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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, 7-28

Throughout 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.

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.

Latinization, Local Languages, and Literacies in the Roman West (2024)
Book
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/10.4324/9781003348702

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.

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.

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.

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/10.1017/9781009170406.008

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.

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.

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

River and Society in Northern Italy: The Po Valley, 500-1000 AD (2024)
Book
Panato, M. (2024). River and Society in Northern Italy: The Po Valley, 500-1000 AD. Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048558810

This book considers for the first time the relationship between the river environment and the economic and political structures of northern Italy in the post-Roman period. Through the study of the relationship between river and society over time, it... Read More about River and Society in Northern Italy: The Po Valley, 500-1000 AD.

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).

Rapid Climate Change, Integrated Human–Environment–Historical Records and Societal Resilience in Georgia (2024)
Journal Article
Loveluck, C. P., Tielidze, L. G., Elashvili, M., Kurbatov, A. V., Gadrani, L., Erb-Satullo, N., von Suchodoletz, H., Dan, A., Laermanns, H., Brückner, H., Schlotzhauer, U., Sulava, N., & Chagelishvili, R. (2024). Rapid Climate Change, Integrated Human–Environment–Historical Records and Societal Resilience in Georgia. Sustainability, 16(16), Article 7116. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16167116

In the midlatitudes of the planet, we are facing the imminent disappearance of one of our best high-resolution (pre)historic climate and anthropogenic pollution archives, namely the loss of glacial ice, through accelerated global warming. To capture... Read More about Rapid Climate Change, Integrated Human–Environment–Historical Records and Societal Resilience in Georgia.