MACS Proseminar: Nicola Terrenato, University of Michigan
When and Where
Speakers
Description
2023-24 MACS Proseminars
Central Italian Urbanism in the Age of the Roman Expansion
Professor Nicola Terrenato, University of Michigan
Feb. 1, 4-6PM, LI205
About the Speaker
Nicola Terrenato specializes in first-millennium BCE Italy, with particular reference to northern Etruria, early Rome, and the period of the Roman conquest. He has been involved in fieldwork in and around Rome, Volterra, and Potenza. He currently directs a major excavation of the Latin city at Gabii, as well as a new investigation of the Sant'Omobono sanctuary in the river harbor of Rome. At Gabii, the NYT-featured discovery of extensive architecture dating to the fourth–third centuries BCE has provided an important glimpse into the early stages of Roman monumental construction. Other interests include field survey methods, history of archaeology, and especially the role of elite mentality in the formation of cities and empires in the Mediterranean.
Presented by the Archaeology Centre and the Mediterranean Archaeology Collaborative Specialization (MACS).