Ray Laurence

Ray Laurence

Professor of Ancient History, Macquarie University

Ray Laurence is the founder of Action Rome in Motion (ARM) and Professor of Ancient History at Macquarie University. He has gained extensive experience of writing scripts for animated films about ancient Rome, as well as being a leading academic researcher - whose greatest professional pleasure is teaching.

Latest articles by Ray Laurence

A detail of the neatly aligned ceramic roof tiles and tuff blocks in a newly excavated site in Pompeii.

'This has re-written our understanding of Roman concrete manufacture': Abandoned Pompeii worksite reveal how self-healing concrete was made

By Ray Laurence published

The discovery of a 2,000-year-old building site in Pompeii reveals the raw ingredients for ancient Roman self-healing concrete.

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