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