This is an online event.
Sponsored by: The Tallahassee Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Student Archaeology Club at FSU
The Tallahassee Society of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Student Archaeology Club at FSU present:
“Andromeda, Alexander, and Ascalos: Founders and Foundation Myths in the Roman Near East”
By Robyn Le Blanc, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
The AIA Kershaw Lecture in Near Eastern Archaeology
Additional Funding by the AIA Father Bader Lecture in Mediterranean Archaeology
Wednesday, November 2, 2022 7:00 PM
A Zoom Lecture: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/93621021276
This talk explores city founders and foundation myths in the Roman Near East. Depictions of these local traditions appear on civic coinage, sculpture, and on the “Caesarea bowl,” and some are described by ancient authors such as Pliny and Pausanias. Foundation myths reflect ideas about the community and its past, and helped forge and maintain cultural, ethnic, and kinship links between and within communities.
Relevant website, The Roman Provincial Coinage online: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk
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