Andrew Wallace-Hadrill

Herculaneum Uncovered is an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, Director of Research and Honorary Professor of Roman Studies in the Faculty of Classics at the University of Cambridge. This wide-ranging conversation covers Andrew Wallace-Hadrill’s fascinating archeological work done in Herculaneum and Pompeii, the politics of excavation, and life in the ancient Roman world.

This conversation has been produced in a carefully-edited video format. Please use the contact form if you’d like to get access. We’ve also created an enhanced book developed from the conversation, while Andrew Wallace-Hadrill is featured in a short documentary as well – all details are below.


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Herculaneum Uncovered is also part of the five-part Ideas Roadshow Collection, Conversations About History, Volume 1, which is available in hardcover, paperback and electronic format.


Andrew Wallace-Hadrill is featured in Ancient Rome, a short documentary together with several other renowned scholars: David Armitage, Maria Mavroudi and Quentin Skinner.