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Dr Lewis Webb @lewismarkwebb.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Catherine Steel and I are thrilled to announce the publication of our edited volume 'Women, Wealth and Power in the Roman Republic': www.cambridge.org/core/books/w... @universitypress.cambridge.org #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

Cover image for edited volume 'Women, Wealth and Power in the Roman Republic'. Depicts detail of a gilt bronze statue of a Roman woman. Pergola, Italy. c. 70-30 BCE.

Book description: In the Roman Republic, elite women were legally permitted to control substantial assets – and many demonstrably were in direct control of their wealth. They were also the mothers, wives and daughters of the politicians who built Rome's empire and, in a time of high mortality, could find themselves running households that did not contain adult men. This volume explores the political and social consequences of elite female wealth. It combines case studies of individual women, such as Licinia, wife of C. Gracchus, Mucia Tertia, Fulvia and Octavia Minor, with broader surveys of the institutional frameworks and social conventions that constrained and enabled women's wealth and its consequences. The book contributes to the recent upsurge of interest in re-evaluating the role of women in Republican Rome and will be invaluable for scholars and students alike.

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Dr Lewis Webb @lewismarkwebb.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Excited to share that I am one of the ‘talking heads’ for the National Geographic series ‘Gladiators: Warriors of the Ancient World’. The series airs on National Geographic TV (US), but the first episode is on YouTube: youtu.be/9ssD7rNNv88?... #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Dr Lewis Webb @lewismarkwebb.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

I am deeply honoured that the American Journal of Philology awarded my article 'Spectatissima femina: Female visibility and religion in urban spaces in Republican Rome' the AJP Best Article Prize for 2024. Citation: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl... #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Moa Ekbom @quosego.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

This thanks to @lewismarkwebb.bsky.social who demonstrated that drunk women just love fomenting conspiracies!

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Dr Lewis Webb @lewismarkwebb.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

To this list of dramatic drinking terms should be added COMPOTRIX, a female drinking companion (Ter. Andr. 232). A key member of any good party (or conspiracy!). #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky

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Dr Lewis Webb @lewismarkwebb.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

A real pleasure to host a panel with Dr Sara Borrello on ‘Coniuratio muliebris: Women, conspiracies, and memory in Ancient Rome’ at the 16th CCC in Coimbra. Details: drive.google.com/drive/folder... #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky

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Dr Lewis Webb @lewismarkwebb.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I am delighted to share that I have been appointed a Pro Futura Scientia XIX Fellow at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (SCAS) and the University of Gothenburg, funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond: www.swedishcollegium.se/archives/new...

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Six Talented Early-Career Scholars Appointed Pro Futura Scientia XIX Fellows

SCAS is now pleased to present the next generation of talented early-career scholars who have been admitted to the prestigious Pro Futura Scientia programme.

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Dr Lewis Webb @lewismarkwebb.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

Discounts available on ECSI volumes for the festive season! 👇🌟

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Dr Lewis Webb @lewismarkwebb.bsky.social · 25/11/2023

A very warm welcome to @ecsiathensrome.bsky.social, the Editorial Committee of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome: ecsi.se Please follow!🏺AncientBlueSky

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Dr Lewis Webb @lewismarkwebb.bsky.social · 25/11/2023

✨Our new edited volume 'Female Agency in the Ancient Mediterranean World' has a cover! Coming in 2024, thanks to the amazing efforts of Clare Litt @livunipress.bsky.social, my lovely co-editors @chrissieplastow.bsky.social, Greg, and Karolina, and an array of exciting authors.🏺AncientBlueSky

An image of the cover of an edited volume entitled 'Female Agency in the Ancient Mediterranean World', edited by Greg Gilles, Karolina Frank, Christine Plastow, and Lewis Webb.

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Dr Lewis Webb @lewismarkwebb.bsky.social · 17/11/2023

A taste of Lady J, which opens tonight: www.canva.com/design/DAF0a... Book tickets here: www.waterlooeast.co.uk/lady-j

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Dr Lewis Webb @lewismarkwebb.bsky.social · 15/11/2023

Friends, if you are in London between 17-26 November, do consider going to 'Lady J' at Waterloo East Theatre, a brand new translation and adaptation of August Strindberg's classic 'Miss Julie' by Christina James (dir.) and me (trans.). For more details and tickets: www.waterlooeast.co.uk/lady-j

A collage of photos of actors rehearsing for Lady J, a new translation and adaptation of August Strindberg's Miss Julie. The play will be at Waterloo East Theatre from 17-27 November, 2023.

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Dr Lewis Webb @lewismarkwebb.bsky.social · 13/09/2023

Delightful news: I have been appointed Departmental Lecturer in Roman History at Merton College, University of Oxford. I look forward to engaging with lovely new colleagues and students. My deepest thanks to my family, mentors, and friends, without whose support none of this would be possible.

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Dr Lewis Webb @lewismarkwebb.bsky.social · 10/09/2023

As a member of this project, I can attest to the terrible tragedy that has hit communities in Thessaly, and the astounding generosity and braveness of the locals. Without them we would still be stranded or worse. We owe them our lives. My heart goes out to them as they deal with this devastation.

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Dr Lewis Webb @lewismarkwebb.bsky.social · 22/08/2023

My review of Brenda Longfellow and Molly Swetnam-Burland's 'Women's Lives, Women's Voices: Roman Material Culture and Female Agency in the Bay of Naples' is out in the JRS: doi.org/10.1017/S007... An important and innovative volume. See further details at: utpress.utexas.edu/9781477323588/

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BRENDA LONGFELLOW and MOLLY SWETNAM-BURLAND (EDS), WOMEN'S LIVES, WOMEN'S VOICES: ROMAN MATERIAL CUL...

BRENDA LONGFELLOW and MOLLY SWETNAM-BURLAND (EDS), WOMEN'S LIVES, WOMEN'S VOICES: ROMAN MATERIAL CULTURE AND FEMALE AGENCY IN THE BAY OF NAPLES. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2021. Pp. 408, illus...

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Dr Lewis Webb @lewismarkwebb.bsky.social · 27/07/2023

Took the plunge. Lovely to see so many of you here.

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