The article describes and implements a method for estimating the seating capacity of Roman amphitheaters that takes account of existing scholarship. The resulting total estimated capacity is approximately three million. Mapping the distribution of these seats emphasizes that a large share were in Italy, with many also in central North Africa. This…[Read more]

Discussion of approaches to integrating digital content and tools into the teaching of Roman art and archaeology.

From October 2016 to April 2017, the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) at New York University was the venue for the exhibition Time and Cosmos in Greco-Roman Antiquity. Among the objects on display were ancient sundials, some of which were accompanied by digital animations that illustrated how such devices worked. The purpose of…[Read more]