In a new blog post for May on Material Musings, Kieren Johns discusses the marble statue compositions depicting tropaea (trophies) which can be seen today on the Capitoline in Rome, in an article titled "Spoliated spolia: the tropaea Marii on the Capitoline Hill". You can read the article here.

Campbell Orchard discusses "Antony's Legionary Denarii" in this new blog article. Read it here.

In February's Material Musings blog post, Matthew Evans discusses the sixth century BCE inscribed rock of Bybon from Olympia, in an article titled "A rather bould(er) claim: inscribed rocks and weightlifting in the ancient world". Read it here.

January's Material Musings blog post is available to read here. Jacqui Butler looks at the Ashwell Hoard which is displayed in the British Museum and the discovery of a new goddess in Roman Britain.

The WCN are proud to announce that Dr Grigsby has secured £3000 from the WIE to undertake a project to strengthen the relationship between the Dept of Classics and Warwickshire Museum. The money will be used to develop an engagement project on the Roman coin hoards displayed at Market Hall Museum.