The creation and transformation of Roman centrality, urban forms and landscape dynamics (Geo)archaeological evidence and historical data for the urban centres and their hinterland ROCT-IAP Symposium 25-26 November 2011 Leuven & Tongeren The symposium is an initiative to conclude the research programmes of the Roman Crafts and Trade network, funded by the Fund for Scientific Research-Flanders, and the Interuniversity Poles of Attraction P6/22 programme (IAP), funded by the Federal Science Policy Office-Belgium. The first day of the event is organized at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The second day of the symposium takes place at the Gallo-Romeins Museum Tongeren, hosting the overview exhibition 'Sagalassos. City of Dreams'. 238 original pieces are on display showing all aspects of life in town and region from 10,000 BC until c. 1,250 AD, including top finds such as the colossal statues of Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius. The symposium will be concluded with a visit to the exhibition and closed with a conference dinner. Each IAP-partner (indicated in bold) invited a couple of colleagues, in order to provide more depth to our research in the four IAP study regions. Presentations are scheduled for 45 minutes, followed by 20 minutes animated discussion. Coffee, tea and refreshments will be available in the auditorium during the proceedings. It is our intention to publish the papers afterwards as an edited volume. Preliminary Programme Friday 25 November, Leuven 09:00 - 09:15 welcome by M. Waelkens The northern provinces 09:15 - 10:00 R. Brulet (Louvain) Interactions between the city and the countryside in the process of Romanisation in the region between the Scheldt and the Meuse, inhabited by Menapii, Nervii and Tungri 10:00 - 10:20 Discussion 10:20 - 11:05 N. Roymans (Amsterdam) The Batavians between Germania and Rome. The emergence of a soldiering people 11:05 - 11:25 Discussion 11:25 - 12.10 E. Schindler (Magdalensberg) Magdalensberg. From the early market town to the capital of annexed Noricum 12:10 - 12:30 Discussion 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch The Italian motherland 14:00 - 14:45 F. Vermeulen (Ghent-Evora) Romanisation between city and countryside in Late Republican and Early Imperial Picenum 14:45 - 15:05 Discussion 15:05 - 15:50 P. Attema (Groningen) The colonial past in Late Republican and Early Imperial society in the Pontine region, Central Italy 15:50 - 16:10 Discussion 16:10 - 16:55 M. Pasquinucci (Pisa) North-Western Etruscan strategies and landscapes of Romanization (3rd century BC- 2nd century AD) 16:55 - 17:15 Discussion 17:15 - 18:00 L. de Ligt (Leiden) Urban networks in early Imperial Italy 18:00 - 18:20 Discussion Saturday 26 November, Tongeren 08:30 - 09:30 Transport from Leuven to Tongeren North Africa 09:45 - 10.30 D. Mattingly (Leicester) Roman imperialism, urbanisation and landscape structuring: a view from North Africa 10:30 - 10:50 Discussion Greece 10:50 - 11:35 J. Bintliff (Leiden) The impact of Rome on Greek urban and rural life. Boeotia in its Aegean context 11:35 - 11:55 Discussion 12:00 - 13:30 Lunch Asia Minor 13:30 - 14:15 S. Ladstätter (Vienna) Harbour, City and Hinterland: New investigations on the landscape of Ephesus 14:15 - 14:35 Discussion 14:35 - 15:20 F. D’Andria (Lecce) Urban landscapes and natural contexts in Hierapolis of Phrygia (2nd century BC – 1st century AD) 15:20 - 15:40 Discussion 15:40 - 16:25 M. Waelkens & J. Poblome (Leuven) The impact of Roman Republican and Imperial rule on the urban settlement of Sagalassos and on settlement patterns and landscape dynamics in its countryside 16:25 - 16:45 Discussion 16:45 - 17:15 Concluding discussion 17:15 - 18:30 Visit of the Sagalassos Exhibition 18:30 - 20:00 Conference dinner 20:00 - 21:00 Return to Leuven .