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SUMMARY:Highly Educated Slaves and Freedmen in Republican Rome
DESCRIPTION:Slaves and freedmen played an important yet understudied role in the literary culture of the Roman Republic. Though their work went largely uncredited\, they fulfilled vital roles as editors\, researchers\, and collaborators in the service of Rome’s literary and political elite.\nDuring this public lecture\, Prof. Flower (Princeton University) — Rome-SPQR Society Choice Lecturer – – will illustrate the stories of these gifted and highly educated young men\, from Licinius the flute-player\, who shaped the rhetorical style of the orator Gaius Gracchus\, to the grammarian and teacher Tyrannio of Amisus\, who was brought to Rome as a war captive.\nHighlighting the unique social prestige of literary production and intellectual performance in a society pervaded by slave labor\, Prof. Flower will show how the exorbitant prices paid for the highly educated encouraged a complex system of training young boys for the marketplace or acquiring educated captives as booty. Enslaved and manumitted intellectuals\, far from being menial workers\, shared close relationships with leading Romans of the day\, and were relied on as coauthors and collaborators in a range of genres\, with some gaining fame as authors themselves.\nWith lively case studies and insightful new interpretations of the ancient sources\, this lecture will paint a more nuanced picture of enslaved labor in ancient Rome\, revealing how the contributions of enslaved intellectuals were closely linked to the ambitious development of Latin literary culture and the dissemination of knowledge.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/highly-educated-slaves-and-freedmen-in-republican-rome/
LOCATION:John Cabot University – Aula Magna Regina\, Via della Lungara 233\, Roma\, Roma\, 00165\, Italy
CATEGORIES:AIA Lecture Program,Lecture
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SUMMARY:"Exploring the life of the Latin city of Gabii through new technologies: the Gabii Project area AB digital publication." Prof. Anna Gallone.
DESCRIPTION:Since 2007\, the Gabii Project has launched archaeological initiative aiming at understanding the long trajectory of a Latin center from its formation phase to the end of its ancient life. Five city blocks have been extensively excavated exposing a continuous sequence of occupation spanning from the Early Iron Age to Late Antiquity. \nThis talk will focus on the evidence uncovered in the so-called A-B areas\, documenting the birth of enucleated settlements in pre-urban centers\, the establishment of a quasi-orthogonal urban grid in the late 5th century BCE\, the construction of private houses in the mid-Republican times\, and the repurposing of the block with a small burial ground and the installation of a quarry of the local bedrock during the Empire. The dynamics that led to this last transformation\, the co-existence of industrial activities and tombs traditionally relegated to outside the perimeter of cities\, give us the opportunity to explore perceptions of “urban” and “not urban” spaces. \nThe talk will explore these dynamics through the digital publication of the final report on area AB city block (A Cemetery and Quarry from Imperial Gabii ) presenting a new holistic approach to archaeological publication. This open access report\, featuring a layered narrative\, combines texts\, traditional illustrations\, and databases with an interactive digital 3D model. \nAnna Gallone is a Roman archaeologist and lecturer at John Cabot University whose research focuses on urban development in Tyrrhenian Italy and the Romanization of central and southern Italy. She has served as the field director of the Gabii Project since 2007\, and was awarded the AIA prize for digital archaeology in 2024 for her editorial work on A Cemetery and Quarry from Imperial Gabii. \nThis lecture has been selected as the 2025–2026 Ernest R. Graham Lecture in Ancient Architecture by the Archaeological Institute of America. \nThe talk will last 40 minutes\, followed by a Q&A session. \nThe event is open to all AIA members\, the general public\, and the JCU community\, but registration is required to access the New Campus in John Cabot University. \nThe event is organized by Prof. Massimo Betello (Secretary of Rome-SPQR AIA; History and Humanities Dept\, JCU) in collaboration with John Cabot University and the Archaeological Institute of America (https://www.archaeological.org/)
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/exploring-the-life-of-the-latin-city-of-gabii-through-new-technologies-the-gabii-project-area-ab-digital-publication-prof-anna-gallone/
LOCATION:John Cabot University – New Campus – Aula Magna Renella\, Lungotevere Raffaello Sanzio 11\, Roma\, Italy
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SUMMARY:Hands-on Greek Vases
DESCRIPTION:“HANDS-ON GREEK VASES” with AAR curator Prof. Valentina Follo and professional potter Roberto Paolini.\nThe popularity of Greek pottery transcended the Greek world. These artifacts\, beyond their aesthetic beauty and role in spreading Greek myths\, underscore the advanced technical skills required for their creation\, a process that remains poorly understood.\nToday’s event offers participants a hands-on experience with original Greek vases\, but also with their creation process\, from wheel-forming to intricate decoration. \nThe event will be composed of two activities:\n1) guests will be allowed to touch and handle a selection of ancient Greek vases from the Archeological Collection of the AAR while curator Prof. Follo will discuss the peculiarities of each of them (e.g. technique\, dating\, iconography);\n2) guests will meet Roberto Paolini\, a professional ceramist who\, through his study and experimental research (e.g. with Arizona University)\, has recreated the ancient techniques using only materials and technologies available in antiquity\, eschewing modern chemical varnishes. He employs animal hair brushes\, personally sourced clay slip\, and a high level of skill and dedication – the same elements used by ancient potters.\nPaolini will explain how to reproduce a vase and demonstrate how to use slip to decorate in the black-figure and red-figure techniques. Also in this case\, participants will be allowed to touch and feel the vase reproductions. \nThe event will be open to 40 participants who will need to register in advance due to the limited space at the American Academy in Rome. Please sign up using this form https://forms.gle/WHfXaWK27CEWJu878 \nThis activity will be offered free of charge and is open to anyone.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/hands-on-greek-vases/
LOCATION:American Academy in Rome\, Via Angelo Masina 5\, Roma\, 00153\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Using AI and Remote Sensing to Fight Looting and the Archaeo-Mafie
DESCRIPTION:Looting of historical sites and monuments still happens in Italy\, every day. There is only one reason for this criminal activity: money. And with illegal revenues comes organized crime. Indeed Italian Mafias are involved in trafficking illicit antiquities and supporting professional looters who can now use tools like drones for rapid site identification and theft.\nTo counter these threats\, the Centre for Cultural Heritage Technology (CCHT) of the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (ITT) has pioneered the use of Artificial Intelligence. Their tools can now sift through vast amounts of satellite imagery to pinpoint illegal excavations and analyze online communications to reconstruct major trafficking groups and their criminal networks.\nIn this talk\, CCHT Director Dr. Arianna Traviglia will detail how these tools can be used to detect and prevent looting and to provide intelligence against illicit trafficking of cultural goods.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/using-ai-and-remote-sensing-to-fight-looting-and-the-archaeo-mafie/
LOCATION:John Cabot University – Aula Magna Regina\, Via della Lungara 233\, Roma\, Roma\, 00165\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20241107T180000
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SUMMARY:When Democracies Vote to Overthrow Themselves: Lessons from Classical Athens.
DESCRIPTION:Democracy most often ends not with a violent spasm\, but with a vote.\nOligarchic challengers leverage their small numbers to coordinate dis-informing campaigns\, hoping that enough citizens will withhold their support for democratic rule. Already in the fifth- and fourth-centuries BCE\, Greek democracies experimented with strategies to overcome these problems\, such as the Solonian law against political neutrality and tyrant-killing legislation.\nThis talk will demonstrate the continuing relevance of ancient political theory and practice to contemporary democratic politics. \nAbout the speaker:\nProf. Robert Sobak (Bowdoin College\, USA) is a Greek historian researching the emergence of collective intelligence among laborers in Democratic Athens. \nThe AIA has selected this talk as one of the “Alan Boegehold Lectures in Athenian Archaeology and Letters” for the academic year 2024/2025.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/when-democracies-vote-to-overthrow-themselves-lessons-from-classical-athens/
LOCATION:John Cabot University – Room F.G.4  @ Frohring Campus\, Lungotevere Raffaello Sanzio\, Roma\, Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale\, 00153\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="Prof. Massimo Betello":MAILTO:mbetello@johncabot.edu
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