Beyond Dido: Women’s Lives in Roman-era North Africa

Fri. Jan. 26 04:30 PM - Fri. Jan. 26 05:30 PM

Lea Stirling (University of Manitoba)

Room 3D01

What can we know about the lives of women in Roman-era North Africa? Archaeological research at the town of Leptiminus has uncovered skeletal data, inscriptions, artistic images, and tools probably used by women. Though these forms of evidence are hard to combine, they capture some of the variety that status, wealth, and ethnic background, compounded by the colonial setting, would have created.

Part of the New Directions in Classics VII lecture series