This week we highlight Gideon Nisbet, whose essay on the remarkable Louis Alexis graces our new issue Order it here: bu.edu/arion/subscribe Nisbet is translator of Martial: Epigrams & Epigrams from the Greek Anthology Follow his ancient epigram blog here: lectorstudiosus.blogspot.com

Sign up to hear Leire Olabarria deliver our The Classical Association lecture this autumn on 10/10. Free tickets bookable here tinyurl.com/BMCA24

Our research seminar series is starting next week on 9th October! First up Prof Lin Foxhall on women weavers. Full Programme here! Zoom attendance possible it you can’t be in Edgbaston. eventbrite.co.uk/e/classics-anc… eventbrite.co.uk/e/classics-anc…

Ancient Roman ghost stories in time for Halloween from one of our wonderful alumnae!

This week we welcome Dr Emily Hauser to address our research seminar on ‘The World of Penelope’! birmingham.ac.uk/schools/histor…

This looks great, and includes our own wonderful Dr Hannah Cornwell on Tacitus!

This week we are excited to welcome Dr Jane Masseglia to our research seminar! The Rutland Trojan War Mosaic: How a Greek story came to Roman Britain birmingham.ac.uk/schools/histor…

Congratulations to CAHA’s Dr Andrew Bayliss for the publication of his book ‘The Spartans’ in Italian. Bravissimo!!!

A gorgeous cover image for the new Arion! This beautiful amulet is held in the The Eton Myers Collection UoB. Inside the issue are poems responding to our collection by Josephine Balmer with an essay by Elena Theodorakopoulos.

This was the highlight of our week! Such a joy to welcome the prize winners, their families and their teachers to the campus.

Poems and reflections from our 2023 Being Human Festival project now in print along with beautiful photos of the objects from the collections held here College of Arts+Law!

Congratulations to all our winter graduands!

A massive congratulations to BACAS (Birmingham Ancient History Classics & Archaeology Society) for winning the Kick-Starter Award at the Guild Awards!! The committee has done amazing work resurrecting the society and we are so proud of their achievements!!

Fresh from their Kick Starter Guild Award, BACAS brought together their football & netball teams for a netball match… the footballers won! We hear there are plans to make this an annual event, so we look forward to the rematch!

Are you a fan of Natalie Haynes ? Do you love #Greekmythology? Did you know that Peter Sommer walked 2000 miles tracing Alexander the Great's route? Do you like the idea of an #archaeology tour? Make sure to sign up! CAHA UoB Uni of Birmingham The Classical Association Classics for All

Apologies for yet another plug, but TOMORROW is the last day to download this Element for free! cup.org/4iCMeQb

An exciting opportunity to join UoB as an assistant professor in Latin Literature & Language as a three year post. It is a very close deadline for applying but please do consider an application!! jobs.ac.uk/job/DNO375/ass…

We welcome applications for the British Academy Postdoctoral Scheme. The internal deadline is 18 July. jobs.ac.uk/job/DNN779/bri…

Last week we celebrated 125 years of Classics at the University of Birmingham, as the university itself celebrates its 125th year! birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/125-…

Our very own Dr Hannah Cornwell talks with Matthew Lewis about this Pax Romana for the Echoes of History podcast series with History Hit💥 Learn more about the Roman history behind the Ubisoft game Anno 117: Pax Romana here: podfollow.com/echoes-of-hist…