Greek and Roman Studies Lansdowne Lecture

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Thursday, February 27th, 2020
7:30 PM to 9:00 PM

The Department of Greek and Roman Studies presents Dr. Penelope Allison (Professor of Archaeology, University of Leicester) who will present a lecture entitled:

“Women, Children, and the Roman Army”

The Roman military was an important component of life in the Roman provinces. Only a decade or so ago, though, the widely-held perspective of most Roman scholars was that Roman military bases, particularly in the 1st and 2nd centuries CE, housed essentially segregated communities of male combatants. With the exception of commanding and senior officers’ households, all women, families and other hangers on, were thought to have lived and worked in external settlements outside the fort walls.

This lecture will discuss increasing evidence for women and children associated with the Roman military during the Early Empire and show how attitudes are changing to the nature Roman fort and fortresses, to the kinds of people who inhabited them and to the concept of military communities. This lecture will also reflect on some of the inherent biases in past and in current scholarship, and on how such biases have impacted on the ways in which questions concerning the presence and roles of soldier families have been treated.

Dr. Allison is an expert on Roman household archaeology, material-culture consumption, space and gender in domestic and frontier spaces, and digital archaeology.

UVic’s Public Lecture Series features accomplished individuals from a vast array of academic and research endeavours. As host of this lecture series, UVic continues its commitment to making a vital impact on people, places and the planet.

https://www.uvic.ca/humanities/greekroman/