Colonia Claudia ara Agrippinensium
Submission Type
Event
Expected Graduation Date
2013
Location
Room E105, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University
Start Date
4-20-2013 11:00 AM
End Date
4-20-2013 12:00 PM
Abstract
The colony Colonia Claudia ara Agrippinensium, located in modern day Köln, was a major center for control of Grermania Minor during the Roman Empire and a very strong military base. It was founded in 30 BCE by the Ubii, a Gaulic tribe, for their loyalty to the Romans during the Gaulic Wars of Caesar. I am planning on examining the interaction of the culture between the solders who got stationed there and the locals who originally founded the town. I believe that the interaction was a positive one with little tension and I plan to express this by showing and explaining the mixing of cultures that happened between them. I am examining this though the lens of archeological remains from the city and primary sources text on the region. I want to try to use the techniques Foucault used in The Order of Things to interpret the evidence that is left in the region.
Colonia Claudia ara Agrippinensium
Room E105, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University
The colony Colonia Claudia ara Agrippinensium, located in modern day Köln, was a major center for control of Grermania Minor during the Roman Empire and a very strong military base. It was founded in 30 BCE by the Ubii, a Gaulic tribe, for their loyalty to the Romans during the Gaulic Wars of Caesar. I am planning on examining the interaction of the culture between the solders who got stationed there and the locals who originally founded the town. I believe that the interaction was a positive one with little tension and I plan to express this by showing and explaining the mixing of cultures that happened between them. I am examining this though the lens of archeological remains from the city and primary sources text on the region. I want to try to use the techniques Foucault used in The Order of Things to interpret the evidence that is left in the region.