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Join Dr. Nicholas Bartos, Assistant Professor of Classics, University of California, in the Little Theater for an Archaeological Institute of America Toledo Society Lecture: "Sailing at the Edge of Empire: The Roman Red Sea and Beyond".New archaeological fieldwork from the edges of the Red Sea and Arabian Sea is revealing the complex cultural entanglements across this dynamic maritime space during the Roman period. Voyages spanning between Roman Egypt and the Indian subcontinent entwined many of the economies of these littoral communities, yet these relationships were also transformed by the sociopolitical circumstances of each participating region.
This presentation draws from archaeological material to trace the evolution of maritime networks and cultural exchange across the western Indian Ocean from the reign of Augustus to late antiquity. Close-attention to the spatiality and chronology of these networks reveals the impacts of sociopolitical change across the Roman world, South Arabia, East Africa, and South Asia on the structures and longevity of seaborne contacts.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Toledo Museum of Art, 2445 Monroe St,Toledo,OH,United States
