Dr Olivia Elder is an ancient historian with interests in bilingualism, Roman identity, inscriptions and graffiti. She currently holds a CRASSH/British School at Rome Research Fellowship at the University of Cambridge, having recently submitted her PhD in the Faculty of Classics at Cambridge. Her thesis examined the relationship between language and Roman identity, focusing on instances of bilingualism. The Greek and bilingual graffiti of Pompeii formed one of her central case studies. Prior to her PhD, Olivia completed a BA in Ancient and Modern History and an MSt in Roman History at the University of Oxford. Her first book, co-authored with Alex Mullen, The language of Roman letters: bilingual epistolography from Cicero to Fronto, is forthcoming with Cambridge University Press. Having herself learnt Latin with Caecilius, Olivia is very excited to be working with the Cambridge Schools Classics Project and helping students discover the evidence of Pompeii (especially the graffiti!).