Author: Chiara Cenati
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A tale of two wives (and four husbands?): the story of two exceptional women from Imperial Rome
by Chiara Cenati and Davide Massimo Latin and Greek inscriptions are often inaccessible for those who are not from the field. This is particularly true for verse inscriptions. Long texts...
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Carmina for the Nymphs – Reading the verse inscriptions of Aquae Iasae
by Chiara Cenati and Csaba Szabó “The poets say that the Nymphai (Nymphs) live for a great number of years, but are not altogether exempt from death.” Pausanias, Description of...
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All, all are sleeping, sleeping, sleeping on the hill
With this instalment of our Epigram of the Month series, I would like to take a short break from Latin poetry and move far away, both geographically and chronologically, to...
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Epigram of the month: I have often visited the city of Baiae
It’s August. Our cities are burning hot and eerily deserted, our daily routine is slowed down by the high temperatures in our offices. Many of us are on vacation or...
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Nobody puts the Mainzer Steinhalle in a corner
by Chiara Cenati and Victoria González Berdús On International Museum Day, we would like to tell you a story that deeply touched us: the story of the Hall of Roman...
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Epigram of the month: A (slightly belated, but heartfelt) Happy New Year, right after Blue Monday!
When the excitement of the New Year’s Eve with its squeals of happiness and colourful fireworks is finally over, when all the various superstitious rituals, in accordance with local customs...
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Sic mundus creatus est, or: Roman Highway to Hell
(by C. Cenati, V. González Berdús, D. Murzea) The Romans did not carve lanterns out of pumpkins, most likely, but nonetheless they had their own way of celebrating Halloween, and...