Classics Museum Free Monthly Tour - June
Tour
Monthly tours Join us for a free guided tour of the Classics Museum led by one of our knowledgeable volunteer guides. The museum features examples of ancient art and objects of daily life from Greece and the Roman world, including Egypt and the Near East. The museum's areas of strength…
Classics Museum Free Monthly Tour - May
Tour
Monthly tours Join us for a free guided tour of the Classics Museum led by one of our knowledgeable volunteer guides. The museum features examples of ancient art and objects of daily life from Greece and the Roman world, including Egypt and the Near East. The museum's areas of strength…
Caesar’s Experiments in Crafting a New Model Warrior
Seminar
Towards the end of Rome’s republic, Sallust delivers a familiar litany bemoaning the fallen military ideal: ambitious men now seek personal glory and wealth, rather than fighting for the state. This paper examines the writings of Julius Caesar and his response to the moral panic surrounding Roman…
Contemporary Craft for Experimental Archaeology: Understanding Metalsmithing in Bronze Age Crete
Seminar
In the ANU Classics Museum, parked conspicuously in a case of Bronze Age artefacts, is a large copper vase—a modern vessel modelled after a Minoan bronze hydria in the collection of the Chania Archaeological Museum in Crete, hammered into shape with stone and wooden tools. The copper hydria is not…
Classics Museum Free Monthly Tour - April
Tour
Monthly tours Join us for a free guided tour of the Classics Museum led by one of our knowledgeable volunteer guides. The museum features examples of ancient art and objects of daily life from Greece and the Roman world, including Egypt and the Near East. The museum's areas of strength…
Women in the Ancient World: Goddesses, Empresses and everyday life in the ANU Classics Museum
Workshop
Professional learning event for teachers in the ACT and region, presented by staff of the ANU Centre for Classical Studies.Please note this is a paid event Join staff of the ANU Centre for Classical Studies for a bespoke tour and presentation in the ANU Classics Museum, exploring the lives of…
Chios: Island and polis in the Archaic and Classical periods
Seminar
Epichoric histories aim to interpret localised phenomena and ask questions about specific places or people rather than establish generalised trends. Epichoric histories include studies of regions such as Phokis (McInerney 1999) or Laconia (Cartledge 2002), individual poleis such as Corinth (Salmon…