About archaeology, the Villa of the Mysteries, and four seasons at the American Academy in Rome.

Sarah Beckmann is the Andrew Heiskell Rome Prize fellow in ancient studies at the American Academy in Rome. Her research project, "The Villa in Late Antiquity: Roman Ideals and Local Identities," explores the Roman villa, not just in respect to the elites who owned these properties, but also in respect to the rural inhabitants and laborers who have traditionally been overlooked by classical scholars.

Sarah received a B.A. in Classical Languages from Carleton College and a Ph.D. in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World from the University of Pennsylvania. Since 2018, she has served as an Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of California, Los Angeles. In addition to her work on the Roman villa, Sarah's research interests include the sculpture of late antiquity and the representation of women and enslaved children in domestic arts.

Quintilian is supported by a Bridge Initiative Grant from the Committee for the Promotion of Latin and Greek, a division of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South.

Music: "Echo Canyon Instrumental" by Clive Romney

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