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Honor Cargill-Martin

Honor Cargill-Martin is an author, classicist, and art historian. She studied Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at Oxford, winning a scholarship and graduating with a first-class degree. She remained at Oxford to complete a masters in Greek and Roman history before going on to study for a second masters in Italian Renaissance Art History at The Courtauld Institute of Art. Messalina is her first book.


The Making of a Bad Woman (2,000 Years Ago)

Honor Cargill-Martin on the Historical Construction of the Scandalous Roman Empress Messalina
June 29, 2023  By Honor Cargill-Martin
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