In antiquity, Southern Italy was a prominent destination for Greek colonists. However, numerous people already lived in the region. The Greeks sometimes peacefully coexisted with these tribes — and sometimes came into conflict with them.

Theme: Magna Graecia

• Richard Evans, 'Syracusan democracy - A fragile start and a feeble end'.
• Edwar Herring, 'From imports to indigenous ware - Magna Graecia's red-figure pottery'.
• Sosseh Assaturian, 'Eleatic philosophy - The birth of ancient Greek metaphysics'.
• Mark Thatcher, 'Conflict and compromise - Greeks and non-Greeks in Italy'.
• Richard Evans, 'Caught between fact and fiction - The Achaean colony of Sybaris'.
• Emmanouil Peponas, 'The theatre in Magna Graecia - A creative frontier'.
• Kathryn Lomas, 'The conquest of Magna Graecia - The coming of Rome'.

Features:

• Michael Carter, 'Morituri te salutant! Aut non - Death (and life) in the gladiatorial arena'.
• Sem van Atteveld, 'Local industry - The impact of Tyrian purple production'.
• Adriano Orsingher, 'Worn, hung, offered - Phoenician and Punic masks'.
• Alexander Thein, 'Sulla's dictatorship - Lawgiving, patronage, social mobility'.