There are limited accommodations in Killarney, so organizers encourage conference goers to book early. Another local hotel is the Sportsmans Inn (705) 287-9990.
Mark Hassall is a retired archaeologist who has worked on a host of major Roman and British sites around the country. He has also excavated at many famous sites around the world, such as the ancient Greek city of Knidos.
A former reader of Roman Archaeology at University College London's Institute of Archaeology, Mark has published tens of books on his specialist subject, including The Defence of Britain in the 4th century and Pre-Hadrianic legionary dispositions in Britain. Mark has also penned a Young Archaeologist book called, simply, The Romans.
Mark is an expert voice on Roman Britain, and has a wealth of knowledge on major events such as the Boudiccan Revolt. Today he lives in north London, and enjoys the odd Roman re-enactment. He also takes part in the Oxford Alumni Travel Programme, and still conducts talks about the Romans.
The Romans hated her, the Celts fought for her and now she is immortalised with a statue in Westminster. But who was Boudicca? The latest video in the Ancient World in London series looks at how her name is often misspelt, how her bloodthirsty rage was caused by the death of her husband and raping of her daughters and how the Romans beat her to within an inch of her life. The story of how she sacked three Roman cities in Britain is uncovered, and how she fell at the Battle of Watling Street.
1600 years ago, the Romans left Britain. 'The End of Roman Lincolnshire' at the University of Lincoln (in conjunction with RESCUE - The British Archaeological Trust) is part of the AD 410 anniversary celebrations.
The programme:
Late Roman Settlements in Lincolnshire by Dr. Steve Malone
The rural economy by Mike Wood
Changing times at the Piddington Villa by Roy Friendship-Taylor
Late Roman hoarding in East Anglia by Jude Plouviez
The use of precious metals in Late Roman Lincolnshire by Adam Daubney
Late Roman pottery in Lincolnshire by Alex Beeby
Roman to Saxon in the Fens by Tom Lane
The Demise of Roman Lincoln by Dr. Mick Jones
Dark Age, Sub-Roman, Anglo-Saxon: What should we call Lincolnshire in the 5th and 6th Centuries? by Tom Green
This two day conference on the end of Roman Britain - The Roman Society and the Department of Portable Antiquities and Treasure at the British Museum - features at least 20 speakers from several countries, including Martin Henig, Tony Birley, Kenneth Painter, Andrew Breeze and Michael Jones.
The topics covered range from linguistic and historical to archaeological and numismatic, in addition to some papers on relevant Continental subjects. It is intended that proceedings will be published. There will be a reception on Saturday evening to launch the book AD 410 - The Year that Shook Rome.
The conference is part of a broader programme of events being held in 2010 which concern the end of Roman Britain.
Drapers' Gardens is a site in the City of London occupied during Roman times then left unsettled for millenia - because of heavy waterlogging from tributaries of the River Walbrook - until 1967 when an eponymous skyscraper was erected there. When this skyscraper was demolished, ahead of a new building being erected, an archaeological survey was carried out at the site, revealing a wealth of highly-preserved Roman remains - effectively a microcosm of Roman Londinium.
The remains dated from 63 AD to 383 AD, and included 19 metal vessels - possibly hidden in a well by a wealthy family during a Saxon raid on the city - as well as hundreds of brooches, a wooden door with its original hinges, a ruler, various Roman roads and wooden bridges, and even the skull of a bear, which may have died in a nearby ampitheatre. The artefacts are now in the possession of the Museum of London.
US Marine Colonel and New York Assistant District Attorney Matthew Bogdanos returns to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (after speaking to a sold-out crowd in 2006) In his talk, Thieves of Baghdad, he details the investigation into the 2003 theft and looting of the Iraq Museum. Colonel Bogdanos offers an update on the protection of Iraq’s cultural heritage as well as news of artifact recoveries.
Now, admittedly, this is a classic case of the experience of the ancient world involving standing in front of one of those blue ceramic plaques imagining what a wild find was made there, since there's nothing else to see. However, this is pretty inspirational stuff. The site, at 159 Great Dover Street in Southwark, was excavated in 2000 by the British Museum.
The deadline has now passed for entries to round two of our Ancient World in London Bloggers Challenge, which saw a number of denizens of the ancient history blogosphere eagerly and eloquently state their case for the most important ancient site in London. We're pleased to announce that the winner is Livius Drusus, from The History Blog, who argued a great case for Drapers' Gardens – a little known archaeological site that has yielded a wealth of fascinating Roman remains.
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Hadrian's Wall snakes its way through 84 miles of barren British countryside, the frostbitten tip of the Roman empire. Yet you needn't leave your PC to get a feel for this weekend's illuminations event, which promises to be a spectacular celebration of Roman prowess.
Nicole, Sam and myself will be heading up to the wall to watch the illuminations for an Ancient World in London video about the bits of Britain even Rome dared not tinker with. We'll be visiting some of the wall's best-known sites, and speaking to experts about its glorious past.
