{"id":1661,"date":"2026-03-07T10:19:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T10:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/?page_id=1661"},"modified":"2026-03-07T10:19:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T10:19:39","slug":"pons-aelius-15-march-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/e-journal\/pons-aelius-15-march-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Pons Aelius 15 (March 2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Pons-Aelius-15<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

In this Issue<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Justine McLean, <\/strong>To Train a Militia: the Experience of Public Training in Classical Greece and the Early Modern Holy Roman Empire<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marios Koutsoukos, <\/strong>The Theurgic Gift of Well-Being<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Joe Broderick,<\/strong> Martial and his Rome: Lived Experience of the Imperial City<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Karen Fox, <\/strong>Ovid\u2019s Orcastrated Exile<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Antonia Aluko, <\/strong>Intersectionality in Plautus\u2019 <\/em>Poenulus: Issues of Identity<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sisi Xie,<\/strong> The Experience of Fabia, the Vestal Virgin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Zeren Deniz Ata\u00e7ocugu<\/strong>, Visits to the Grave in Classical Athens: An Experience Depicted on White Ground Lekythoi<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Abigail Carr,<\/strong> \u2018Technology run riot\u2019: The Impact of Birth Interventions on Women\u2019s Birth Experiences in 1970s Britain<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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General Editor\u2019s Comments<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The theme of this edition is \u2018experience\u2019. Experience can define an incredible range of events and circumstances but the message that emerges throughout the papers in this volume is how experience can be dictated by others and the (obvious) problems this can result in. This edition of Pons Aelius <\/em>will take your across the Greek world, and into modern times. You will discover how a women\u2019s experience of childbirth could be controlled by others, the troubles of Fabia, and how issues of profession are illuminated across Plautus\u2019 work. You will also get the chance to see a lighter side to identity, as you follow Ovid\u2019s experiences of dolphins (and question what he really might have seen), walk the city of Rome with Martial, better understand misgivings and pressure in the sword fighting arena, and understand how philosophy can become a gift of well-being. All of this may be capped by a visit to Athens, to view how experience could be rendered and interacted with through material culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Experience is something personal to all and oftentimes hidden because of it, but it is hoped not only will this papers inform and educate but will pull aside the curtain, even for a second, and provide a piece of insight into the people of the past. After all, history is defined by people, their actions, and yes, their experiences.
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Jerome Ruddick (General and Classics Editor), j.m.l.ruddick2@newcastle.ac.uk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harriet Palin (History Editor), h.palin1@newcastle.ac.uk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Craig Thomas (History Editor), c.thomas5@newcastle.ac.uk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eleanor Harrison (Archaeology Editor), e.harrison2@newcastle.ac.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this Issue Justine McLean, To Train a Militia: the Experience of Public Training in Classical Greece and the Early Modern Holy Roman Empire Marios Koutsoukos, The Theurgic Gift of Well-Being Joe Broderick, Martial and his Rome: Lived Experience of the Imperial City Karen Fox, Ovid\u2019s Orcastrated Exile Antonia Aluko, Intersectionality in Plautus\u2019 Poenulus: Issues of Identity Sisi Xie, The Experience of … Continue reading Pons Aelius 15 (March 2023)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12013,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1661","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12013"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1661"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1671,"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1661\/revisions\/1671"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.societies.ncl.ac.uk\/pgfnewcastle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}