{"id":3957,"date":"2021-03-29T20:23:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T19:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=3957"},"modified":"2021-10-09T16:24:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T15:24:46","slug":"hunting-and-horses-how-to-be-cool-in-late-antiquity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/?page_id=3957","title":{"rendered":"Hunting and horses: How to be \u2018cool\u2019 in late antiquity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birgitta Hoffmann<\/p>\n<p>The pressures of late antiquity changed the way Romans, and especially young Roman men wished to be seen by their peers. Physical fitness, the ability to own and ride fast horses, the need to measure up to the \u2018military men\u2019 all contributed to create a distinct culture, which is not that dissimilar to the \u2018young bucks\u2019 of the British Regency period. This dayschool will look at the archaeological evidence of this culture as well as how it relates to some of the literature of the period and how this culture fitted with the rest of society. Expect lots of mosaics!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dayschool<\/strong>: Saturday, 13<sup>th<\/sup> Nov 2021\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Time<\/strong>: 11.00\u2013 16.00 GMT<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Zoom Lecture<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"560\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"52\"><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"119\"><strong>Concessions<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>Minimum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"221\"><strong>Maximum No.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"52\">\u00a332<\/td>\n<td width=\"119\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"168\">8<\/td>\n<td width=\"221\">50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Booking via EVENTBRITE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/hunting-and-horses-how-to-be-cool-in-late-antiquity-tickets-148608819981\">https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/hunting-and-horses-how-to-be-cool-in-late-antiquity-tickets-148608819981<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>To book, complete the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/MANCENT-booking-form-new.pdf\" data-slimstat=\"3\">MANCENT booking form<\/a>\u00a0and send it with payment to the address below. Alternatively, you can book via the relevant Eventbrite links above.<br \/>\nContact:<br \/>\nBirgitta Hoffmann<br \/>\n55 Broadwalk, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5PL<br \/>\nemail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:latinteacher@btinternet.com\" data-slimstat=\"5\">latinteacher@btinternet.com<\/a> mobile: 07747 533 070 or 07377791562<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birgitta Hoffmann The pressures of late antiquity changed the way Romans, and especially young Roman men wished to be seen by their peers. Physical fitness, the ability to own and ride fast horses, the need to measure up to the \u2018military men\u2019 all contributed to create a distinct culture, which is not that dissimilar to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3958,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3957","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3957"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4287,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3957\/revisions\/4287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mancent.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}