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Einhard and the Historia Augusta (2023)
Journal Article
Stover, J., & Woudhuysen, G. (2023). Einhard and the Historia Augusta. The Journal of Medieval Latin, 33, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1484/J.JML.5.133612

In recent years, a consensus has begun to develop that Einhard had read the Historia Augusta and that he used it in his Vita Karoli magni. In particular, scholars have argued that he must have drawn the rare word dicaculus from the text. In this arti... Read More about Einhard and the Historia Augusta.

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)

Social dimensions of Latinization (2023)
Book Chapter
Mullen, A. (2023). Social dimensions of Latinization. In A. Mullen (Ed.), Social factors in the Latinization of the Roman West. Oxford University Press (OUP)

Tacitus and the Speech of Claudius on the Tabula Lugdunensis (2023)
Journal Article
Malloch, S. J. V. (2023). Tacitus and the Speech of Claudius on the Tabula Lugdunensis. Lampas, 56(4), 319-331. https://doi.org/10.5117/LAM2023.4.005.MALL

In A.D. 48 Claudius delivered a speech in support of a petition from Roman citizen elites of Gallia Comata for admission to the senate. Part of that speech survives on the Tabula Lugdunensisand in a version by Tacitus in his account of the Gauls’ pet... Read More about Tacitus and the Speech of Claudius on the Tabula Lugdunensis.

Resurrecting the Argo: Supernatural Re-makings in Robert Holdstock’s Merlin Codex (2023)
Journal Article
LOVATT, H. (2023). Resurrecting the Argo: Supernatural Re-makings in Robert Holdstock’s Merlin Codex. Thersites, 17, 55-95. https://doi.org/10.34679/thersites.vol17.254

This paper analyses the relationship between the figure of the Argo (ship and character) and the supernatural in the mythic fantasy of Robert Holdstock’s Merlin Codex. It shows how Holdstock’s re-writing of the Argonautica draws on various versions f... Read More about Resurrecting the Argo: Supernatural Re-makings in Robert Holdstock’s Merlin Codex.

L’Atlante della Paletnologia del Reggiano nel suo contesto storico europeo (2023)
Book Chapter
PEARCE, M. (2023). L’Atlante della Paletnologia del Reggiano nel suo contesto storico europeo. In I. Tirabassi, R. Macellari, & G. Adriano Rossi (Eds.), Atlante di Paletnologia del Reggiano di don Gaetano Chierici (21-33). Deputazione di Storia Patria per le Antiche Provincie Modenesi - Sezione di Reggio Emilia

Questo capitolo si pone l’obiettivo di collocare nella storia dello sviluppo dell’illustrazione archeologica in Europa nei secoli XVIII e XIX il progetto di Gaetano Chierici di pubblicare un Atlante paletnologico, e di contestualizzarlo tra le pubbli... Read More about L’Atlante della Paletnologia del Reggiano nel suo contesto storico europeo.

Depictions of bone ‘spatulate’ strips and a few thoughts about their function (2023)
Book Chapter
Willi, A. (2023). Depictions of bone ‘spatulate’ strips and a few thoughts about their function. In T. Grüll (Ed.), Representations of Writing Materials on Roman Funerary Monuments. Text, Image, Message. Archaeopress

This contribution offers the identification of so-called bone ‘spatulate’ strips in two Roman funerary reliefs. This increases the number of known depictions to four, allowing for a reassessment of the iconographic evidence for this enigmatic Roman t... Read More about Depictions of bone ‘spatulate’ strips and a few thoughts about their function.

Combining isotope ratios for provenancing Viking Age iron artefacts in the British Isles: a pilot study (2023)
Journal Article
Harding, S. E., Jones, C., Evans, J., Milot, J., Cutajar, M., Bailey, E., Pashley, V., Wagner, D., Halkon, P., & Pearce, M. (2023). Combining isotope ratios for provenancing Viking Age iron artefacts in the British Isles: a pilot study. RSC Advances, 13(44), 31292-31302. https://doi.org/10.1039/D3RA06367D

Stable and radiogenic isotope analysis – particularly using lead isotope analysis (LIA) - has previously been shown to be a useful tool for the provenancing of ancient metal artefacts of silver and copper and its alloys, but less progress has been ma... Read More about Combining isotope ratios for provenancing Viking Age iron artefacts in the British Isles: a pilot study.