Working Women in Ancient Rome
Day: Lecture, 27 April 2017 Time: 2pm– 4pm
Beyond the often lurid stories of the lives of Roman empresses and the formulaic grave stones lie the actual lives of normal Roman women, who did their best to stay alive and raise their families. What options did they have? How were they regarded in society? How different were their lives depending where they lived?
Venue:
Cross Street Chapel
Cross Street, Manchester, M2 1NL
| Price | Concessions | Minimum No. | Maximum No. |
| £12 | £11* | 11 | 30 |
*£11 if booked before, 28 March 2017
Roman Textile Industry
Day: Lecture, 4 May 2017 Time: 2pm– 4pm
Women’s ability to work wool was extolled on numerous gravestones in the Roman period. But, where did you really go to buy your clothes? Were they really homespun, was there a fashion industry and how did you fill large orders, such as coats for an entire Legion?
Venue:
Cross Street Chapel
Cross Street, Manchester, M2 1NL
| Price | Concessions | Minimum No. | Maximum No. |
| £12 | £11* | 11 | 30 |
*£11 if booked before, 8 April 2017
Grain Trade in Ancient Rome
Day: Lecture, 11 May 2017 Time: 2pm– 4pm
Supplying the city of Rome with sufficient food was one of the great challenges of the Roman Empire. This lecture will look at the role the state played and how far private individuals and firms were involved. Could you insure your ships? What profit, if any was there to be made and how did the distribution network work?
Venue:
Cross Street Chapel
Cross Street, Manchester, M2 1NL
| Price | Concessions | Minimum No. | Maximum No. |
| £12 | £11* | 11 | 30 |
*£11 if booked before, 8 April 2017
Every Day Life in Roman Britain
Day: Lecture, 25 May 2017 Time: 2pm– 4pm
Accounts of Roman Britain abound in military exploits and the construction of impressive buildings in the Towns and the Mosaics of Late Roman villas. But what was it like to live in the province as a ‘normal family’ in the 2nd century AD? How do we know?
Venue:
Cross Street Chapel
Cross Street, Manchester, M2 1NL
| Price | Concessions | Minimum No. | Maximum No. |
| £12 | £11* | 11 | 30 |
*£10 if booked before, 8 May 2017
Mithras
Day: Lecture, 1 June 2017 Time: 2pm– 4pm
Mithras reliefs are one of the most easily recognized form of Roman sculpture in the Roman provinces. But what do we really know about the religion behind the ‘Slaying of the bull’. Was it really a religion of the soldiers? Did it really come from Persia?
Venue:
Cross Street Chapel
Cross Street, Manchester, M2 1NL
| Price | Concessions | Minimum No. | Maximum No. |
| £12 | £11* | 11 | 30 |
*£10 if booked before, 8 May 2017
Roman Trier
Day: Lecture, 8 June 2017 Time: 2pm– 4pm
Home to the Porta Nigra and the Palace basilica. Trier has an impressive of Roman ruins as well as many mentions in Roman literature, especially from Late antiquity.
This lecture will explore the origin of the town and why it became so important.
Venue:
Cross Street Chapel
Cross Street, Manchester, M2 1NL
| Price | Concessions | Minimum No. | Maximum No. |
| £12 | £11* | 11 | 30 |
*£11 if booked before, 8 May 2017
Alternatively, the whole lecture series can be booked together:
| Price | Concessions | Minimum No. | Maximum No. |
| £70 | £65* | 11 | 30 |
*£65 if booked before, 8 May 2017
To book, complete the MANCENT booking form and send it with payment to
Birgitta Hoffmann, 55 Broadwalk, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5PL
email: latinteacher@btinternet.com phone: 07747 533 070