual Drama Day on January 25 was a huge success - over 550 visiting school students and their teachers enjoyed lectures from department members, our IAS Visiting Fellow Alastair Blanshard, and the play production team, before watching our students' production of Aristophanes' Lysistrata.
For a tweet-by-tweet account of the day from the perspective of performers, lecturers and visitors, take a look at:
Congratulations to all our students who worked so hard to deliver a fun and thoughtful interpretation of this riotous comedy!
Classics IAS Visiting Fellowship - Prof Alastair Blanshard
From 11th January until 5th February Prof Alastair Blanshard of University of Queensland, Australia will be the IAS Visiting Fellow in the Department of Classics and Ancient History. Alastair will be participating in a number of events co-organised with different departments during his Fellowship.
For the full programme see: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/classics/research/seminars/iasvisitingfellow2016/
Coin of the Month: The role of the praetorian guard in the accession of Claudius
In the first coin of the month for 2016 Miles Pearce looks at the emperor Claudius and the praetorian guard. Read it !