The Archaeological Institute of America will be hosting a lecture this Wednesday, "Dying Well and Dying Badly in Ancient Rome". Dr. Anne Duncan (UNL) will be presenting at 7:30pm in 15 Richards Hall.
Abstract:
Ancient Rome gave its heroes lavish public funerals and impressive tombs, while it gave its villains elaborate public executions. By looking at funeral
monuments, arenas, and artistic depictions of blood sports, this talk will examine some of the ways that late Republican and early Imperial Rome (2nd c. BCE 2nd c. CE) turned death into a public spectacle for its most valued statesmen and its most vilified criminals.
Bio:
Anne Duncan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the University of Nebraska Lincoln, where she has taught since 2007. She received her Ph.D. in Classical Studies from the
University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of Performance and Identity in the Classical World (Cambridge 2006) and numerous articles on Greek and Roman dramatic performance. She is currently at work on two projects: a
monograph called Command Performance: Tyranny and Theater in the Ancient World , and a textbook on Roman spectacle, under contract to Cambridge University Press.