Darryl A. Phillips

A portion of the Domus Aurea, Nero’s palace in Rome, reportedly collapsed today due to water damage.  The story appeared on the NYTimes website.   When I visited the Domus Aurea years ago we were all required to wear hard-hats.  Good thing!   The collapse seems to be in a part of the building site that has not been open to visitors.  No reports on whether the rest of the site remains open.

Congrats to Citadel/College of Charleston history graduate student Stefan Kosovych  who will be presenting a paper “Commemoration of War during the Roman Republic and Early Principate” at the William & Mary Graduate Research Symposium, held March 26-27, 2010.

Presenting your work at a research conference is a terrific experience for a graduate student — a great way to get introduced to another aspect of the profession.  In recent years, universities have developed new conferences designed specifically for graduate students.  William & Mary’s annual conference draws students from a variety of disciplines from schools across the region.