The Rise and Fall of the Roman Villa Part 1

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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?

Please note all lectures will be recorded and distributed to the participants at the beginning of the next week. This should allow participants from different time zones, or those working catching up with the lectures.