The department has hosted Halloween battle re-enactments, which are student-planned and -performed recreations of major battles from Classical antiquity. These interactive and entertaining learning experiences give students a chance to bond and to learn more about the department and major. Students are encouraged to participate in costume and enter contests.
- 2019: Battle of Actium
- 2018: Battle of Zama from the Second Punic War
- 2017: Battle of Troy
- 2016: Battle of Marathon
- 2015: Battle of Plataea