Tag: Carmina Latina Epigraphica
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A busy summer (and autumn) for Team MAPPOLA!
We have not been as active on our blog recently as we used to be – not a sign of general inactivity, but quite the opposite! The last months have...
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Behind the scenes: Mors immatura at the Mainzer Steinhalle
by Victoria González Berdús and Yolanda López Sánchez (Universidad de Sevilla, FPU predoctoral researcher funded by the Ministerio de Universidades, Gobierno de España, within the CLEO project), our academic visitor...
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ARCHEO feat. MAPPOLA
We at Team MAPPOLA think that it is absolutely crucial to explain what we do to audiences beyond academia. A few months ago, for example, we reported on our activities...
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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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The first casualty of war is truth
In 1916, just over one-hundred years ago, when the First World War was still in full swing, the Russian epigraphist Vasilij V. Latyšev (1855-1921) published a volume of the inscriptions...
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Enriching experiences
There are a number of moments and events in my life that have, if not shaped my academic career, certainly defined the way in which I approach my subject. This...
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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: Hopelessly devoted to whom?
When dealing with Latin epigraphic poetry, it is a matter of time before one encounters a text that, however easy to understand and to translate it may be, includes some...
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Workshop: But is it art? Exploring the aesthetic limits of Roman poetry (30 September – 1 October 2021)
Following our Call for Papers and Posters, we are delighted to announce the preliminary programme of our second MAPPOLA workshop “But is it art? Exploring the aesthetic limits of Roman...
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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...