23rd August 2005, 06:01 PM
Reading the classics is supreme fun, and it is surprising how evocative a site can become when you've got the historical context to fit it in! Think Tramalchio's 'Dinner Party' (the Satyricon) which was incidentially later filmed by Fellini in his own odd style - or how useful is Vitruvius and his rules of architecture when thinking about how a Roman building comes together? Or Frontinus and water management in Rome? Or even the description of Ceasar meeting the druids at Anglesey?
Any reading is good reading - maybe not to hit and miss dig - but to fill in the background info. Those funky Roman sites only get cooler when you can imagine the time from the horse's mouth.
ML (with a degree in Classics and Latin, and another in Classical Archaeology [:p]).
Any reading is good reading - maybe not to hit and miss dig - but to fill in the background info. Those funky Roman sites only get cooler when you can imagine the time from the horse's mouth.
ML (with a degree in Classics and Latin, and another in Classical Archaeology [:p]).