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Homer's Iliad

On Saturday 21st July a Homer day will be held in London organised by the Hellenic Centre. The event will see the reading or singing of The Iliad by volunteers in support of an Olympic truce and ...

How Big was the Roman Atlas?

How far did the Roman Empire stretch? Famously, the Romans could only go as far as Hadrian's Wall in Britain. They had a vague knowledge of Ireland. Speaking of Ireland, the Greek geographer, ...

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What are the differences between the Ancient and Modern Olympics?

In an excellent article, Professor Paul Cartlege of Cambridge University explores the differences between the modern and ancient Olympics http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18611638 One of the ...

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A Heavenly Problem.

Where would you go to solve the mysteries of the universe? Well, one man went to his shed. Michael Wright has been studying an ancient device called the ‘Antikythera Mechanism’ in his shed since ...

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Interviews

(Not Quite) Thoroughly Modern Martha.

The clock struck thirteen as I stormed the ominous portals under the battlements of the British...

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A chat with Ian Hislop, editor of Private Eye

In the midst of the apocalyptic storms that March had sent to whirl around the streets of London,...

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A Day in the Life of a Classicist

Classics is immensely transferable as a subject, and its students go on to almost every walk of...

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Travel

Great Cities of the Roman Empire - Tarragona, Spain

Welcome to Colonia Julia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraco. Better known to us today as Tarragona, it is...

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Samothrace - Moving to a remote Greek island

The 180 km squared Greek island of Samothrace in the North Aegean is dominated by the 1600 metre...

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Dougga By Day

Tunisia, a richly historical land at present under-going a (one hopes, short) period of political...

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Great Cities of the Roman Empire - Nîmes

Le Midi is the name the French have given to the beautiful, southern region of their country and if...

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When in Rome use the underground

It isn’t surprising that Rome’s Underground/Metro system is smaller than that of London’s - after...

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Bacchus in France

Philippa Williams searches for the god of wine in Aquitaine.

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