Classics News and Events
Tortoises and Fish-Scales: A Chinese Legend of Rome
In July's entry for Classical Texting, read Katrina Anderson's take on Roman descendants in Modern China.
Martials Erotion in the epigraphic landscape
Read Alessandra Tafaro's blog entry on the relationship between Martial and Roman epigraphy here.
Classical Texting, "Deep Thinking: The EdStone and Beyond"
Dr David Fearn writes about monumentalisation in ancient and modern thought in "Deep Thinking: The EdStone and Beyond". See here: https://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/classicaltexting/
Silbannacus - the emperor that time forgot
In an article for BBC History Magazine's History Extra, Professor Kevin Butcher looks at a mysterious coin of a Roman emperor whose identity is entirely unknown to history.
New Classical Texting blog
Read Kathryn Thompson's exploration of the meaning of "apotropaic" inscriptions here: https://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/classicaltexting/