Classics at Edinburgh now boasts one of the most significant clusters of scholars in the United Kingdom working in all the areas of the discipline: Greek and Latin language, literature and thought; Greek and Roman history from Classical Greece to Late Antiquity; Greek, Roman, and Byzantine art and archaeology. Major research interests include: Homer and early Greek poetry; Greek philosophy; Greek drama; Hellenistic and Roman poetry; Classical Greek and Hellenistic history; Ancient Persia; the Roman Republic; Cicero; Roman imperial history; Greek literature of the Roman empire; late Roman literature and history; Christianity in the Roman empire; ancient slavery; ancient law; epigraphy; the city of Rome; gender in antiquity; the reception of Classical antiquity; Greek sculpture; mythology in art; Roman and Byzantine Archaeology. The research culture in Classics centres on the weekly research seminar which welcomes distinguished speakers in all fields of classics, one of the most high-profile and best-attended events of its type in Britain. Every year we host major international conferences (including the biennial conference on a Greek topic endowed by the Leventis Foundation, which is organised by an eminent visiting professor), as well as a wide range of one-day events.