Oxford Centre for High Energy Density Science (OxCHEDS)

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Data used for the generation of the figures

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Data for the plots in Measurement of turbulent velocity and bounds for thermal diffusivity in laser shock compressed foams by X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy

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Discussion about the new edition of the Catalogue on the Latin epigraphy from Ostia, with the publication of over 2000 sepulchral inscriptions. They shed light on the work of the stonecutters, and on the various types of errors that they used to commit, or on onomastic peculiarities.

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After the 1968 excavation, the investigations of the Roman theater of Terracina, although carried out episodically over a long period of time, were part of a unified program, at least as far as the objective was concerned: the redevelopment of the Piazza del Municipio, the ancient forum of the colony of Anxur. After seventeen excavation and restoration campaigns carried out by various teams — the most recent being the one writing these lines — extensive research work has recently made the monument fully accessible. This has made it possible to use the site as a venue for events, while at the same time underlining the urgency of its scientific publication. The excavation campaigns carried out in the area of the theater-portico over the past three decades have uncovered numerous findings: fragments of architectural decoration, a fair number of inscriptions, and parts of the sculptural ornamentation. The contextual reassessment of some of this material, along with the analysis of the wall stratigraphy, has made it possible to propose not only a reconstruction of the structure but also a detailed interpretation of the theater’s construction history. For its initial phase, both the archaeological and epigraphic records suggest a dating to the Caesarian age, followed by a phase of monumentalization, or more likely completion, during the Augustan age.