
Kathryn Tempest
@kathryntempest
Classicist and Roman Historian @uniofleicester, working especially on the late Roman republic. Mum to a toddler and two whippets.
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https://le.ac.uk/people/kathryn-tempest 25-04-2012 13:19:27
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Looking forward to putting those women ‘on trial’ for this talk LboroSFClassics … I hope they (especially Clodia) get a fairer hearing than Cicero allowed them 😘🤣

Excellent news! Congratulations Honor Cargill-Martin 🙌🙌 Can’t wait to see it!



Essential listening for students taking the Later Roman Empire module School of Archaeology & Ancient History I can’t wait to tune in …

Since joining the wonderful University of Leicester last month, I’ve been asked *many* times whether it still has its Paternoster lift in the Attenborough building. It doesn’t!!! But I’m all here for a bit of #throwbackthursday #tbt 😱 youtu.be/KdVKIdGyKkk?si…

🌟Watch tonight PBS 9pm U.S Series Premiere BBC Studios Documentary Series JULIUS CAESAR: THE MAKING OF A DICTATOR #JuliusCaesar Featuring Historians Tom Holland Rory Stewart Dr Nandini Pandey 🌈 🌏 🏛 Kathryn Tempest #ShelleyPHaley Narrator #JanetMcTeer About bit.ly/4aD1QyB



📢JOB KLAXON📢 We're recruiting a 0.6 fte teaching fellow in Greek Ancient History with a tight deadline - 4th Sept, interviews 16th Sept, start October, Do spread the word! jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/1047… Oxford Classics Outreach Classics for All The Classical Association College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities INACTIVE - workingclassicists.bsky.social

I do love an open day, especially when the sun is shining. If you’re on campus, come and see us at the School of Archaeology & Ancient History Building for tours of some of our labs and taster session on Vikings and Romans! We’re just by the Charles Wilson building …


New issue of Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Vol.66, No. 2 (2023) academic.oup.com/bics/issue/66/2 Domestic violence and vulnerability in the Roman world: setting the scene Tim Parkin Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) School of Advanced Study, University of London


Delighted to share details of this event - organised by myself School of Archaeology & Ancient History and Gesine Manuwald UCL Greek and Latin in partnership with Guildhall Art Gallery - for the Being Human Festival on Nov 14. You can get your FREE tickets here! search.app/PeQgQe1eYHC2Si…


Dr Kathryn Tempest joins Melvyn Bragg on BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time to explore the Gracchi brothers and their role in the fall of the Roman Republic. 📻 Listen now on BBC Sounds: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… #CitizensOfChange #InOurTime | Kathryn Tempest BBC Sounds School of Archaeology & Ancient History

It’s the last of 3 fantastic days here at ClassicsFest2025, in the city closest to my heart, meeting inspiring people from all walks of life, and reflecting on topics inspired by Vittorio Bufacchi’s timely and thought-provoking book on ‘Why Cicero Matters’. A privilege to be involved!

