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The Swan of Sparta: a new reading of the epitaph for Alcman by Leonidas of Tarentum (A.P. 7.19 = 57 GP) (2025)
Journal Article
Massimo, D. (in press). The Swan of Sparta: a new reading of the epitaph for Alcman by Leonidas of Tarentum (A.P. 7.19 = 57 GP). Philologus,

This article suggests a new interpretation of a troubled passage of the epitaph for the poet Alcman by the Hellenistic poet Leonidas of Tarentum (A.P. 7.19 = 57 GP). It argues that with minimal changes to the text of l.3 one can make better sense of... Read More about The Swan of Sparta: a new reading of the epitaph for Alcman by Leonidas of Tarentum (A.P. 7.19 = 57 GP).

The relief of El Cerrón (Illescas, Toledo, Spain): New Insights into Central Iberian elite identity in the Late Iron Age (2025)
Journal Article
Sánchez De Oro, P., Saccoccio, F., Berrocal-Rangel, L., & Torres Ortiz, M. (2025). The relief of El Cerrón (Illescas, Toledo, Spain): New Insights into Central Iberian elite identity in the Late Iron Age. Antiquity, https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.48

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.

Different mint, same engraver: engraver-sharing at Caracalla tetradrachm mints in the southern Levant (2025)
Journal Article
Kropp, A. (2025). Different mint, same engraver: engraver-sharing at Caracalla tetradrachm mints in the southern Levant. Levant, 57, https://doi.org/10.1080/00758914.2025.2498858

This article looks at the work of die engravers who worked for multiple mints of Roman tetradrachms, a phenomenon known as engraver-sharing. Building on art-historical methods developed in other areas of ancient art and adapting them to suit this par... Read More about Different mint, same engraver: engraver-sharing at Caracalla tetradrachm mints in the southern Levant.

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.

Bear journeys in early modern England (2025)
Journal Article
Davies, C., Bloxam, A., O’Regan, H., Charlton, S., Lewis, L., & Wright, E. (2025). Bear journeys in early modern England. Seventeenth Century, 40(2), 203-222. https://doi.org/10.1080/0268117X.2025.2461368

This article offers unprecedented insight into the domestic movements of early modern commercial entertainment producers based on fresh archival and archaeological details about bears and bearwards, centring on a surviving two-month journey record.... Read More about Bear journeys in early modern England.

Departing the Polis: Travel and Travellers in the Extant Plays and Fragments of Greek Drama (2025)
Book
Lamari, A., & Stewart, E. (Eds.). Departing the Polis: Travel and Travellers in the Extant Plays and Fragments of Greek Drama. De Gruyter

This is the first study of travel, or mobility, and the ancient Greek theatre. The essays collected here, by leading figures in the field of ancient drama, examine both historical travel (the actual mobility of audiences and performers who attended t... Read More about Departing the Polis: Travel and Travellers in the Extant Plays and Fragments of Greek Drama.

Standing Among the Spartans: Institutions and Status within the Spartiate Community (2025)
Book
Davies, P. (2025). Standing Among the Spartans: Institutions and Status within the Spartiate Community. Bloomsbury Publishing

Conformity, uniformity, institutionality, exceptionality – each of these terms encapsulates an aspect of the common perception of Sparta, both among scholars and in the popular imagination.

This volume seeks to interrogate how rightly we may apply... Read More about Standing Among the Spartans: Institutions and Status within the Spartiate Community.

What does a bear-baiting assemblage look like? Interdisciplinary analysis of an Early Modern ‘sport’ (2025)
Journal Article
Wright, E., Davies, C., Lamb, A., Miller, H., Rielly, K., Charlton, S., Kesson, A., Larson, G., Lewis, L., & O'Regan, H. (2025). What does a bear-baiting assemblage look like? Interdisciplinary analysis of an Early Modern ‘sport’. Antiquity, 99(404), 536-552. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.228

Bear baiting was a popular form of entertainment in Shakespearean England that was staged across the country but formalised in the Early Modern entertainment hub on Bankside, London. Here, the authors bring together zooarchaeological, stable isotope... Read More about What does a bear-baiting assemblage look like? Interdisciplinary analysis of an Early Modern ‘sport’.

Slavery on the Northern Frontier: A Stylus Tablet from Vindolanda (2025)
Journal Article
Mullen, A., Meyer, A., & Roger, T. (2025). Slavery on the Northern Frontier: A Stylus Tablet from Vindolanda. Britannia, 55, 233-255. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0068113X24000230

A Roman stylus tablet discovered at Vindolanda in 2014 preserves the partial text of a deed-of-sale for an enslaved person, only the second such document from Britain. This article presents the results of multiple techniques used to reveal the almost... Read More about Slavery on the Northern Frontier: A Stylus Tablet from Vindolanda.