About Dr. Austen
Bio
Victoria Austen (PhD, Kings College London) is a Classicist specializing in ancient Roman culture. Her research focuses primarily on the intersection of literature and art in the analysis of gardens and landscapes, and her book “Analysing the Boundaries of the Ancient Roman Garden” was published in March 2023 as part of Bloomsbury’s “Ancient Environments” series. She is currently working on several projects related to frescoes of landscape from Pompeii and the surrounding Vesuvian region.