Bridges – Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome Joint Lecture Series

The lecture takes place on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at 19h Athens time (18h Rome) in a hybrid format with live presence at the Swedish Institute at Athens, Mitseon 9, and via Zoom link.

Ida Östenberg, University of Gothenburg
”Dulce et Decorum: To Die for the Fatherland in Ancient Greece and Rome”

In her lecture she will analyze and discuss the difference in the Greek and the Roman view, while also providing a few examples of how the ancient ideas have been used and misused in other wars, historical and present.