The Headstone of Sextus Congenius Verus found in New Orleans
Dr. Susann Lusnia identifies a 2nd century headstone found in a New Orleans backyard.
Photo courtesy of D. Ryan Gray
How did a 2nd Century Roman headstone wind up in a New Orleans backyard?
D. Ryan Gray / Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans / October 6, 2025
New Orleans couple discovers ancient Roman grave marker in their yard
Ancient Roman tombstone unearthed in New Orleans backyard sparks global mystery
Meg Farris / WWLTV / October 7, 2025
The mystery of how a 2,000-year-old Roman headstone wound up in a New Orleans backyard is solved
Danny Monteverde / Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans / October 9, 2025
Mystery solved: How an ancient Roman tombstone ended up behind a shotgun house in New Orleans
Meg Farris / WWLTV / October 9, 2025
Ancient Roman Gravestone Found in New Orleans Backyard Touches Off a Mystery
Aimee Ortiz / New York Times / October 10, 2025
Old marble tablet found in backyard turns out to be Roman gravestone
Michelle Del Rey / USA Today / October 10, 2025
Poet Wolfe / Nola.com / October 14, 2025
Missing 1,900-year-old Roman artifact was found in a New Orleans garden
Ben Brasch / The Washington Post / October 17, 2025
Congratulations to our faculty and alumni who presented at this year’s
2026 AIA/SCS Joint Annual Meeting.
Andrew Lund, Tulane University
Call It Pedophilia: On the Euphemism of Pederasty and Harm Caused by Disciplinary Practice
Susann S. Lusnia, Tulane University
A Roman Sailor in New Orleans
Matthew Chaldekas, University of Tübingen
The Hellenistic Poetics of ποικιλία: An Overlooked Literary Polemic
Jonathan Clark, University of Washington
A Queer Galatea? Garcilaso de la Vega's Use of Vergil's Second Eclogue
Sophie Cushman, University of California, Berkeley
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Mycenaean Pictorial Pottery as a Social Strategy
Iamb that Iamb: A Hands-on Verse Translation Practicum (organized by the Committee on the Translation of Classical Authors) Organizers: Diane Arnson Svarlien, Independent Translator-Scholar, Elizabeth Vandiver, Whitman College, Kate Meng Brassel, University of Pennsylvania, and Caleb Dance, Washington and Lee University
Allison A. Davis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Reconsidering Nichoria: Continuity from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Iron Age
Marguerite C. Knapp, AIA Western MA Society
Carthage in Pompeii: The Dido Fresco from the Casa del Meleagro
Katrina Knight, University of South Dakota
The Last Roman Emperor: The Political Significance of Julius Nepos after 476
Laura Malagrino, Oxford University
Reading Between the Lines: Naming Subelite Households in Pompeii 1.14
Arielle Suskin, Case Western Reserve University and Clara Pinchbeck, Case Western Reserve University
Fleeting Reign, Enduring Fabric: An Antoninianus of Tacitus with Textile Remains (Poster Session #1)
Renee Trepagnier, University of Bristol and Ashmolean Museum
Using the Archive as Subject: The Case of the North-East House and the North Pillar Crypt at Knossos
Thu Ta, Independent Scholar
Quintilian's Status Theory and its impact on Roman Jurists and Orators
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The Department of Classics Studies at Tulane University presents The Dennis A. Georges Lecture in Hellenic Culture.
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