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Unity and Power: Valerius Flaccus, Apollonius and the Election of Jason (2025)
Book Chapter
Lovatt, H. (2025). Unity and Power: Valerius Flaccus, Apollonius and the Election of Jason. In A. Ferenczi, D. Kozák, & A. Zissos (Eds.), Inconsistency in Flavian Epic (63-84). Cambridge Scholars Press

This chapter examines one of the most obvious inconsistencies in Valerius Flaccus, a poet well-known for the complexity of his engagement with the mythical and literary traditions. Inconsistency is a phenomenon that puts particular pressure on the re... Read More about Unity and Power: Valerius Flaccus, Apollonius and the Election of Jason.

Broken Hospitality and Traumatic Memory in the Funerals of Vergil’s Pallas and Valerius Flaccus’ Cyzicus (2025)
Book Chapter
Lovatt, H. (in press). Broken Hospitality and Traumatic Memory in the Funerals of Vergil’s Pallas and Valerius Flaccus’ Cyzicus. In V. Panoussi, & W. Hutton (Eds.), Memory, Ritual, and Identity in Ancient Greece and Rome. De Gruyter

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

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

The Politics of Place in Colluthus' Abduction of Helen (2024)
Book Chapter
Kneebone, E. (2025). The Politics of Place in Colluthus' Abduction of Helen. In M. Cariou, & N. Zito (Eds.), Μάρτυρι μύθῳ Poésie, histoire et société aux époques impériale et tardive: Actes du colloque international Paris, Sorbonne Université, 8-10 septembre 2022 (103-132). Edizioni dell’Orso

Colluthus’ 'Abduction of Helen' depicts Paris as a shepherd who leaves his native Trojan mountains on an audacious sea-journey, touring the monuments of Sparta and bearing back to his homeland a Helen who fantasises about seeing the spectacular walls... Read More about The Politics of Place in Colluthus' Abduction of Helen.

Huns and Romans in the fourth century (2024)
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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/10.4324/9781003348702

The 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/10.4324/9781003348702

Under 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.

Exploring Life and Languages in the Roman Western Provinces: Methods, Materials, and Mindsets (2024)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2024). Exploring Life and Languages in the Roman Western Provinces: Methods, Materials, and Mindsets. In A. Mullen, & A. Willi (Eds.), Latinization, Local Languages and Literacies in the Roman West (1-42). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191994760.003.0001

The Languages and Epigraphies of Iron Age and Roman Gaul (2024)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2024). The Languages and Epigraphies of Iron Age and Roman Gaul. In A. Mullen, & A. Willi (Eds.), Latinization, Local Languages and Literacies in the Roman West (151-204). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191994760.003.0005

To grasp the complexity of the languages and epigraphies of Gaul, this chapter takes an interdisciplinary and wide chronological perspective. The earliest epigraphic texts (sixth to second centuries bce) are in Greek, Iberian, Etruscan, and, later, L... Read More about The Languages and Epigraphies of Iron Age and Roman Gaul.

Languages and Literacies in Roman Britain (2024)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2024). Languages and Literacies in Roman Britain. In A. Mullen, & A. Willi (Eds.), Latinization, Local Languages and Literacies in the Roman West (355-401). Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191994760.003.0010

This chapter describes the languages, literacies, and identities across the variegated landscapes and communities of Britannia, using evidence and perspectives from multiple disciplines—primarily archaeological, historical, (socio)linguistic, and epi... Read More about Languages and Literacies in Roman Britain.

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/10.1017/9781009086585.005

This 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)
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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/10.1017/9781009170406.008

Lucian’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.

Settlements and Urbanisation (2024)
Book Chapter
Loveluck, C. (in press). Settlements and Urbanisation. In F. Edmonds, & R. Naismith (Eds.), New Cambridge History of Britain, Volume 1: Early Medieval Britain, c. 410-1100. Cambridge University Press

Alternat(iv)e Fiction in T.S. Chaudhry’s The Queen of Sparta: Unrepresented Voices and Counterfactuality (2024)
Book Chapter
Fotheringham, L. (2024). Alternat(iv)e Fiction in T.S. Chaudhry’s The Queen of Sparta: Unrepresented Voices and Counterfactuality. In A. J. Quiroga Puertas, & L. Olabarria (Eds.), The Ancient World in Alternative History and Counterfactual Fictions (121-141). Bloomsbury Publishing

Who Gets Buried with a Bear? The Inclusion of Wild Animals in the Cremation Rite of Eastern England and Northern Germany (Fourth to Eighth Century CE) (2024)
Book Chapter
Squires, K., O'Regan, H., & Grimm, O. (in press). Who Gets Buried with a Bear? The Inclusion of Wild Animals in the Cremation Rite of Eastern England and Northern Germany (Fourth to Eighth Century CE). In Beast and human. Brepols Publishers

Cremation was the dominant mortuary practice amongst Germanic groups on the European continent before the coming of Christianity. Likewise, it was also a prominent rite in early medieval England (fifth to seventh centuries CE), particularly so in the... Read More about Who Gets Buried with a Bear? The Inclusion of Wild Animals in the Cremation Rite of Eastern England and Northern Germany (Fourth to Eighth Century CE).

Cities and Complex Settlements in Early Medieval Europe, c. 500-1150 (2024)
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Loveluck, C., & Goodson, C. (in press). Cities and Complex Settlements in Early Medieval Europe, c. 500-1150. In P. Lantschner, & M. Prak (Eds.), Cambridge Urban History of Europe, Volume 2: Middle Ages and Early Modern. Cambridge University Press

Lost in Space? Finding the People in Late Antique Archaeology (2024)
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Bowden, W. (2024). Lost in Space? Finding the People in Late Antique Archaeology. In Lived Spaces in Late Antiquity. Taylor and Francis Group

This paper argues that late antique archaeologists’ focus on space (particularly urban space) reflects the origins of late antique archaeology in challenges to paradigms of “decline” as well as the broader disciplinary histories of classical archaeol... Read More about Lost in Space? Finding the People in Late Antique Archaeology.

Different models of urbanisation: early towns in temperate Europe and the ‘proto-urban’ centres of early 1st millennium South Etruria (2024)
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Pearce, M. (2024). Different models of urbanisation: early towns in temperate Europe and the ‘proto-urban’ centres of early 1st millennium South Etruria. In M. Frangipane (Ed.), The ‘city’ across time: Emergence, developments, and social, economic political, cultural and health impact: (Rome, 8-10 June 2022) (95-115). Bardi Edizioni

Many scholars have proposed criteria for the identification of urban settlements, but such criteria are often premised on their own views of how and why towns emerged. I critically examine the use of the term ‘proto-urban’, generally employed to desc... Read More about Different models of urbanisation: early towns in temperate Europe and the ‘proto-urban’ centres of early 1st millennium South Etruria.

Syria (2024)
Book Chapter
KROPP, A. (2024). Syria. In B. Burrell (Ed.), A Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman Empire. Volume 2 ( 606-631). Wiley

Language and History in the Late-Roman and Post-Imperial West (2023)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A., & Woudhuysen, G. (2023). Language and History in the Late-Roman and Post-Imperial West. In A. Mullen, & G. Woudhuysen (Eds.), Languages and Communities in the Late-Roman and Post-Imperial Western Provinces. Oxford University Press (OUP)