Magical fishtery tour: salted-fish production around the Strait of Gibraltar
If you have a week or so free, how better to spend it than in pursuit of the Roman Empire’s favourite condiment: garum? Studying in the...
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elizabethpepper
Mar 17, 20228 min read
Pop-ping the South Sea Bubble
18th century economics may not seem the most accessible, which is why I want to tell the story of the South Sea Bubble- one of the first...
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elizabethpepper
Mar 17, 20224 min read
No money, No problems? Currency and Communism in the early USSR
When the Bolsheviks overthrew the Provisional Russian government in the November revolution of 1917, they launched one of the largest and...
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Declan McCarthy
Mar 17, 20225 min read
Ireland’s Lucky Penny, from Westminster to Brussels
Obverse: 1 cent Euro coin Reverse: Harp with Éire, 2002, and 12 EU stars The tour guides of Dublin are spoilt; the city provides enough...
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Emma Arnold
Mar 16, 20228 min read
In Search of the Real Muses: Women and Music in Ancient Greece
When we think of symbols for the arts in Ancient Greece, we might think of a tragic mask, or a laurel wreath, or maybe a grouping of the...
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Alfred Deahl
Mar 16, 20225 min read
Et tu Brute...?
Brutus EID MAR Denarius, RSC 15, Syd 1301, Cr502/4 43-2 BC Obverse: Head of Brutus right, BRVT IMP L PLAET CEST Reverse: Daggars around...
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Rene Russell
Mar 8, 202211 min read
The Image of Antinous: The Reimagination of an Icon
Antinous. If you have not heard his name, you might recognise his face. Of all the known portrait sculptures remaining from antiquity,...
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Jem Wickham
Mar 2, 202211 min read
Excavating the Global Village: Classics’ Online Legacy
With 1,000+ likes and 119,300+ followers, there is nothing inherently ominous about the ‘Daily Updates On The Roman Empire’ 2021 memorial...
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Eliza Pepper
Feb 6, 20228 min read
Why isn’t there Televangelism in the UK?
I spent my Christmas holiday listening to Jon Ronson’s Things Fell Apart on BBC Radio 4. This radio series investigates the origins of...
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Polly Shorrock
Feb 4, 20228 min read
The Death of the Koroplast – Identification and Meanings of a Tanagra Figurine
More than simply being a visual delight, The Lawrence Room’s ‘Greek terracotta figurine of woman (Muse?)’ is an enigma, as its...
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Samuel Rubinstein
Jan 30, 20227 min read
The Elephant in Medieval England
When Ælfric of Cerne and Eynsham was growing up, in the 960s and 70s, the world seemed to be at peace. Edgar was king and Christ was...
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Harry Derbyshire
Jan 28, 20227 min read
10 Lessons from Horace’s Odes to get you through Lent term
The Roman poet Horace (65-8BC) may have lived over 2000 years ago, but lines from his poetry have found a firm home in English idiom. A...
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Eliza Pepper
Jan 24, 20221 min read
Calling All Historians
The Antiquarian is looking for two editors, one for the Early Modern History and one for the Modern History section of the journal. These...
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Eliza Pepper & Harry Derbyshire
Jan 24, 20223 min read
A Welcome From The Editors
A welcome to The Antiquarian from your editors.
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