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Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga

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Overview

From Rome to Pompeii and Ephesus the excavation of Roman remains is well known, but what of Roman remains in Africa? This free course, Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga, looks at the Roman city of Thugga and examines the influence that Roman architecture and art had on Africa and its people.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Thugga
  • 1 Thugga
  • 2 Investigating Roman and indigenous cultural elements in the archaeology of Africa
  • 2 Investigating Roman and indigenous cultural elements in the archaeology of Africa
  • 2.1 Looking in detail at Thugga
  • 2.2 Modelling cultural interaction
  • 2.2.1 Model 1: African + Roman = Roman dominance and end of African traits (assimilation)
  • 2.2.2 Model 2: African + Roman= African traits continue to dominate and Roman traits fail to become established (rejection)
  • 2.2.3 Model 3: African + Roman = African persistence and no evidence of Roman traits dominating (separation)
  • 2.2.4 Model 4: African + Roman = Afro-Roman cultural mixing (fusion)
  • 2.3 The building of Thugga
  • 2.4 African Red Slip ware
  • 2.5 African mosaics: things Roman and things African?
  • 2.6 Houses at Carthage, Bulla Regia and Thugga
  • 2.7 Reconsideration of the models and their suitability
  • 2.7.1 The building of Thugga
  • 2.7.2 African Red Slip ware
  • 2.7.3 Mosaics
  • 2.7.4 Houses
  • Conclusion
  • Keep on learning
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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