Rebecca talks about her research on political disgrace in Late Antiquity and why she doesn’t like the term damnatio memoriae, how a trip to the Basilica Nova in Rome inspired her, who her obscure choice for favourite emperor is and her distaste for the emperor Julian, Hans Zimmer, and how classics’ past can hold it back

We also ponder the ultimate question: was Rachel Weisz better in Agora or The Mummy?

Rebecca Usherwood is Assistant Professor in Late Antique and Early Byzantine Studies at Trinity College, Dublin. You can find her on Twitter @DrUsherwood

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