Material Musings Blog

New article on the Material Musings blog! This month, Carlos Enríquez de Salamanca discusses the effects of Roman influence in Urso, in ‘The Lex Ursonensis and the Romanisation of Baetica’. Read it here: #April" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/class… @ClassicsWarwick @WarwickClassNet @warwickengages

New article on the Material Musings blog! Zhian Zhang discusses children on tombstones in Roman Britain in an article titled ‘Love and Loss: Commemorating Children in Romano-British Tombstones’: #March" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/class… @ClassicsWarwick @WarwickClassNet @warwickengages

New article on the Material Musings blog! This month, Victoria Vening-Richards writes about an Etruscan black-figure hydria in ‘Wailing Women and Winged Horses: Funerary Rites on Etruscan Hydria’: #November" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/class… @ClassicsWarwick @WarwickClassNet @warwickengages

New article now on the Material Musings blog! This month Dr Clare Rowan discusses 'A 'stick figure' Venus on a Roman token'. #October" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/class… @ClassicsWarwick @WarwickClassNet @ancient_tokens @warwickengages

New on the Material Musings blog! Jurriaan Gouw discusses the development of the Macedonian phalanx: 'Less is More: The Transition from Hoplite to Phalangite' #September" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/class… @WarwickClassNet @ClassicsWarwick @warwickengages

New on the Material Musings blog! Chris Parr discusses the Lacus Curtius in the Forum Romanum: 'Reinventing Rome's Forgotton Past - the lost significance of the Lacus Curtius' #July" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/class… @ClassicsWarwick @warwickengages @WarwickClassNet

New for June! Tallulah George's fascinating article on the Material Musings blog discusses gladiatorial armour: 'Practical and Stylish - Gladiatorial Armour as Costume' #June" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/class… @ClassicsWarwick @warwickengages @WarwickClassNet @classictallulah

New on the Material Musings blog! Carlo Lualdi discusses red-figure vases from a 5th century BCE southern Italian tomb, 'From puzzling images to a puzzle of images: a red-figure thread from Peucetia': #may" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/class… @ClassicsWarwick @WarwickClassNet @warwickengages

New for April! Cameron Heagney explores the Egyptian statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep III in an article entitled 'Reading and Listening at the 'Colossi of Memnon': #Apr" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/class… @ClassicsWarwick @WarwickClassNet @warwickengages

💥New for February!💥This month Vaggelis Papaioannou discusses 'A Macedonian Grey Ware Mug from Thessaloniki: 'terra sigillata' or not?' #Feb" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/class… @ClassicsWarwick @WarwickClassNet @warwickengages

🎼Once a musician, always a musician🪕 In January's blog post, Dr Francesca Modini explores the intriguing case of Nicocrates, an Imperial musician turned 'merchant of beautiful women', and the crucial role of music in his self-representation. warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/class…

Hot off the press 📰 New publication on all the latest archaeological discoveries in Greece by our co-editor @DrMatthewEvans @ClassicsWarwick Read 'Newsround' in Archaeological Reports here: bit.ly/48cNNPb

💥New Material Musings article💥Dr Rocío Gordillo Hervás explores the significance of dress in religious ceremonies: 'Roman priesthood regalia: the bust crown'. warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/class… @ClassicsWarwick @warwickengages @WarwickClassNet

💥New for October! Elena Claudi's article entitled 'The Great Altar of Pergamon: Telephus, the Wounded King and Mythical Founder'. #oct" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/class… @ClassicsWarwick @WarwickClassNet @warwickengages

Love @flaroh's illustrations of the ancient world! And loved writing for the @MusingsMaterial blog at @ClassicsWarwick - go check out other posts from the post-grad researchers here: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/class…

In August's Material Musings blog post, Peter Novis discusses the Portrait of the Four Tetrarchs sculpture group. @ClassicsWarwick @WarwickClassNet @warwickengages You can read it here: #aug" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/class…

💥New blog post💥 In this month's blog post, @JacquiButler19 reflects on a trip to the mosaic-laden La Villa Romane del Casale at Piazza Armerina in Sicily and the process of making her own mosaics. Read it here: tinyurl.com/2waw3m7k #ClassicsTwitter

💥New blog post💥 This month Shekinah Vera-Cruz discusses the edicts on a bronze tablet from El Bierzo in north-western Spain! Great article exploring the "Provincia Transduriana?" #June" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/class… @ClassicsWarwick @warwickengages @WarwickClassNet

@ClassicsWarwick are excited to announce that we will be hosting the 2024 @Classical_Assoc Conference here @warwickuni 22-24th March 2024. Click here for more info and to check out our call for contributions warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/class… @profmcscott @warwickengages @classicsforall

💥New blog post ⛪️ Get transported to a tiny church in the centre of Athens and learn about the fusion of ancient and Christian traditions in this month’s blog post, written by @CanopoliMicaela, an Honorary Fellow here at @ClassicsWarwick tinyurl.com/ms5yrpjm