Category Archives: Current Epigraphy

New resource: A tale of two wives (and four husbands?): the story of two exceptional women from Imperial Rome

From a recent blog post on the MAPPOLA webpage: There is a new short documentary film which tells the stories of two exceptional women from Imperial Rome as told by two verse inscriptions (in Latin and Greek) preserved at the … Continue reading

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Epigraphic workshop: “Documenti, supporti, layout. Giornata fiorentina fra epigrafia e papirologia” (May 27, 2022)

Davide Amendola (Scuola Normale Superiore) would like to bring your attention to the following hybrid workshop, organized by the University of Florence and the Istituto Papirologico “G. Vitelli”. Documenti, supporti, layout. Giornata fiorentina fra epigrafia e papirologia  Università di Firenze, … Continue reading

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New resource: What a Dog Called Margarita Can Teach Us about Ancient Rome

The way in which inscriptions, especially verse inscriptions, are commonly presented and utilised in many museums and collections, but also e. g. in school and university curricula, leaves a lot of their potential unexplored. Interaction and engagement with such texts, … Continue reading

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3rd North American Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy (Call for Papers)

The 3rd North American Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy “Inscriptions and the Epigraphic Habit” January 5-7, 2020, Washington DC Call for papers:The Third North American Congress of Greek and Latin Epigraphy will be held January 5-7, 2020, in Washington, … Continue reading

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Current Epigraphy server migration

We’re very happy to announce that thanks to the kindness of the Institute of Classical Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London, the Current Epigraphy site has a new home, a working blog, and our unannounced hiatus of the … Continue reading

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