Miguel Ángel Novillo López. Assistant Professor of the Department of Ancient History. UNED.
UNED Summer Course. “Roma vivet: Inheritance and survival of ancient Rome”.
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Remedios Morán Martín. Professor of History of Law. UNED.
UNED Summer Course. “Roma vivet: Inheritance and survival of ancient Rome”.
Ancient Rome has provided two great legacies to today’s world: public works and law. But alongside these are an infinite number of lesser legacies, many of which we are not even aware exist.
It was never easy to return from Troy! After nine years of fierce fighting, the valiant Idomeneo, King of Crete, son of Deucalion and grandson of Minos, will meet his terrible fate on his return to the island, as he will be the cause of his son’s death. The myth will know different versions and will go beyond the frontiers of antiquity until it reaches the 18th century, where numerous recreations will take place, including Mozart’s famous opera, Idomeneo, premiered in 1781.
The gestation of the Roman city from its foundation on a primitive Vascon settlement and its urban transformation over the centuries will be analysed.
The different historical events led to urban development impulses that have left a deep archaeological trace in the subsoil that allows us to identify the different stages of this city.
The Roman mining of lapis specularis played an important role in the early Empire, during the 1st and early 2nd centuries AD, among the lapidary materials demanded and incorporated into the architectural programmes implemented, especially in the cities, due to the need for large windows that would allow light and sunlight to pass through, also allowing the exterior to be seen and ensuring climatic comfort. It was at this juncture that specular gypsum made its place as one of the best materials that met the required characteristics, and where the glass mines of Hispania, with greater production, and with a mineral of higher quality and transparency than those of other areas, would impose themselves on the markets, making this resource a versatile and essential product in many of its applications.
Few things define human beings better than the way they feed themselves. In fact, what was once a primary need (to eat was to live) has become an activity that has transformed a large part of the planet’s landscapes, has selected and promoted animal and plant species, has created an immense diversity and cultural, technological and economic wealth around it..
What’s more, eating gives us pleasure just by imagining it… and it can also contribute to or damage our health, depending on our choice. Eating brings us together around a table. It nourishes our bodies and, at the same time, our society.
From the Neanderthal to the supermarket is a series of conferences whose aim is to show what we ate from prehistoric times to what we eat today. A tasty journey that runs parallel to our history and civilisation.
The Food Technology and Engineering Research Group of the University of Cadiz and the “From Turdetania to Baetica” research group of the University of Seville offer the public the opportunity to learn about the production methods of some of the most common foods of high Imperial Roman gastronomy, such as wine, salted fish and garum.
The first edition of this Congress dedicated specifically to the history and culture of the world of food has the slogan “Spices, sailors and civilisation”, focusing on the theme of the V Centenary of the first round-the-world voyage, although not exclusively, as other aspects such as food in ancient Egypt and Rome will also be included.
The conference is part of the project “600 quintals: the historical weight of a voyage around the world” *, which aims to disseminate the historical context, and other aspects such as music, literature and food of an era coinciding with the voyage of exploration and discovery that Magellan and Elcano undertook. A voyage that changed the world forever and that, in a way, was the beginning of what we now call “globalisation”. Thus, the commemoration of the V Centenary is the recognition of a feat that facilitated the circulation and exchange of different foods, ideas and arts around the planet.
* 600 quintals” was the cargo of spices that the ship Victoria, the vessel that completed the first round-the-world voyage, transported to Seville at the end of its voyage (1522).
André Carneiro (University of Évora)
IX Lusitania International Round Table. Roman Lusitania: from past to present research.
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