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Imperialism and Emperor Worship: Local Responses to the Emperor’s Divinity – RSE Small Research Grant

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by Dr Alex A. Antoniou (https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/staff/alexantoniou/#biography) I have recently been awarded a RSE Small Research Grant. The project, entitled ‘Imperialism and Emperor Worship: Local Responses to the Emperor’s Divinity’, will run from March–December 2025. This project seeks to challenge the paradigms by which the worship of the Roman emperor (as well as his deified predecessors… Continue reading →

Recreating Ancient Codes and Ciphers in Class

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Professor Isabel Ruffell and I have been teaching an Honours and Postgraduate course called Ancient Technology in Context ever since I arrived at Glasgow, back in the autumn of 2016. Last semester, we taught the fifth (!) iteration of it, and for the final session before the Christmas break, I thought I would try something… Continue reading →

Weird (Latin) Words

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by Professor Catherine Steel The Thesaurus Linguae Latinae has been at work since 1893 to create the most detailed and comprehensive dictionary of classical Latin in existence (it has got as far as resurgo). It is an extraordinary treasure trove of information about Latin, and the entries can stimulate all sorts of ideas about the Latin… Continue reading →

CIVIS Roman Mobilities 2024, or That Time We Went to Romania

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By Elise Benton, MSc Classics & Ancient History 2024 When I first heard of the Roman Mobilities course during the fall semester, I thought it sounded interesting. I mean, a class about how the Roman Empire moved throughout Eurasia and how it changed and adapted in different ways, what’s not to love? Then learning that… Continue reading →