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AIA Archaeology Hour October 2025: Shipping Stone for Justinian’s Empire?
October 22 @ 8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Virtual Event
Sponsored by: Archaeological Institute of America
AIA Society: Nashville
Lecturer: Justin Leidwanger
The “church wreck” off Sicily—with its 100-ton cargo of prefabricated columns and religious furnishings—has long stood as a symbol of Justinian’s revival of the Roman Empire in the 6th century CE. Recent excavations call this connection into question, providing a new look at economic, political, religious, and artistic networks and the merchant sailors who tied together the Mediterranean world even amid the fall of Rome’s ancient empire.
Join the AIA for a fascinating evening with Justin Leidwanger as he gives the International Archaeology Day month AIA Archaeology Hour talk “Shipping Stone for Justinian’s Empire?”
This presentation will be given at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central/6pm Mountain/5pm Pacific.
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