Bread+and+Circuses

=Bread and Circuses: buildings for food and entertainment in ancient Rome=

This talk will consider the steps taken by rulers of Rome to secure the feeding and entertainment of their urban population. From the turbulent days of the late republic (1st C BC up to 31BC) and then the civil war that led to Augustus' establishment of the principate, government by a single emperor, Rome's politicians had learned the importance of keeping the city's inhabitants pacified with supplies of cheap or free food and entertainment. This talk will look at the infrastructure built at Rome to enable both forms of political largesse, and will also look at the influence Rome exerted on the provinces of its empire. The talk will be illustrated with photographs and drawings of Roman buildings, and images from my 3D computer model of ancient Rome.

Speaker: Matthew Nicholls

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