Re: Mass Violence in the Roman World

There is no doubt that from early on in Latium itself the Romans saw
themselves as the defenders of towns and cities (agriculture on the
flatlands) vs highlanders and shepherds (and raiders).

Art



On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 7:12 AM DANIEL P. Tompkins <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Nic Terrenato, U Michigan just tweeted about a topic and lecturer worth
> following:
>
> Great talk today by Manuel Fernandez-Götz
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> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ed.ac.uk%2Fhistory-classics-archaeology%2Fnews-events%2Fnews%2Fmanuel-fernandez-gotz-editor-of-new-cup-series&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7Cb725fc4c374b4608320e08d683a47e74%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C636841139855887504&amp;sdata=SV9LGwDCksEBIn3vaCT1KR0Fyb0U4p6xexqaFJUDjuw%3D&amp;reserved=0
> >
> [Edinburgh] on Mass Violence in the Roman World: Fieldwork Results and
> Theoretical Debates, reviewing evidence for slaughter and *enslavement* in
> Belgium, NW Spain and Scotland.
>
> Fascinating how *Roman mass violence disproportionately affects marginals,
> less complex societies, highlanders, rather than larger urban
> agglomerations*. Despite the fact that the latter had more military power
> and contained more loot. Similar patterns in the conquest of Italy.
>
>
> Kelsey Museum‏ @kelseymuseum responded
>
> It was recorded- I'll let you know when it's available! In the meantime,
> past lectures can be found here:
>
> https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fleccap.engin.umich.edu%2Fleccap%2Fsite%2F43pri8198qvic2sqwt8&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCLASSICS-L%40lsv.uky.edu%7Cb725fc4c374b4608320e08d683a47e74%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C636841139855887504&amp;sdata=cflYTQ7GQdARb4Qj3wxDoexzKTTjGyIopPb%2BgfSMv%2Fk%3D&amp;reserved=0
> …
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>
> Dan
>