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A mosaic depicting a crowd of male soldier on horseback brandishing spears. One man sits atop a chariot higher that the others, wearing a crested helmet and reaching out with his right hand.

Blog: How often do you think about the Roman Empire?

Jordan Mitchell | Tuesday, October 3, 2023
A black-and-white image of the reverse of a diadrachm of Magas, dated 300–275 BCE, depicting the silphium plant, with a small crab on the right side and Greek letters interspersed in the branches of the plant.

Blog: Roe v. Wade, the GOP, and echoes of Augustus: Reproducing fascism

Serena Witzke | Saturday, June 25, 2022
A shirtless black man with tattoos and a red bandana sits on a box of records facing right. He looks at a black boy in a red and white striped shirt. Both of their shadows are visible on the wall behind them.

Blog: Sampling Epic in Kendrick Lamar’s “Mortal Man”

Justine McConnell | Monday, March 14, 2022
A mosaic featuring two rows of light-skinned women wearing brown bikinis. On top, two women are running, one hold a large object, and one stands still. On the bottom, one holds a crown, one holds a branch, and two play catch with a ball.

Blog: Ancient Worlds, Modern Communities: Interpreting the Ancient World through Music, Art, and Photography

Nina Papathanasopoulou | Friday, December 3, 2021
Gaius Gracchus addressing the plebeians. Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

Blog: Impeachment and Republican Rome

Serena Witzke | Thursday, February 18, 2021

Blog: Are We Orpheus or Eurydice? Singing Salvation in Popular Music

Eleonora Colli | Thursday, January 30, 2020

Blog: Why is Heavy Metal Music Obsessed with Ancient Sparta?

Jeremy Swist | Friday, December 27, 2019

Blog: Inscribed Memory, the Holocaust, and the Jewish Population of Rome

Sarah Bond | Friday, October 18, 2019

Blog: Exploring the Newly Reopened Domus Transitoria, Nero’s First Palace on the Palatine Hill

Agnes Crawford | Friday, October 11, 2019

Blog: Walk Like an Egyptian? How Modern Fashion Appropriates Antiquity

Katherine Blouin | Monday, January 14, 2019
Photo by Christopher Trinacty and used by permission.

Blog: Music and Mythology: A Classics Playlist for the End of Summer

Christopher Trinacty | Thursday, September 6, 2018
Roman Triumphal arch panel copy from Beth Hatefutsoth, showing spoils of Jerusalem temple. Image via Wikimedia under a CC BY-SA 3.0 License.

Blog: Roman Festivals in Rabbinic Literature and the intersection of Judaism and Rome

Catherine Bonesho | Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Blog: Sites of Memory and Memories of Conflict: Imperial Rome, Jerusalem, and Nero

Catherine Bonesho | Thursday, July 5, 2018
Trajan’s Column: detail of frieze reliefs (image via Flickr by MCAD under a CC BY 2.0)

Blog: Roma, Amor: Inside the Column of Trajan and Under the Pantheon Oculus

Catherine Bonesho | Friday, June 1, 2018
Photo of newly reopened murals in the Domus Augusti by Agnes Crawford.

Blog: Exploring the Reopened House of Augustus on the Palatine

Agnes Crawford | Friday, May 18, 2018
John Ochsendorf via MacArthur Foundation. Provided to Bonesho by John Ochsendorf.

Blog: An Interview with John Ochsendorf, New Director of the American Academy in Rome

Catherine Bonesho | Sunday, March 25, 2018
Detail of bust in the Centrale Monemartini Museum

Amphora: The Metal Age—The Use of Classics in Heavy Metal Music

Kristopher Fletcher | Monday, June 12, 2017

From Euterpe to YouTube: Popular music and the classics

T. H. M. Gellar-Goad | Tuesday, November 5, 2013