Coffee and Circuses

Sophie joins David to discuss her PhD on women in Republican Rome, and how she wants to repopulate our image of this time with women from across the social spectrum who have often ...

For most Roman archaeologists, it would be a difficult to choose between excavating on Hadrian's Wall, or at a large sanctuary site in Romania, or conduct laser scanning in Pompeii...

Adam talks about his PhD on magic in Roman Britain, including how its difficult to define what magic is, how different materials were believed to have 'magical' properties in the R...

Karl joins David to talk about his PhD on the politics behind recreations of Roman cultural identity in museums, social media and museums, and why theory is so important in approac...

Patty joins David to talk about her current work on Roman gardens and their relationship with mental and physical health, medical care in the Roman army, and the differences betwee...

Jo joins David to talk about the recently opened 'Sounds of Roman Egypt' exhibition at the Petrie Museum in London, her forthcoming book The Cultural Lives of Domestic Objects in L...

Becky joins David to discuss her six years working as a tour-guide in Rome, how she ended up in this role, how she preps for tours, and her advice for anyone visiting Rome. She als...

Christian Bace, former Digital Marketing Executive for the History Press Publishers and English Heritage, talks about how marketing heritage via social media has changed, the 1066/...

Rebecca talks about her research on political disgrace in Late Antiquity and why she doesn’t like the term damnatio memoriae, how a trip to the Basilica Nova in Rome inspired her, ...

Sadie chats about how commercial archaeology has changed over the years, its relationship with academia, tackling sexism on site, and how she became Dr Watson. We also discuss some...

Jay Ingate stops by to talk about his research on water in the Roman world and his upcoming book on the subject. How important was water, not only practically, but spiritually and ...

Christopher makes the voyage down the corridor to talk to David about his new book on Cassius Dio, his own path into the world of Classics (and how this involved teaching himself L...