Birgitta Hoffmann
An exploration of the Roman idea of living in the countryside in the Northwestern Roman Empire
The Northwest of the Roman Empire is the agricultural powerhouse that fed the large armies on the Rhine and Danube. North of the growing line of Olives and datepalms this means that the villas are likely to depend on cattle, grain and wine for their income. While large open courtyards were of dubious value in the regions north of the Alps. So how did Roman ideas of Living in a Villa adapt to the local conditions.
It is also an area that was newly settled by the Romans in the aftermath of the catastrophic results of the Gallic Wars for the local population. So how much of the Iron Age traditions survived? Did it make a difference, how close the Roman army was to the size and design of your villa?
3 October: Gaul, Germany and Raetia – a very varied landscape with very different histories
10 October: The Villas of Champagne and the Pas de Calais
17 October: The Rhine delta and western France- a landscape without villas?
24 October: Settling the loess – the villa landscape around Cologne and Colonia Ulpia Traiana
7 November: Horses and Wine? – the villas of the Treveri
14 November: An established elite? The villas of the Helvetii
21 November The Wild East? Roman villas around the Limes
28 November: Roman Villas in Central France
5 December: The villas in late antiquity – How to defend yourself against all comers
12 December: The villas in Late antiquity – the splendour of the court?
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.
Thursdays: 19.00-21.00 pm BST/GMT
10 weeks starting 3 October 2024, with half-term on 31 October 2024
Virtual Learning Environment: Zoom
| Price | Early Bird | Minimum No. | Maximum No. |
| £120 | 8 | 50 |
Individual lectures:
| Price | Early Bird | Minimum No. | Maximum No. |
| £12 | 8 | 50 |
You can book via the MANCENT booking form and pay with cheque or contact Birgitta Hoffmann for the BACS details or a PayPal invoice.
UK residents can also follow this link to book the course online through this site.
This course can also be bought via Eventbrite
Contact:
Birgitta Hoffmann
55 Broadwalk, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5PL
email: latinteacher@btinternet.com mobile: 07377 791562