Classics Fest 2025 | Cicero and the ghosts of the Republic

Thursday 15th May | 2pm

Cicero and the ghosts of the Republic

ClassicsFest is made possible by the generous support of The Community Foundation Tyne & Wear andNorthumberland – Newcastle Culture Investment Fund; The David Family Foundation; The Pen & Palette Club Fund within the North East Fund for the Arts; Classics for All; The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Newcastle University. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

Presented by Dr Marta Garcia Morcillo, Lecturer in Ancient History at the School of History, Classics & Archaeology at Newcastle University.

Dr Marta Garcia Morillo | Image provided by promoter

An introduction to Marcus Tullius Cicero and his importance as a key author, witness and main protagonist in the final decades of the Roman Republic.

Marta’s research projects and publications revolve around topics such as trade and markets, concepts of value, wealth, morality and social inequality, as well as economic corruption in the Greco-Roman world. She is also interested in the intersections between Roman law and economic history, ancient and modern. She has been UK PI of the project Twisted Transfers: Discourses of Corruption in Ancient Greece and Rome (AHRC/DFG) (2020-24), and co-investigator of EtiamEgo: Violence against women in ancient Rome (Università degli Studi di Torino, 2024).

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