Classics News and Events
New co-authored publication
C. Rowan and D. Swan, 'Victory, torcs and iconology in Rome and Britain', Journal of the Numismatic Association of Australia 26: 71-90, was published as a result of the Warwick URSS scheme.
Clare Rowan awarded major research grant
Clare Rowan has been awarded a European Union Starting Grant for a project that will examine the role of tokens in antiquity. Learn more about the project here.
Coin of the month: A silver stater of Evagoras in the British Museum
Carol Atack explores the career of Evagoras in February's coin of the month.
The face of Cleopatra: was she really so beautiful?
Kevin Butcher explores in BBC History Magazine.
Drama day - Lysistrata
Our annual Drama Day on January 25 was a huge success - over 550 visiting school students and their teachers enjoyed lectures from department members, our IAS Visiting Fellow Alastair Blanshard, and the play production team, before watching our students' production of Aristophanes' Lysistrata.
For a tweet-by-tweet account of the day from the perspective of performers, lecturers and visitors, take a look at:
https://storify.com/drmichaelcscott/warwick-classics-drama-festival-january-2016
Congratulations to all our students who worked so hard to deliver a fun and thoughtful interpretation of this riotous comedy!