The Roman Discussion Forum of Hilary Term 2015 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 21st January
New work on Late Roman D ware; the discovery and implications of 'Cypriot' Red Slip ware production in Turkey
Mark Jackson, Newcastle University
Week 2: Wednesday 28th January
Tabernae and urban economies in Roman Italy: towards a history of commercial investment?
Miko Flohr, Universiteit Leiden
Week 3: Wednesday 4th February
The Rural Settlement of Roman Britain Project
Prof. Michael Fulford, University of Reading
Week 4: Wednesday 11th February
Maximising agricultural resources in the Oxfordshire Windrush Valley? - A Roman nucleated settlement at Gill Mill and its environment
Paul Booth, Oxford Archaeology
Week 5: Wednesday 18th February
A marginal zone? Roman Mining in the Pyrenees
Oriol Olesti Vila, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
Week 6: Wednesday 25th February
Living off the Romans in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Janice Kinory, University of Oxford
Week 7: Wednesday 4th March
Economic development along Rome's German frontier
Tyler Franconi, University of Oxford
Week 8: Wednesday 11th March
Textile, leather and organic remains in the Roman forts along the routes to Myos Hormos and to Berenike
Prof. Jean-Pierre Brun, College de France