The New York Times on Mar. 2, 2025 ran a story about attempting to fix the precise date of the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79: consulted with me on the story, and I’m glad to see they represen…| [quem dixere chaos]
Published today, an article led by Gabriel Zuchtriegel, Director General of the Pompeii Archaeological Park: It’s a review of recent work on the question of the eruption date; thanks to Dr. Z…| [quem dixere chaos]
Two reviews of Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius have come out, one by Margot Neger in BMCR, and one by Paolo Bernardini in La Provincia di Como (here is the PDF and a translation). I should note …| [quem dixere chaos]
Rome: City and country A symposium in honour of Professor Annalisa Marzano Department of Classics, University of Reading 11th May 2022, 2-5 PM Programme 2.00 – 2.…| [quem dixere chaos]
Two talks for the Herculaneum Society, based at Oxford, 26 February 2022, now on YouTube: Professor Pedar Foss, DePauw University, on “Ashy Tuesday-Wednesday: The Date and Sequence of the AD …| [quem dixere chaos]
20-min. lecture from 6 January 2022, Archaeological Institute of America Annual Meeting. All details and data to be published in March 2022: Three clarifications/corrections: 1) @ 3:40, when I say …| [quem dixere chaos]
Pliny and the Eruption of Vesuvius (Routledge, March 2022) is in press. Here is how to order for your library at a 20% discount. My blog posts about the Vesuvius eruption are well obsolete, but I w…| [quem dixere chaos]
The American School of Classical Studies at Athens was founded in 1881 to provide American graduate students and scholars a base for their studies in the history and civilization of the Greek world…| [quem dixere chaos]
Application Deadline: January 15, 2022 William Sanders Scarborough This fellowship is intended to honor and remember Professor William Sanders Scarborough and to help foster diversity in the fields…| [quem dixere chaos]
The Rediscovery & Reception of Gandharan Art. Gandhara Connections 4th International Workshop Thursday 26th and Friday 27th March 2020, Ioannou Centre, 66 St Giles’, Oxford OX1 3LU We are ple…| [quem dixere chaos]
