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The Urbanization of Archaic Rome: Interview with Dr. Francesca Fulminante
Jun 08, 2023How and why did so many people come to Rome in the Archaic Period, and how did it become a city? Dr. Francesca Fulminante is an expert on the archaeology of ancient Italy, particularly the process of ...
The Orientalizing Mediterranean
Jun 01, 2023Ideas, goods, and fashions bounced around from place to place in the Iron Age Mediterranean, the most recognizable of which was a particular style of art that we call "Orientalizing." But this distinc...
Iron Age Iberia and the Lost Civilization of the Tartessians
May 25, 2023Iberia is the hinge between worlds: Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean and the Atlantic. That was never more true than at the end of the Bronze Age and the beginning of the Iron Age, when a new civi...
Building Archaic Rome: Interview with Dr. Andrea Brock
May 18, 2023What was Rome like before it became one of the biggest cities in the ancient world? How did its early inhabitants adapt to the threat of flooding, and change the landscape to suit their needs? Dr. And...
The Birth of Rome
May 11, 2023Rome eventually became the heart of one of the largest and most powerful empires the world has ever known, but in the beginning, it was just a collection of villages on the Tiber River. How those vill...
Forgotten Peoples of the Ancient Mediterranean: Interview with Professor Peter van Dommelen
May 04, 2023When we think of the ancient Mediterranean, our minds first turn to familiar names, such as the Greeks and Romans. Yet the ancient world was full of peoples, all of them living in sophisticated societ...
The Emergence of the Etruscans
Apr 27, 2023The Etruscans are often called "mysterious," but we actually know quite a bit about them, from their unique language to their amazing metalwork and impressive cities. But where did the Etruscans come ...
Greek Colonies and Networks in the Iron Age: Interview with Dr. Lieve Donnellan
Apr 20, 2023One of the best ways to understand how the ancient world functioned is to think in terms of networks and interactions between people and places. Dr. Lieve Donnellan of the University of Melbourne is a...
Iron Age Italy
Apr 13, 2023At the beginning of the Iron Age, around 950 BC, Italy was a land of farming villages; just a few centuries later, it was one of the wealthiest and most densely urbanized parts of the Mediterranean wo...
Competition, Tyranny, and the Birth of Ancient Greece
Apr 06, 2023Archaic Greece went through some of the most explosive and rapid transformations of any ancient society, but why? What stands out the most is the intense strand of competition running through every as...