Decorating for Death:
Sculptural Programs at the Colosseum
& Flavian Amphitheaters
Dr. Steven L. Tuck
Professor and Chair of Classics at Miani Ohio University
HUMN 150 at 5:30 pm
Amphitheaters like the Colosseum at Rome were the greatest entertainment venues in the Roman听world. Their decoration was designed to reinforce both the activities within听the structure such as animal hunts and听prisoner executions and the value听systems behind them while enhancing the experience for spectators. This lecture听examines the decorative programs of the Colosseum and its sister amphitheaters听at Capua and Puteoli.
This event is free and open to the public.
Brown Bag Discussion
1/23/19 in HUMN 345 at 1 pm
Prof. Steve Tuck from Miami Ohio University will also offer informal brown bag chat on Wednesday, 1/23 from 1:00听-听2:00 in the HUMN听Third Floor Reading Room. The title of the discussion is, "Where Did the Pompeians go? Searching for Refugees from the Eruption of Vesuvius, AD 79." Please feel free to join us听and bring along a lunch or beverage听if you like. No refreshments will be served.
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