With the Hittites to the East and the Minoans and Mycenaeans to the West, western Anatolia in the Late Bronze Age, with its power-grabbing princes, conquering kings, and mighty mercantile centres was a crossroad of cultures.

Theme: Anatolia in the Late Bronze Age

• Andrei Pogacias, 'War, diplomacy, and treason - The Indictment of Madduwatta'.
• Louise Hitchcock, 'Minoans and Mycenaeans in Anatolia - Millawanda'.
• Jorrit Kelder, 'Troy during the Late Bronze Age - Well-walled Wilusa'.
• Christoph Bachhuber, 'An Anatolian lingua franca - Luwian'.
• Antonis Kotsonas, 'Myths and realities - The Phyrgian migration'.

Features:

• Holger Michiels, 'Greek stone vaulting - A quiet revolution'.
• Stephanie M. Matthews, 'Displaced persons in the ancient world - We gotta go now'.
• Ciarán Bartlett, 'Public relations in the age of the Flavians - Roman mass communication'.
• Manon Henzen, 'The men and women behind Roman food - The lowest of society'.
• Trevor Davis, 'Political betrayal in the Peloponnesian War - Success by treachery'.
• Philip Matyszak, 'Ferus Buelleris' day off - Roman leisure time'.