What was life like for women in Emperor Nero’s court? This knotty issue is just one of the preoccupations of Dr Carey Fleiner, senior lecturer in Classical and Early Medieval studies at the University of Winchester. Here she talks to Ingrid Tofteng about Nero’s wives, Pompeii and the Vesuvius eruption of 1944 - and how the influence of the Roman Empire has reached down through the centuries.
Along the way we hear about Dr Fleiner’s work behind the scenes at the British Museum and the joy of living in Winchester, where echoes of the Roman world lie just beyond her back door.
Dr Carey Fleiner
Carey Fleiner is a senior lecturer in Classical and Medieval History at the University of Winchester.
Carey completed a BA with Distinction in History at the University of Delaware. At the University of Virginia, she earned a MA and PhD in History and she obtained a Certification in Museum studies back in Delaware.
She spent a short time working at the British Museum, in the Department of Prehistory and Europe, after which she went to work at the University of Delaware. She joined the History Department at the University of Winchester in 2012.
Henry Fleiner, Carey’s father, who was a member of he Navy stationed in Naples when Vesuvius erupted in 1944.
Further Information and Additional Links
One of the places you can pick up Carey’s book, A Writer’s Guide to Ancient Rome, is from P & G Wells and you can follow her on Twitter.
Thank you
The original recording of this podcast was produced for the 2020 Winchester Heritage Open Days by the CHaRM course. We would like to thank again Ingrid Tofteng and Dr Carey Fleiner for taking part in and creating this wonderful episode.