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Omnibus 79
Contents: Ancient views on Homer and humour – Oliver Thomas Sam Hood Translation Prize 2019 Dark Comedy in Frogs – Natalia Tsoumpra Making leaders great again? Xenophon on leadership – Fiona Hobden Cicero, Demosthenes,...
Omnibus 80
Contents: Imagining Virgil: bibliography, fiction and the Aeneid – Talitha Kearey Odysseus’ western wanderings – Jessica Lightfoot Saving the Roman Empire in Late Antiquity – John Weisweiler Cinadon’s conspiracy and Sparta’s police state – William...
Omnibus 69
Contents: Dido and Aeneas in Roman Britain – Kathryn Thompson and Zahra Newby Visit the Museum of Somerset Gladstone Memorial Essay Prize 2015 Long-range perspectives in the Iliad – Helen van Noorden How Greek...
Omnibus 70
Contents: Odysseus as bard in the Odyssey – Sam Gartland A child is born: the enduring mystery of Virgil’s fourth Eclogue – Luke Houghton Herodotus and the Persian Wars: memory, recrimination, and the writing...
Omnibus 71
Contents: Theodicy in the Odyssey … and the Iliad – Adrian Kelly Pompey’s your man! Cicero’s De Imperio Gnaei Pompei – Henriette van der Blom Clothing in late antiquity – Faith Pennick Morgan Sam...
Omnibus 72
Contents: Shakespeare and the Classics – Judith Mossman Greek sanctuaries and Russian dolls: walls and religious experience – Michael Scott Liking it long: Catullus’ Carmina maiora – Ingo Gildenhard The ‘textile scene’ in Aeschylus’...
Omnibus 73
Contents: Continuity and conflict: classical and contemporary warfare – Jason Crowley Ovid and abortion – Ian Fielding Matthew Nicholls’s Ancient Rome MOOC Classical Greek art – a matter of content as well as style? ...
Omnibus 74
Contents: Homer: the first jazz musician? – Howard Peacock Codebreakers and Groundbreakers: from the breaking of the Enigma Codes to the decipherment of Linear B Telling stories on Etruscan pots – Tom Rasmussen Sappho...
Omnibus 75
Contents: Sophocles’ Oedipus the King: a tragedy of compassion – Patrick Finglass ‘Da ya think it’s sexy?’ Horace Odes 2.5 – John Henderson Women in their own words in pre-Roman Italy – Katherine McDonald...
Omnibus 76
Contents: Viewing Achilles’ shield – Richard Rutherford Classical Athens counts – Serafina Cuomo The meanings of mutiny: Tacitus Annals 1 – Christopher Whitton Homer and the Near East – Christopher Metcalf A day in...
Omnibus 78
Contents: Death in bloom: Pallas and Camilla in Virgil’s Aeneid 11 – Siobhan Chomse Antinous: a boy made god in the Roman Empire – R. R. R. Smith Euripides’ Medea and sympathy’s dangerous power...
Omnibus 77
Contents: All the world’s a… Mapping the Shield of Aeneas – Maya Feile Tomes The moral landscape of Herodotus’ Histories – Katherine Clarke Celebrating the ‘good life’ in Aristophanes’ Peace – Naomi Scott Sappho,...
Presidential Address 2002: Tempora Mutantur by P. Howard
Tempora Mutantur by P. Howard
Presidential Address 2003: Fac et Spera by P. Jones
Fac et Spera by P. Jones
Presidential Address 2004: Vestigia Veteris Flammae by S. Greenfield
Vestigia Veteris Flammae by S. Greenfield
Presidential Address 2005: Visual Impact by B.A. Sparkes
Visual Impact by B.A. Sparkes
Presidential Address 2007
Heroic Journeys by M. Schofield
Presidential Address 2008
Togaed People by R. Harris
Presidential Address 2009
Ancient Greece and Global Warming by R. Seaford
Presidential Address 2010
Books We Might Have Known by R. Stoneman
Presidential Address 2011
Classics and the Life of Plocrates by C. Rowe
TCP Talking Disability
For 2025 UK Disability History Month, we explored experiences of disability and the study of the ancient world with classicists at a range of career levels on The Classics Podcast. This mini series...
Virgil’s Aeneid – Ep 13 with Prof. Llewelyn Morgan
Our final episode is a special one with Oxford don and Virgil super expert, Prof. Llewelyn Morgan of Brasenose College, Oxford. Find out what he thinks about our traitor theories and Aeneas’ character...
Virgil’s Aeneid Ep 12 – Book 3
This penultimate episode has a summary of the series to date and then jumps into Book 3 as Katrina explains why ‘The Wanderings’ is a bit of a misnomer, and Caroline takes us...
Virgil’s Aeneid – Ep 11 ‘The Colour Purple’
Virgil’s Purple Prose? No, definitely not, but the Aeneid is replete with interesting uses of the word ‘purpureus’ and in this episode we look at purple as a colour of beauty, death, danger...
Virgil’s Aeneid – Ep 10 ‘lacrimae’
Is the Aeneid fundamentally a melancholy poem? We revisit the Optimists and Pessimists whilst looking at examples of ‘tears’ and weeping, learning about the scholar Adam Parry, exploring Virgil’s use of apostrophes and...
Roman Urban Living – Claudius and Nero
“That doesn’t work for an Emperor – you’ve got to be popular!” In this final episode looking at the Julio-Claudians’ impact on urban living in Rome, Andrew considers how Claudius had to fight...
Roman Urban Living – Augustus, Tiberius and Caligula
“Being an emperor is like holding a wolf by the ears” In these summary sections looking at the Julio-Claudians’ impact on urban living in Rome, Andrew explains Augustus’ transformation of the urban environment...
Roman Urban Living – Who Benefitted?
A short summary for the thematic section of this mini-series, as Andrew shares whom he thinks benefitted from these developments in urban living that we’ve been exploring. Prof. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (formerly University of...
Roman Urban Living – Bread and Circuses
This is bitesize episode in our mini-series covers ‘panem et circenses’, entertainment for the people of Rome and the imperial response to ancient rioting. Prof. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (formerly University of Cambridge and Director...
Roman Urban Living – Local Government
This is a super bitesize episode in our mini-series on Urban Life in Ancient Rome, in which Andrew tells James about methods of local government. Prof. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (formerly University of Cambridge and...
Roman Urban Living – Fire and Housing
In part four of our bitesize episode mini-series on Urban Life in Ancient Rome, it’s time to talk fire hazards, life in the insulae, and the social impact of Roman housing. Prof. Andrew...
Roman Urban Living – Water and Health
In part three of our bitesize episode mini-series on Urban Life in Ancient Rome, it’s time to talk aqueducts, daily baths, whether the Romans did their recycling, and just what was the Cloaca...
Roman Urban Living – Food
Prof. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (formerly University of Cambridge and Director of the British School at Rome) chats with James Renshaw in the second part of our bitesize episode mini-series on Urban Life in Ancient...
Roman Urban Living – Population
Prof. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (formerly University of Cambridge and Director of the British School at Rome) chats with James Renshaw in the first part of our bitesize episode mini-series on Urban Life in Ancient...
Neronian Coins
In the final episode of this mini-series, Sam discusses several coins that reflect the different periods of Nero’s rule – from his accession through to the Vindex rebellion, covering his mother’s influence and...
Tiberian Coins
Tiberian, Caligulan, Claudian Coins In Episode 3, Sam tells James about how coin imagery developed across these three very different imperial reigns. Look out for the following time stamps: 6.05 & 9.08 Gaius Caligula’s...
Augustan Coins
Episode 2 focuses on Augustus, and how his coinage changed to reflect his victory in the civil war, his creation of the principate, his military victories and self-image as ‘father of the homeland’....
Intro to Roman Coins
Dr Sam Moorhead gives us the perfect introduction to Roman coins: what were they made from, where were they made, what did they depict and how were they spread across the empire? What...
Roman Inscriptions – Claudius
In the third and final episode of this mini series designed to support the OCR Ancient History A Level, Dr Abigail Graham (Institute of Classical Studies) explores the Emperor Claudius’ use of epigraphy,...
Roman Inscriptions – Tiberius
In the second episode of this mini series designed to support the OCR Ancient History A Level, Dr Abigail Graham (Institute of Classical Studies) moves on from Augustus to explore how Tiberius presented...
Roman Inscriptions – Augustus
After an introduction to Roman epigraphy (what do we mean by inscriptions and how can we go about reading them?), Dr Abigail Graham (Institute of Classical Studies) explores how we should analyse these...
Virgil’s Aeneid Ep 9 – pater
Last time, we explored the concept of pietas towards the gods, country and family and this week we’re sticking with the latter theme to examine father-son relationships in Virgil’s text (spoiler: they mostly...
Virgil’s Aeneid Ep 8 – pius
Was Aeneas a pious Faithful or a deceptive Traitor? Caroline and Katrina explore the importance of ‘pietas’ in the Aeneid, spill the tea on the latest episodes of Celebrity Traitors and discuss morality and heroism –...
Virgil’s Aeneid Ep 7 – viscum
This week’s episode is a trip to the Underworld, as imagined by Virgil in Book VI. But what does ‘viscum’ mean? A ‘parasitic plant’ (no, not a new description of Aeneas!) and have...
Virgil’s Aeneid Ep 6 – Dido (cerva)
It’s our Dido episode at last! In Book VI Line 69 Virgil describes Dido as a ‘cerva’ – a ‘doe’, wounded by an arrow in one of his most impressive and ambiguous similes....
Virgil’s Aeneid Ep 5 – musa
We’re sticking with the theme of song and Katrina explains the relevance of some of the minor characters in the Aeneid from Iopas the bard to the unfortunate Cretheus from book 9, with some comparisons to...
Virgil’s Aeneid Ep 4 – cano
Virgil’s Aeneid Ep. 4 – cano cano – ‘I sing’! We’re heading back to the beginning, to Book 1, and in this episode, Caroline and Katrina explore the opening lines of the poem, translation...
Virgil’s Aeneid Ep 3 – Limen (Part 2)
Following straight on from our last episode, we’re finding thresholds in Books 5-8 – featuring footraces, fatherly mentors, a fearsome Fury and The Shining. In this series, podcast host Katrina Kelly is joined by...
Virgil’s Aeneid Ep 2 – Limen
Starting with the word for ‘threshold’, Katrina and Caroline explore storytelling techniques and the stages of the Hero’s Journey; the links between Paddington Bear and Aeneas; and dalliances with death, talismans, chihuahuas and...
Virgil’s Aeneid Ep 1 – Lumen
In Episode 1, we jump straight to Book 8 – in medias res, as Virgil would say – and a simile that has caught Caroline’s attention. We’ll discuss wheelie bins and copper bowls, Aeneas’...
Louise O’Brien
Louise completed her PhD in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, having gained her MA in Egyptology and BA(Hons) in Egyptology & Classical Studies from the same institution. Her thesis ‘Portraits of Hybridity’ focused...
Classics and Careers Season 2 BONUS: Prof. Dame Sue Black, Forensic Scientist
We have a bonus episode for you…what better way to close out Season 2 than with an interview with one of the most fascinating people we’ve ever met – Baroness Black. Sue, as she...
Expert in Residence: Louise O’Brien
Introducing Dr Louise O’Brien, our new Expert in Residence! Click below to listen to her first episode with The Classics Podcast. Louise recently completed her PhD in Egyptology at the University of Liverpool, having...
Q&A with Louise O’Brien, our Expert in Residence
Click below to listen to a Q&A with our new Expert in Residence, Louise O’Brien. Featuring ancient sourdough, hippos, ritual instruments, obelisks in Rome, Hadrian’s lover Antinous, and Louise’s favourite ancient god! Follow The...
EPIC: An Audiobook
EPIC: Modern Writers, Ancient Stories is a compilation of short stories written by entrants in the 2022 Classical Association Creative Writing Competition, inspired by Stephen Fry’s trilogy Mythos, Heroes and Troy. Featuring narrations by well-known authors and scholars...
TCP Does Rome: Josephus introduction
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The Classics Podcast Does Greece: Episode 6: Aristophanes with Rosie Wyles
The Classics Podcast Does Ancient History A Level Episode 6: Aristophanes with Rosie Wyles Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram to make sure you don’t miss out on a single episode!
The Classics Podcast Does Greece: EPISODE 5: Plutarch with Judith Mossman
The Classics Podcast Does Ancient History A Level Episode 5: Plutarch with Judith Mossman Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram to make sure you don’t miss out on a single episode!
The Classics Podcast Does Greece: EPISODE 4: Attic Inscriptions with Peter Liddel
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The Classics Podcast Does Greece: EPISODE 3: Why did the Athenians fail to win the Peloponnesian Wars?
The Classics Podcast Does Ancient History A Level Episode 3: Why did the Athenians fail to win the Peloponnesian Wars? Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram to make sure you don’t miss out on a...
The Classics Podcast Does Greece: EPISODE 2: The Causes of the Peloponnesian Wars
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The Classics Podcast Does Greece: EPISODE 1: Greek Victory in the Persian Wars
The Classics Podcast Does Ancient History A Level Episode 1: Greek Victory in the Persian Wars Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram to make sure you don’t miss out on a single episode!
Han Parker
Enjoy our two part interview series with Hannah on Podcasters or Spotify: About Han After growing up in Saudi Arabia, Han studied Classical Civilisation at the University of Nottingham. Since graduating with a...
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Lee Baker
Lee is a Classics teacher at St Aloysius’ College in Glasgow. He studied Classics and English Literature at the University of Glasgow (2010-2014), before completing a PGCE in Latin with Classics at the...
The Classics Podcast Does Roman History: Cassius Dio
Click below to listen to each episode on the historian Cassius Dio with our expert Dr Christopher Burden-Strevens (University of Kent). Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram – give us a follow to make sure...
The Classics Podcast Does Roman History: Suetonius
Click below to listen to each episode on the Roman historian Suetonius with our expert Professor Catharine Edwards (Birkbeck, University of London) Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram – give us a follow to make...
Jennifer Saint, Classics & Careers 1.9
Classics and Careers Season 1, Episode 9: Jennifer Saint, bestselling author Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram to make sure you don’t miss out on a single episode!
The Classics Podcast Does Roman History: Tacitus
Click below to listen to each episode on the Roman historian Tacitus. Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram – give us a follow to make sure you don’t miss out on a single episode!
TCP Does Rome: Cassius Dio Introduction
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The Classics Podcast Does Rome: Suetonius Introduction
The Classics Podcast Does Rome: Tacitus Introduction
Revision
If you’ve enjoyed our longer form Greek Series to support you with the Ancient History A Level syllabus (or if you’re just interested in ancient history!), you can also find bitesize versions of the...
Amanda Dylina Morse, Classics & Careers 1.8
Classics and Careers Season 1, Episode 8: Amanda Dylina Morse, Social Epidemiologist Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram to make sure you don’t miss out on a single episode!
George Maher, Classics & Careers 1.7
Classics and Careers Season 1, Episode 7: Dr George Maher, actuary and Roman economist Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram to make sure you don’t miss out on a...
Sabah Hussain, Classics & Careers 1.6
Classics and Careers Season 1, Episode 6: Sabah Hussain, Rights and Security International Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram to make sure you don’t miss out on a single...
Sam Betley, Classics & Careers 1.5
Classics and Careers Season 1, Episode 5: Sam Betley, Senior Policy Adviser at HM Treasury Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram to make sure you don’t miss out on...
Jonathan Goddard, Classics & Careers 1.4
Classics and Careers Season 1, Episode 4: Jonathan Goddard, Educator and Rapper Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram to make sure you don’t miss out on a single episode!
Clare Marchetti, Classics & Careers 1.3
Classics and Careers Season 1, Episode 3: Clare Marchetti, Carbon and Sustainability Manager at Historic England Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram to make sure you don’t miss out...
Tristan Hughes, Classics & Careers 1.2
Classics and Careers Season 1, Episode 2: Tristan Hughes, Producer and Presenter at History Hit Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram to make sure you don’t miss out on...
Helena Lee, Classics & Careers 1.1
Classics and Careers Season 1, Episode 1: Helena Lee, Features Director at Harper’s Bazaar Follow The Classics Podcast on Podcasters, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and Instagram to make sure you don’t miss out on a...
Chella Ward
Marchella Ward (“Chella”) is Lecturer in Classical Studies at the Open University. Her research has two main strands. The first is her interest in bodies and the ways that they are made meaningful...
Jessica Clarke
Jessica was our Expert in Residence for the first half of 2025. Get to know Jessica here: And enjoy her Q&A episode here: You can read Jessica’s blog for us here About Jessica...
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by Steven Hunt, representing the UK The 2025 Euroclassica Annual Conference unfolded at the University of Sofia, under the expert coordination of Dimitar Dragnev. The opening ceremony on 19 August took place in the...
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