Matthew Nicholls
Biographic Data
| ID | 5638822 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Nicholls |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Nicholls |
| SIGNATURE | NICHOLLS M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Reading |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4830-3433 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
‘Bookish Places’ in Imperial Rome: Bookshops and the Urban Landscape of Learning
Digital Visualisation in Classics Teaching and Beyond
For the last few years, I have been working on an extensive digital model of ancient Rome as it appeared in the early 4 th Century AD. This sort of visualisation lends itself to many applications in diverse fields: I am currently using it for research work into illumination and sightlines in the ancient city, have licensed it for broadcast in TV documentaries and publication in magazines, and am working with a computer games studio to turn it int…
Romanlibraries as public buildings in the cities of the Empire
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Menedemerumenus: Tracing the routes of Pompeian graffiti writers
The verbal monstrosity Menedemerumenus is found 24 times around the graffiti of Pompeii. All these texts seem to have been written by three writers who either knew or were inspired by each other. Because of the find spots of the graffiti it could be possible that the inhabitants of the Casa dei Quattro Stili and the Casa del Menandro were the authors of these graffiti
Galen and Libraries in the Peri Alupias
This article examines the implications of Galen's newly-rediscovered Peri Alupias (On Consolation from Grief) for our understanding of the function and contents of public libraries in late second-century a.d . Rome. As a leading intellectual figure at Rome, Galen's detailed testimony substantially increases what we know of imperial public libraries in the city. In particular, the article considers Galen's description of his use of the Palatine li…
Galen and Libraries in the Peri Alupias
This article examines the implications of Galen's newly-rediscovered Peri Alupias (On Consolation from Grief) for our understanding of the function and contents of public libraries in late second-century a.d . Rome. As a leading intellectual figure at Rome, Galen's detailed testimony substantially increases what we know of imperial public libraries in the city. In particular, the article considers Galen's description of his use of the Palatine li…
Menedemerumenus: Tracing the routes of Pompeian graffiti writers
The verbal monstrosity Menedemerumenus is found 24 times around the graffiti of Pompeii. All these texts seem to have been written by three writers who either knew or were inspired by each other. Because of the find spots of the graffiti it could be possible that the inhabitants of the Casa dei Quattro Stili and the Casa del Menandro were the authors of these graffiti
Galen and Libraries in the Peri Alupias
This article examines the implications of Galen's newly-rediscovered Peri Alupias (On Consolation from Grief) for our understanding of the function and contents of public libraries in late second-century a.d . Rome. As a leading intellectual figure at Rome, Galen's detailed testimony substantially increases what we know of imperial public libraries in the city. In particular, the article considers Galen's description of his use of the Palatine li…
Menedemerumenus: Tracing the routes of Pompeian graffiti writers
The verbal monstrosity Menedemerumenus is found 24 times around the graffiti of Pompeii. All these texts seem to have been written by three writers who either knew or were inspired by each other. Because of the find spots of the graffiti it could be possible that the inhabitants of the Casa dei Quattro Stili and the Casa del Menandro were the authors of these graffiti
Romanlibraries as public buildings in the cities of the Empire
A summary is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content.
Digital Visualisation in Classics Teaching and Beyond
For the last few years, I have been working on an extensive digital model of ancient Rome as it appeared in the early 4 th Century AD. This sort of visualisation lends itself to many applications in diverse fields: I am currently using it for research work into illumination and sightlines in the ancient city, have licensed it for broadcast in TV documentaries and publication in magazines, and am working with a computer games studio to turn it int…
‘Bookish Places’ in Imperial Rome: Bookshops and the Urban Landscape of Learning
Art (4 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (4 works) · History (4 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · History (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Archaeology (1 works)