Please note that Phoenix does not normally consider for publication articles of longer than 40 pages in manuscript, nor do we consider material that will be published or is under consideration for publication elsewhere. The standard length of a Phoenix article is up to 10,000 words, including notes. Papers illustrated with black-and-white photographs, maps, and/or line-drawings are welcome. Authors should ensure that the argument of the paper is clearly expressed and its general significance made clear. Such a tradition was not new to the ancient world as demonstrated by earlier coins depicting the visage of Alexander the Great. The journal welcomes submissions that use new approaches to elucidate their chosen topic and wishes to encourage more submissions on broader themes, as well as those that treat a single question in a detailed manner. Denarius with portrait of Julius Caesar on the obverse (RRC 480/3) In the very same year of Caesar’s assassination the moneyer P Sepullius Macer minted a silver Roman denarius with a portrait of Caesar on the obverse.
Articles should make a fresh, interesting, and significant contribution to our understanding of classical antiquity. Phoenix, journal of the Classical Association of Canada, publishes scholarly papers embodying original research in all areas of classical studies: the literature, language, history, philosophy, religion, mythology, science, archaeology, art, architecture, and culture of the Greek and Roman worlds from earliest times to about AD 600. This coin was minted in the middle of the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey, albeit after the latters defeat and death.