Public Lecture: Friday 16th February 2007
Prof. Kathleen Coleman, Harvard College Professor and Professor of Latin, Harvard University: Arena of Conflict: Facts, Myths, and Speculation About Gladiatorial Combat in Ancient Rome
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Conference: Saturday 17th - Sunday 18th February 2007
A total of 18 papers will cover many aspects of amphitheatre studies and the whole Roman Empire.
Confirmed speakers include:
Dan Garner Chester City Council, Co-Director Chester Amphitheatre Project &
Tony Wilmott English Heritage, Co-Director Chester Amphitheatre Project:
The Chester Amphitheatre Excavations 2004-2006
Prof. Michael Fulford University of Reading:
The Silchester Amphitheatre
R. Duran, A. Morillo Cerdan Universidad de León:
Recent Work on Spanish Amphitheatres
T. Hufschmid Bauhütte Römisches Theater von Augst:
Theatre and Amphitheatre in Augst
T. Jones McMaster University, Canada:
Seating, Spectacle, and the Social Hierarchy in the Roman Empire
R. Lafer Universität Klagenfurt, Austria:
What Can the Inscriptions Tell Us About Spectacles? ...
The Example of Africa Proconsularis
C.Sebastian Sommer Bayerisches Lansdesamt für Denkmalpflege:
Amphitheatres of Auxiliary Forts on the Frontiers
S Jilek Österreichisches Akademie der Wissenschaften:
The Amphitheatres of Carnuntum
D. Bomgardner Elstree School:
A Day in the Life of Chester Amphitheatre
Prof M. Beard University of Campbridge:
Title to be confirmed
F. Kanz Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut and
K. Grosschmidt Medizinische Universität, Wien:
Epheseus Gladiator’s Cemetery ...
So do watch this space for more details ...
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