Classical Antiquity (journal)
Classical Antiquity is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal that covers all topics pertaining to the field of classics, including Greek and Roman literature, history, archaeology, art, philosophy and philology, from the Bronze Age through Late Antiquity. It is published by the University of California Press (located in Oakland) on behalf of the Department of Classics, since 2020 the Department of Ancient Greek and Roman Studies (DAGRS) by faculty vote, of the University of California, Berkeley.
Discipline
English
Mario Telo
1982–present
Biannual
Class. Antiq.[1]
Publication is in electronic format only. Illustrations are embedded. Issues or subscriptions may be purchased by individuals or institutions at the editorial site maintained at Berkeley. Some few articles are available for free. First-page previews are available for all articles. The offerings are viewable without login. Any transactions require registration and individual or institutional login.
Brief publication history[edit]
The journal is the creation of the former Classics Department of the University of California (UC), Berkeley. Volume 1 is dated January, 1968. The yearly volume number has been continued since then. The first volumes were annual and hard-cover published under the name California Studies in Classical Antiquity. In 1982 the name was shortened to the current name, the binding was changed to soft-cover, and two issues in April and October replaced the annual. The volume scheme was continued, but each volume now had Issue 1 and Issue 2.[2]
Content[edit]
The general topic of the journal is classical antiquity, a well-known term in academic circles of the liberal arts. It comprises studies of the Greco-Roman cultures dated roughly from the Bronze Age to the Roman Empire, which were located around the Mediterranean. The times and dates are not precisely defined. Some would exclude the Bronze Age, placing it in a parallel category. Others would extend the Roman Empire date into post-Roman late antiquity, often considered part of the Middle Ages. The creators of the journal prefer the most expansive view, as well as the broadest range of topics from "Greek and Roman literature, history, archaeology, visual culture, philosophy and philology, ...."[2]
A number of external agents have created abstracts, indices, or both: