Of Marble and Mines: The Politics of Architecture, Freedom, and Oppression in the Roman World
Sat, 11/2—Sun, 11/3 · 301 Wooten Hall
Our conference explores how the Roman idea of liberty influenced, and was influenced by, the built environment of the Roman world. When Roman civic liberty was proclaimed, where was it done? Who would have listened? Who was barred? How do we acknowledge the role of labor, extracted from the unfree, in making these discourses possible?
Our four panel discussions feature professors and graduate students from a number of different universities. The discussions will cover many different aspects of Roman antiquity, including politics, philosophy, architecture, art, gender, enslavement, and imperial domination.
Sponsors:
Forum for the History of Political Thought, UCHV
Humanities Council
Department of Classics
Program in the Ancient World
Center for Collaborative History
