Divine Naming in Greek and Chinese Polytheism
(2024)
Book Chapter
Jim, T. (2024). Divine Naming in Greek and Chinese Polytheism. In A. Palamidis, & C. Bonnet (Eds.), What’s in a Divine Name? Religious Systems and Human Agency in the Ancient Mediterranean (59-78). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111326511-004
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Multilingualism, Language Management, and First Encounters in the Roman and American Colonial Experience (2024)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2024). Multilingualism, Language Management, and First Encounters in the Roman and American Colonial Experience. In M. Mass, & F. A. Yarnborough (Eds.), Empires and Indigenous Peoples: Comparing Ancient Roman and North American Experiences. University of Oklahoma Press
Tacitus: Opera Maiora (2024)
Book Chapter
Malloch, S. (in press). Tacitus: Opera Maiora. In The Oxford Guide to the Transmission of the Latin Classics
The Role of Pollution in Agathias's Histories (2024)
Journal Article
Lennon, J. J., & Wilshere, N. (2024). The Role of Pollution in Agathias's Histories. Dumbarton Oaks Papers, 78, 7-28Throughout Agathias’s Histories, he makes frequent use of religious pollution. This has often gone unnoticed in discussions of his work, as scholars have typically approached the debate in terms of his attitudes to sin. This article aims to correct t... Read More about The Role of Pollution in Agathias's Histories.
Latinization, Local Languages, and Literacies in the Roman West (2024)
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Mullen, A., & Willi, A. (Eds.). (2024). Latinization, Local Languages, and Literacies in the Roman West. Oxford University Press (OUP)This volume explores Latinization, local languages, and literacies in the Roman West, focusing on the Iberian Peninsula, Gaul, the Germanies, and Britain in the later Iron Age and Roman period. We use a combination of various sets of evidence and an... Read More about Latinization, Local Languages, and Literacies in the Roman West.
Huns and Romans in the fourth century (2024)
Book Chapter
WOUDHUYSEN, G. (2024). Huns and Romans in the fourth century. In Reimagining the Silk Roads: Interactions and Perceptions Across Eurasia (161-173). Taylor and Francis Group. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003348702The fourth century CE was a crucial but murky period in the history of Inner Asia. Recent scholarly reconceptualisation of the origins of the Huns has important implications for study of the later Roman Empire. I examine what the Romans of the fourth... Read More about Huns and Romans in the fourth century.
Roman Palmyra as a hub of trade and commerce. Material, epigraphic and numismatic evidence (2024)
Book Chapter
Kropp, A. (2025). Roman Palmyra as a hub of trade and commerce. Material, epigraphic and numismatic evidence. In Reimagining the Silk Roads: Interactions and Perceptions Across Eurasia (65-78). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003348702Under Roman hegemony over the Near East, the oasis city of Palmyra in the Syrian desert rose quickly from obscurity to opulence and established itself a ‘caravan’ city, a vital hub for long-distance trade between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranea... Read More about Roman Palmyra as a hub of trade and commerce. Material, epigraphic and numismatic evidence.
The relief of El Cerrón (Illescas, Toledo, Spain): New Insights into Central Iberian elite identity in the Late Iron Age (2024)
Journal Article
Sánchez De Oro, P., Saccoccio, F., Berrocal-Rangel, L., & Torres Ortiz, M. (in press). The relief of El Cerrón (Illescas, Toledo, Spain): New Insights into Central Iberian elite identity in the Late Iron Age. Antiquity,The Late Iron Age (fourth-first centuries BC) district of Carpetania-Central Iberian Peninsula-, has traditionally been defined as a petty territory where cultural development was primarily attributed to acculturation, diffusionism, and imitation. By... Read More about The relief of El Cerrón (Illescas, Toledo, Spain): New Insights into Central Iberian elite identity in the Late Iron Age.
Didactic (and) Epic (2024)
Book Chapter
Kneebone, E. (2024). Didactic (and) Epic. In E. Greensmith (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Epic (58-78). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009086585.005This chapter examines the interplay and boundaries between ancient heroic and didactic epic poetry, particularly in the Hellenistic and imperial periods, treating didactic poets such as Aratus, Nicander, Dionysius the Periegete, Oppian, ps.-Oppian, a... Read More about Didactic (and) Epic.
In Praise of the Fly (2024)
Book Chapter
Kneebone, E. (2024). In Praise of the Fly. In S. Goldhill (Ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Lucian (163-185). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009170406.008Lucian’s 'In Praise of the Fly' offers a delightfully wry encomium of the humble house fly. While the speech engages wittily with sophistic traditions by praising this troublesome insect, it also raises important questions about social marginality an... Read More about In Praise of the Fly.