Last week, Candida Moss and I were lucky enough to catch the tail end of The World between Empires: Art … More
Tag: color
Before MAGA: Mithras, Phrygian Caps, and the Politics of Headwear
My latest piece for Hyperallergic addresses the long history of red caps as symbols of politics, ethnicity, and identity. From Mithras to … More
To The Black Sea And Back: The Late Antique Dura-Europos ‘Shield’ Map
Dura-Europos is an ancient site on the Euphrates river in modern-day Syria. The objects excavated at the site by … More
The Argument Made By The Absence: On Whiteness, Polychromy, And Diversity In Classics
It has been a few days since I published a piece on my Forbes blog regarding the perception of whiteness … More
What Not To Wear: A Short History Of Regulating Female Dress From Ancient Sparta To The Burkini
Over on the Forbes blog, I talk about the history of dress codes for women. As anyone who reads this … More
Good Mourning: Roman Clothing, Courtrooms, and the Psychology of Color
Romans often reserved the dark colors of mourning for a trip to the courtroom. Usually it was the defendants who chose to … More
