Roman Discussion Forum (Michaelmas Term 2014)

The Roman Discussion Forum of Michaelmas Term 2014 will have several talks on themes related to the Oxford Roman Economy Project. All lectures start at 1pm in the Lecture Room in the Institute of Archaeology.

Full Programme

Week 1: Wednesday 15th October

Roman military vessels based on the archaeological discoveries in Oberstimm and Mainz

Prof. Dr Christoph Schäfer, Universität Trier

Week 2: Wednesday 22nd October

Colour on Roman marble portraiture. Speculations and preliminary conclusions

Amalie Skovmøller, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

Week 3: Wednesday 29th October

The Excavations of the Roman fort of Xeron Pelagos (Eastern Desert of Egypt)

Prof. Jean-Pierre Brun, Collège de France

Week 4: Wednesday 5th November

Industry or in decline? Preliminary evidence for glass recycling in Britain from the 1st - 7th centuries AD

Victoria Sainsbury, University of Oxford

Week 5: Wednesday 12th November

The triumph of propaganda, the propaganda of triumph. Caesar's and Pompey's architecture along the ceremonial path

Eleonora Zampieri, University of Leicester

Week 6: Wednesday 19th November

Reflections of Ovid in runic text on a bracteate from 5th c. Norfolk

Dr Daphne Briggs, University of Oxford

Week 7: Wednesday 26th November

The ceramic assemblages in the Roman forts along the routes to Myos Hormos
and to Berenike

Prof. Jean-Pierre Brun, Collège de France

Week 8: Wednesday 3rd December

Nullus enim fons non sacer: Religious water-displays in the Roman world

Dylan Rogers, University of Virginia & ASCSA

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