Category: Roma
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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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Guest blog: Strangers in a strange city
Davide Massimo writes about his work and time at Vienna, where he was a visiting researcher of Team MAPPOLA in February and March 2022, enabled by kind support of Österreichischer...
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A memorial for a tough woman
In previous years, on occasion of International Women’s Day, we celebrated a selection of women from across the Roman Empire: you may read our pieces here and here. In 2022,...
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Epigram of the month: Let’s talk and write about sex!
Today marks another Epigraphy Tuesday – and the day after this year’s Valentine’s Day (which is, by the way, called Singles Awareness Day). I hope you did not let the expectations...
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Dulce et decorum est de mortuis recordari: it is sweet and fitting to remember the dead
With the Epigram of the Month November, we are delighted to welcome our doctoral researcher Mirko Tasso as the most recent addition to Team MAPPOLA. The commemoration of the dead...
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Epigram of the month: Call the ancient midwife!
Tomorrow, May 12th, 2021, marks both the endpoint, and the highlight, of a very imporant week. May 6th – 12th is Nurse’s Week, and its last day simultaneously is International...
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REBLOGGED: WYSIWYG Classics, Or: Making Roman diversity visible, audible, and accessible for 21st century audiences
This blog post was originally published on CUCD-EDI. The author is grateful to Elena Giusti and Victoria Leonhard for both their invaluable support and permission to re-blog! Image credit: Fabien...
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What a dog called Margarita can teach us about Ancient Rome
The way in which we – as academics, students, or the general public – encounter Roman inscriptions today has very little to do with the way in which these inscribed...
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Epigram of the month: Roses are red, violets are blue…
We like talking about death,what about you? Nowadays, February is commonly associated with Valentine’s day. Slowly but surely, little reminders start popping up around us coming the end of January...
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Epigram of the month: Discover your inner Epicurean!
Last month we launched our new series ‘Epigram of the Month’, and we laughed with tears about an astonishing piece selected by Prof. Peter Kruschwitz. This month, Alexander Gangoly, doctoral...