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Module AR3037 Britain in the Roman Empire School of Archaeology & Ancient History Module AR3037 Britain in the Roman Empire Academic Year: 2009–10 Semester: 2 Time and location: Fri 10.00-12.00, Attenboro 206 Module coordinator: Professor David Mattingly e-mail: [email protected] Room: 021 Office hours: Mon 9-11 am document prepared by: David Mattingly 21.12.09 1 2 AR3037 Britain in the Roman Empire Module details Weighting: 20 credits Coordinator: David Mattingly Other tutors: Module outline: This module offers a detailed study of Roman provincial culture. The underlying theme of the course is the diversity of experience of life under Roman rule and case-studies will be drawn from all regions of Britain and from different levels in the social hierarchy. The study of Roman Britain is undergoing profound change at present as old assumptions are called into question and new more theoretical approaches are pioneered. This will be a course more about the experience of life under Roman rule than a straightforward historical narrative. It will also take a critical view of the nature of society in different parts of Britain and beyond the frontiers and assess how different groups of people were affected by contact with the empire. Aims: To build on the chronological and thematic awareness gained in AR 2033 To provide students with an advanced understanding of the culture of Roman Britain in the context of the archaeology and history of the Roman Empire To enable students to find independently new published evidence for subjects within Roman archaeology To further enhance critical skills in assessing both primary evidence and modern theories through group work and discussions Learning On completion of this module, students will be able to: outcomes: Demonstrate factual knowledge of the archaeology of Roman Britain Critically evaluate the evidence in a broader theoretical context Write concise summaries of scholarly works Undertake a piece of individual research and present the results in an oral presentation Method of One examination (Seen Paper), 2 hours (50% of mark) assessment One essay max. 3,000 words (40% of mark) One seminar presentation (10% of mark) 3 Teaching schedule Week 1 29/1/10 Roman Imperialism and the Historiography of Roman Britain Sources Pre-Roman Britain Week 2 5/2/10 The Military Community I: Conquest and garrisoning Week 3 12/2/10 The Military Community II: identity and culture Week 4 19/2/10 The Urban Community I: The Urban Experiment Week 5 26/2/10 The Urban Community II: identity and culture Week 6 5/3/10 No lecture Reading week Week 7 12/3/10 The Rural Communities I: Changing Landscapes of Britain Week 8 19/2/10 The Rural Communities II: identity and culture Week 9 Thur 25/3/10 Reconstructing Roman Leicester: seminar presentations Week 10 7/5/10 Different Economies and discrepant identities Final Review and exam preparation Note the different day for the seminar presentations. We shall also need to arrange an excursion early in term to De Montfort University to view a new computer model of Roman Leicester, which links with the seminar theme. 4 Assignments and deadlines Essay Assessment and deadlines: Regionalism in Roman Britain Each student will take a region of Britain (to be communicated to me for approval by e-mail – so as to avoid too many of you choosing the same area and chasing the same books). As an example of what I mean by a region, I would take a block of territory equivalent to 2 or more modern counties – the East Midlands, or South-western counties, or South Wales, etc.). The main theme of the essay should be either military deployment or rural settlement. The essay should be in two parts: first, write a brief synopsis of the region’s [military or rural] history from the first century BC to early fifth century AD. The second part should provide an analytical commentary on this picture, focussed on what the archaeology reveals about the relationship of the indigenous population with the Roman empire. I expect to see some commentary also on the extent to which your selected region shows conformity/non-conformity with other parts of Britain under Roman rule (and where you detect variability some discussion of why this may have been so). The key underlying question is how far it is safe to make broad generalisations about military garrison patterns (and functions) or rural settlement for Britain as a whole or whether these things need to be analysed at the regional level. For bibliography, use the full bibliography on the Blackboard site and your own library skills! Essay length: 3000 words maximum Essay deadline: Tue 9 March 2010 Seminar Assignments (to be presented in class on Thursday 25 March – session to be specially arranged) NB The seminar presentations class will need to be arranged on the Thursday of the last week of the Spring term and will require a 3 hour slot. All the seminar presentations will focus on issues of reconstructing Roman Britain. The assignments are linked to the Virtual Roman Leicester project being conducted between De Montfort University (DMU) and the University of Leicester. This involves creating a highly detailed computer model of the cityscape of Leicester in the Roman period, which will then be populated by avatars with distinct identities, representing different groups and strata in society. There are currently problems with the computer reconstructions of buildings (DMU have raced ahead to get a first version of the environment up and running). The class will visit the DMU lab for a demonstration of the existing model and will then undertake research to suggest improved ideas for the reconstruction of individual buildings and decorative elements. What I am looking for in the presentations is as follows: a) a critique of the existing state of the model/reconstruction at DMU b) a comparison with other reconstruction drawings of this type of building in Britain (parallels with other parts of the Roman empire can also be considered, but you need to show awareness that Britain was not necessarily the same as Italy!) c) propositions concerning scale, materials and finish of the building/decorative media in Leicester Each member of the class will be assigned a specific building type or decorative medium, drawing on the detailed bibliography below and on individual bibliographic research. These topics must be agreed with me well in advance, with only one person allowed to do each topic. Presentations will be short (c.5 minutes each), but will be expected to be well presented, with accompanying visual aids and handouts. I will be available for consultation regarding both content and presentation style. The following are suggested topics: Reconstructions of specific building types in Romano-British context Forum and basilica complexes Public baths Small baths Urban Defences and Gates Theatres Amphitheatres Markets Aqueducts and wells 5 Elite house (2nd century) Elite house (4th century) Shops and workshops Classical temples and precincts Romano-Celtic temples and precincts Mithraea Cemetery areas and funerary rites (1st-2nd centuries) Cemetery areas and funerary rites (3rd-4th centuries) Streets (widths, paving, drains, sewers, etc.) Half-timbered buildings and timber buildings Round houses Architectural elements and internal decoration Columns and Classical orders Mosaics Wall-paintings Roofing materials and chimneys Sculpture Furniture You are welcome to suggest your own ideas for broad themes or (better) focused sub-topics within these general areas. Bibliography for reconstructing Roman Britain Many general books on Roman Britain contain images offering reconstruction views of individual buildings and cityscapes. The following may also be useful starting points: De la Bedoyere, G. 1992. The Towns of Roman Britain. Batsford, London. De la Bedoyere, G. 1991. The Buildings of Roman Britain. Batsford, London. Drury, P.J. 1982. Structural Reconstruction. Oxford. Johnson, P. and Haynes, I. 1996. Architecture in Roman Britain. London. Sorrell, A. 1976. Roman Towns in Britain. London BLACKBOARD Some course resources and materials have been mounted on Blackboard and it is hoped to develop other aspects of the Blackboard VLE as the semester progresses. Please be aware that Blackboard development is still comparatively young at Leicester. Your comments and suggestions are welcome! 6 Reading list A good deal of reading will be required of you in taking this course. The course is built around the structure of my book An Imperial Possession Britain in the Roman Empire (2006) and I recommend that you try to keep up with the relevant chapters of that ahead of each lecture. We shall also be using James and Millett, Britons and Romans and P. Salway (ed.). Short Oxford History of the British Isles. The Roman era. There should be copies of these and a range of other recommended books covering parts of the course in the University Bookshop and I suggest you purchase at least one or two of those titles. The bibliography below is designed to provide a broad range of reading options for each lecture on the course, as well as some advice about general works and reference materials, useful for essays, seminar presentations and dissertations! An even fuller bibliography is provided in the WEB and BLACKBOARD versions of this course handbook – please consult the fuller resource. NOTE: this bibliography is intended to help you to find publications on a wide range of topics. You are not expected (and you cannot possibly) look at all of them. It is a directory and a not a list of what you should read. But you will be expected to do some additional reading each week on the topic of that week’s class. INTRODUCTORY AND KEY BACKGROUND Key reading: Imperial Possession, pp 3-84. General studies and important syntheses Creighton, J.
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