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Herodotus

Hay gears up for Greek marathon

23 Apr 2012

Following a successful talk at Hay in 2010, Professor Paul Cartledge will be playing a major part in a series of 10 discussions on Ancient Greece at...

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Michael Scott

The question of life in the ancient world

09 Feb 2012

Just what was life like in the ancient world? Dr Michael Scott, Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Classics and Research Associate at Darwin...

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Pompeii.

“Classics Question Time” to reveal enduring lessons from the ancient world

08 Jul 2011

Latin-lovers, Greek fanatics and anyone with a passing interest in the ancient world will have a unique opportunity to put their questions to the...

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Michael Scott.

How luxury became a four-letter word

27 Jun 2011

A new series presented by Michael Scott examines the history of luxury and the origins of our ambivalent attitude to the finer things in life.

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Frowned Upon

Greeks uncorked French passion for wine

23 Oct 2009

Professor Paul Cartledge finds that the Greeks, a people rarely known for their wine-making skills, nevertheless laid the foundations for the...

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Athens acropolis

The Athenians: Another warning from history?

02 Oct 2009

The collapse of Greek democracy 2,400 years ago occurred in circumstances so similar to our own it could be read as a dark and often ignored lesson...

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Roman marbles

Re-interpreting Greece and Rome at The Fitzwilliam Museum

01 Sep 2008

Recent funding will enable collaboration between classicists and museum curators, and shape a major re-display of Greek and Roman art and archaeology...

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