Work in progress meeting

Friday, February 15, 2019

Location: Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Campus Etterbeek, Room: D.1.07

participation is free, but registration is requested via mail to 

Programme

10:00: coffee, tea, etc.

• 10:15-11:00: Nico Dogaer: Reassessing the Ptolemaic 'royal economy': the case of the beer industry
• 11:00-11:45: Thomas Gartmann: Alleged Causes of Food Shortages in Ancient Rome. Some Preliminary Results
• 11:45-12:30: Frits Heinrich: Rethinking Roman Nutrition. Assessing the nutritional biochemistry and stable isotope chemistry of archaeobotanical cereals and pulses from Roman Egypt

Lunch break

• 13:15-14:00: Toon Bongers: Reconstructing Economic Connectivity and Riverine Transport Networks in Roman Gaul: the Case of the Scheldt Basin
• 14:00-14:45: Matteo Antoniazzi: Power and Faith. Church Histories and Monasticism Under the Reign of Theodosius II.