Institute of Classical Studies
Ancient History Seminar
Autumn 2008
The Ancient City
Richard Alston and Henrik Mouritsen
All seminars held Thursdays 4.30-6.00 Rm 336 (North Block) Senate House
October 2 Laurens Tacoma The Labour Market in Rome
October 9 Neville Morley Roman Urbanisation
October 16 Graham Oliver Urban Economies: The Polis as Economic(ally
Controlled) Space
October 23 Fiona Haarer Cities in transition: continuity and change in
late antiquity
November 13 Henrik Mouritsen The Social Structure of the Roman City:
Searching for the Middle Class
November 20 David Mattingly Leptimus (Tunisia): Townscape Biography and
the Ancient Economy
November 27 Onno van Nijf Economics and empire: Roman traders in Greek
cities
December 4 Richard Alston Theories of the Fall: The Tributary State and
the Seventh-Century City
Ancient History Seminar
Autumn 2008
The Ancient City
Richard Alston and Henrik Mouritsen
All seminars held Thursdays 4.30-6.00 Rm 336 (North Block) Senate House
October 2 Laurens Tacoma The Labour Market in Rome
October 9 Neville Morley Roman Urbanisation
October 16 Graham Oliver Urban Economies: The Polis as Economic(ally
Controlled) Space
October 23 Fiona Haarer Cities in transition: continuity and change in
late antiquity
November 13 Henrik Mouritsen The Social Structure of the Roman City:
Searching for the Middle Class
November 20 David Mattingly Leptimus (Tunisia): Townscape Biography and
the Ancient Economy
November 27 Onno van Nijf Economics and empire: Roman traders in Greek
cities
December 4 Richard Alston Theories of the Fall: The Tributary State and
the Seventh-Century City