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    • Professor Tim Parkin

    The Elizabeth and James Tatoulis Chair in Classics, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne

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    Think you know your Ancient History?

    Can you tell Minoan from Mycenaean? Or recall Nero’s dying words? Test yourself in our Classics quiz

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    Bringing ancient Rome to life

    Filmmakers just love the vivid drama of Ancient Rome. But which screen visions of the ancient superpower do our history experts rate the best?

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    Lucky discoveries of lost ancient history

    Our knowledge of the ancient world owes a lot to chance discoveries. Here, we share the stories of some of the most important and unlikely finds from ancient Western history

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