Jane Draycott News Today

The scroll, damaged in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, puzzled researchers for centuries — until now.

Imogen Wade’s The Time I Was Mugged in New York City impresses judges for ‘lyricism in the account of an abduction’

The artwork would have signified the wealth and prestige of the villa’s owner, a Roman historian said.

The dust never settles in a poet’s mind: no sooner had we put away our slim volumes, our threadbare manuscripts, our orchestra of voices but we planned for...

The Roman elite despised Emperor Nero’s “artistic endeavors,” a historian said.

Matched fundraising programs inviting applicants, mentoring for diverse writers, plus winners of Footscray Art Prize.

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

Rob Attar is joined by Dr Jane Draycott, Professor Philip Freeman, Professor Catherine Steel and Professor Barry Strauss to take the story to its conclusion and reflect on the legacy of the Ides of March

A new biography by Jane Draycott shines a light on an African queen whose career has been overshadowed by that of her famous forebear.

<p>Jane Draycott relates the stories of figures like King Juba II of Mauretania in north Africa, who was reared in Rome as a captive and installed by Augustus to lead a puppet buffer state, which shed important light on the diversity within the empire and the multiple ways that Rome exercised power over its vast dominions. </p>