Hillary Becker (Faculty Member is Retired, or has otherwise left the University)
Assistant Professor of Classics
Phone Number:
Email: hwbecker@olemiss.edu

Key Words: Etruscan archaeology; Roman archaeology; ancient economy; Etruscan and Latin epigraphy; Cultural property; ancient warfare; Roman history; Pigments

Research Description: Professor Becker is writing a monograph considering the political and economic systems of ancient Etruria. T Professor Becker's interest in how things work also extends to her work on the ancient pigment industry in Rome and the trade in pigments. Professor Becker is a principal investigator at the Area Sacra di S. Omobono in Rome, a site of the oldest surviving sanctuary in ancient Rome. Professor Becker also works with the 2,000 Greek and Roman objects in the Robinson Collection at the University Museum.

Honors Theses:

Martin, Mary (2016) Liquid Gold: the Ancient Olive Oil Trade between Baetica and Rome. (full text)