Plutarque écrivait dans la Vie d’Alexandre que l’éducation du futur conquérant s’était faite en Macédoine, sous la direction d’Aristote, mais l’école créée spécialement à cet effet n’avait encore…

Symposium "Ancient Greece and Rome in German Scholarship and Culture, 18th to the 20th Centuries," by WIHS and Classical Studies at the University of Waterloo.

For a new study, archaeologists attempted to answer age-old questions about Rome’s roads, including how connected the capital was and whether current motorways trace Roman routes

Les aqueducs romains sont devenus l’un des symboles du savoir-faire architectural de l’Antiquité. Ces structures ont permis d’alimenter des villes pendant des siècles et sont parfois encore en…

En fouillant une parcelle située à Warcq, à quelques kilomètres de Charleville-Mézières, les archéologues du département ont eu la surprise de découvrir des thermes de l’époque romaine dans un état…

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The statue’s unique style hints at a vanished empire.

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With Dr. Geoffrey Greatrex, University of Ottawa ABSTRACT This paper discusses the relation between Peter Brown’s recent autobiography and our approaches to the period known as Late Antiquity.…

Roman laws reveal how soldiers, officials, and provinces captured and moved wild animals for spectacles across the empire.

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In the early tenth century, a new Islamic movement emerged in North Africa and soon developed into a powerful empire. This book examines the rise and fall of the Fatimids, their expansion across the…

As archaeologists study the work of ancient artists, they notice that the images aren’t simply static; some are painted into the contours of the rock, and others are set in motion in torchlight

Présences de l’Antiquité tardive dans les récits muséaux

Les ossements trouvés dans la villa romaine de Brading ont fait l'objet d'une nouvelle analyse. Les résultats soutiennent l'hypothèse d'un massacre…

A study challenges the idea that Barbarians simply dominated Europe during the Early Middle Ages.

AbstractIn this contribution, we critically examine the claim that the Assyrian King List (AKL) reliably contains all Neo-Assyrian monarchs up to Shalmaneser V, presenting three historical scenarios…

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An ancient Etruscan cult likely left burials and bronze artifacts in a well that was recently discovered in Italy.

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A tour of history's great republics, ancient and modern, shows that civic education is the best defence against decay.

24-29 August The ICBS 2026 is an in-person event only. Papers must be presented by their authors. For practical matters, please check our guide for conveners and presenters. You can download a PDF…

24-29 August The ICBS 2026 is an in-person event only. Papers must be presented by their authors. For practical matters, please check our guide for conveners and presenters. You can download a PDF…

En Italie, une équipe d’archéologue s’est lancé dans le projet de recréer le Canon du célèbre sculpteur Polyclète

L’Assyrie, premier empire connu de l’Antiquité, était une extraordinaire machine de guerre, un Empire bien organisé...