Roman Villa

Description

28^th September Where does it all start? Iron Age to mid-Republican farms

5^th October      Talking about your favourite topic I. Cato and Varro on agriculture and living in the villa

12^th October    The farm villas of Campania – Boscoreale and beyond

19^th October    Big business – Settefinestre and the Ager Cosanus

26^th October     Half-term

2^nd November   Starting a colonia – villas and the centuriatio

9^th November.  Talking about your favourite topic II: Cicero and Pliny on living in the  villa

16^th November  What is a suburban villa?

23^rd November  Seaside villas in Campania and elsewhere

30^th November  Villas in the mountains – Nemi, Lake Como and elsewhere

7^th December    The Imperial villas – setting the tone?