Classics News and Events
Mary Magdalene: Why has she been so maligned?
Suzanne Frey-Kupper in interview by Dominic Utton for Daily Express 17 March 2018
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.
Roman Coins found in Japan
Excavations at a medieval castle in Okinawa province, Japan, turned up four Roman coins of the fourth century. Are they evidence for links between the Roman empire and Japan? Kevin Butcher investigates in an article for The Conversation.
New publication: C. Petit on 7th c. Alexandria
An article
exploring medicine in late antique Alexandria, based on medical and hagiographic texts of the 7th c. AD.
Caroline Petit, ‘Alexandrie, carrefour des traditions médicales au 7e s.: Les témoignages de Sophrone de Jérusalem, Alexandre de Tralles, Paul d’Egine, Stéphane d’Alexandrie et Jean d’Alexandrie’ in J.-P. Caillet/B. Dumézil/S. Destephen/H. Inglebert (eds.), Aux origines des saints patrons, Paris, Picard, 2015, 287-307