Online Resources
MAPPOLA Database
A quintessential research tool for, and created by, Team MAPPOLA, as well as our central repository of fundamental research data is the MAPPOLA database:
We are currently in the final stages of testing before the database will become publicly available. At present, therefore, the database is still password-protected.
If you have any queries, please contact us at mappola.erc@gmail.com.
Video Presentations
Team MAPPOLA has been involved in the production of a set of video documentaries designed to showcase the breadth and depth of our research as well as the high level of relevance and applicability of our research data for exploring the ancient world:
- A tale of two wives (and four husbands?): the story of two exceptional women from Imperial Rome (in collaboration with Dr Davide Massimo, Nottingham, and the MNR – Terme di Diocleziano, Rome, generously supported by the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies of the University of Vienna)
- Special order: verse inscriptions and the stonecutter’s workshop (a talk presented at the kick-off event for our Warsaw-based ERC partner project Stone-Masters, led by Dr Pawel Nowakowski)
- What can a dog called Margarita teach us about ancient Rome (in collaboration with Dr María Limón, Sevilla, and Prof. Xavier Espluga, Barcelona, generously funded by the British Academy)
- The Poetics of Displacement: A Conversation (in collaboration with the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing)
- Democratising Roman Poetry
Blog Series: Epigram of the Month
From October 2020 – July 2022, we produced short and – hopefully – entertaining pieces showcasing items of interest from our current research:
- July 2022: Behind the scenes: Mors immatura at the Mainzer Steinhalle
- June 2022: (Guest blog:) Strangers in a strange city
- April 2022: All, all are sleeping, sleeping on the hill
- February 2022: Let’s talk and write about sex!
- January 2022: Enriching experiences
- November 2021: Dulce et decorum est de mortuis recordari
- October 2021: Hopelessly devoted to whom?
- August 2021: I have often visited the city of Baiae
- July 2021: Vidi pyramidas
- June 2021: The poetics of the Merry Cemetery
- May 2021: Call the ancient midwife
- April 2021: The ballet of the seasons
- March 2021: Staring into the void
- February 2021: Roses are red, violets are blue…
- January 2021: A (slightly belated, but heartfelt) Happy New Year, right after Blue Monday!
- December 2020: But is it art?
- November 2020: Discover your inner Epicurean
- October 2020: Laughing with tears (but not in the way you think)