Classics News and Events
Classics presents to the Princess Royal
As part of celebrations for Warwick's 50th anniversary, Michael Scott and Ben Howarth presented some of the activities of the Classics department during the royal visit of the Princess Royal. Read about it here.
Caesar's elephant denarius
Second year undergraduate Alfred Wrigley looks at the enigma that is the elephant denarius of Julius Caesar in October's coin of the month.
New publication on the Res Gestae
Just published: Alison Cooley 'Paratextual readings of imperial discourse in the Res Gestae divi Augusti', Cahiers Centre Glotz (2014)
Dionysiac Dolphins: coinage and social identity
Why strike coinage in the shape of a dolphin? Lucinda Hughes explores in September's coin of the month.
'Brothel tokens' or something else?
Clare explores Roman 'spintriae' in August's Coin of the Month.