Junia Trop

• Beginning - Intermediate Latin 
• Advanced Latin 
• Beginning Greek 
• Rome: Epic and Empire
• The Secrets of Empire: the Roman Principate
• Roman Influences in Ancient Greece*

PhD Candidate | University of Roehampton 

M.A. Ancient and Classical Civilisation | University of Manchester

B.A. Classical Studies, Minor in Philosophy | John Cabot University, Rome, Italy

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Student Mentor, University of Roehampton 

Student Tutor, University of Roehampton | John Cabot University

Underwater Archaeology, Sanisera Archaeological School 

Wadi el Hamam Archaeological Site, University of Jerusalem 

Ancient Athens and Greece, The American School of Classical Studies in Athens 

My area of specialisation is the culture and society of the late Roman Republic, particuarly between the years of 100-42 BCE. However, I also have specialised in Latin and ancient philosophy.

Other areas of interest include the literature of the Roman Republic and Principate, Greco-Roman fashion and textiles, the reign of Trajan, Greek and Roman art and architecture, Pompeii and the Vesuvian area, and numismatic studies. 

Current 

I am currently progressing on my doctoral project, titled "Gaius Cassius Longinus: the History and Memory of the Liberator." Throughout the eras, the stories that Cassius has left behind paint a vivid picture of a complex man, unwavering in his beliefs, unyielding in his ambition, and merciless in his resolve. Yet, during his lifetime, Cassius was a renowned commander and devoted republican in his own right. Therefore, this dissertation aims to demonstrate how Cassius attempted to fashion his image into that of a Liberator and examine the subsequent evolution of his memory from the late Republic into the Principate. 

2022

• The Reputation and Image of Cassius during the late Republic and early Augustan Age

2021

• Cassian Portraiture and RRC 514/2
• The Liberator: Cassius and the Cassian Materials

2019

• Gaius Cassius Longinus: the Philosophical Evolution of the Tyrannicide 
• Epicurean and Platonic Dialogues on Death and the Afterlife 
• The Cassian Letters

2017

• Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus: Politics and Philosophy in the Late Roman Republic 
• Roman and Greek Identity in Cicero 
• Brutus and the Exempla of the Mos Maiorum 
• The Ideal and Identity in Classical Athens: Doryphoros & The Tyrannicide Statue 
• Violence in the Late Roman Republic

2016

• The Good Life: Philosophical Similarities of Living Well in Platonic, Stoic, and Epicurean Philosophy
• The Image of Caesar in Catullus 

2017

• Premio America Award | Rome, Italy

2016

• 'The Good Life: Living Well in Platonic, Stoic, and Epicurean Philosophy,' Ancient Roman Magazine. 

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