Classics & Scholarship

Jonathan Ramaci is a graduate student in the Classics program at Villanova University. His work brings a soldier's and a builder's perspective to ancient texts.

Achilles and the Embassy

A study of Achilles' reply to the Embassy in Book 9 of Homer's Iliad, read in conversation with Jonathan Shay's Achilles in Vietnam and its account of moral injury among combat veterans.

Vitruvius and the modern stage

An applied project on the theatre acoustics described in Book V of Vitruvius's De Architectura — including the bronze resonating vessels known as echea — and how those principles and materials could improve the Smith Performance Lab in Villanova's Mullen Center, with estimated material costs.

Italian heritage

A dual U.S.–Italian citizen and student of the Italian language, Jonathan is a member of the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF).