Reading, Writing, Romans

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This series explores the lives of Romans through the Latin inscriptions collection at the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, as part of an AHRC funded project between the University of Oxford and the University of Warwick.

Episodes

  1. 04/11/2017

    Felas Octavi

    New research reveals that this sling bullet is much ruder than previously thought. Prof. Alison Cooley discusses this with Dr Jane Masséglia and Dr Hannah Cornwell in the Ashmolean's updated Reading and Writing Gallery.

    6 min

  2. 04/26/2016

    The Real Abascantianus

    On 30th October 2015, we staged a Roman funeral in the Ashmolean Museum. But who were we burying? Here you can hear the talk that Prof. Alison Cooley gave on the night, telling the story of the man behind the urn.

    6 min

  3. 04/26/2016

    Rider Reliefs

    Prof. Alison Cooley talks with Dr Jane Masséglia about two Roman tombstones showing men on horseback, recently installed by AshLI in the Ashmolean Museum's Rome Gallery.

    6 min

  4. 04/26/2016

    Early Christian Gold Glass

    Prof. Alison Cooley and Dr Jane Masséglia from the Ashmolean Latin Inscriptions Project, talking about the symbols and celebrations of early Christians in the Roman Empire.

    7 min

  5. 09/21/2015

    The building bricks of an empire

    The bricks that built the Roman Empire Professor Alison Cooley and Dr Jane Masséglia, from the Ashmolean Latin Inscriptions Project, take a closer look at some of the brickstamps in the museum’s collection, including the snazzy personal logo of a man named Lupus.

    5 min

  6. 07/27/2015

    Freedmen and Friends

    A funerary inscription reveals questions of social status and friendship in the Roman world. Prof. Alison Cooley and Dr Hannah Cornwell from the AshLI Project, talk about a tombstone which marked the plot of an entire Roman familia: spouses, freedmen and good friends, all together in the same burial, and consider questions of social status in the Roman world.

    3 min

  7. 05/12/2015

    A Bullet with your Name on

    Slingshot bullet from the seige of Perusia, 41/40 BC. Dr Jane Masséglia and Dr Hannah Cornwell discuss the messages and insults flung (literally!) between opposing sides during the Roman civil war of Perusia (41/40 BC), on display in the Rome Gallery of the Ashmolean Museum.

    3 min

  8. 05/12/2015

    A Roman Intelligence Officer

    A Roman Intelligence Officer stationed in Britain. Being in the Roman Army wasn't all about building roads and dressing up as a legionary. In the third AshLI podcast, Alison Cooley and Jane Masséglia investigate the tombstone of a Roman Military Intelligence Officer who served in Britain before retiring to Rome.

    4 min

  9. 05/12/2015

    A Roman Soldier's plaque to Hercules

    The Roman soldier who went to Newcastle and punched Hercules. Professor Alison Cooley and Dr Jane Masséglia, from the Ashmolean Latin Inscriptions Project, talk about a tiny Roman plaque found near Hadrian's Wall in the North of England.

    3 min

  10. 05/12/2015

    Hercules and the Roman teenager

    A memorial for a teenage son, with some unusual images of Hercules. The Roman teenager who was his mum’s little superhero. Hear Prof. Alison Cooley and Dr Jane Masséglia in conversation in the Ashmolean's Randolph Gallery.

    4 min
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About

This series explores the lives of Romans through the Latin inscriptions collection at the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, as part of an AHRC funded project between the University of Oxford and the University of Warwick.

Information

  • Creator
    Oxford University
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2017
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Oxford University
  • Show Website
    Reading, Writing, Romans

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