Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga

From Rome to Pompeii and Ephesus the excavation of Roman remains is well known, but what of Roman remains in Africa? This free course, Exploring a Romano-African city: Thugga, looks at the Roman city of Thugga and examines the influence that Roman architecture and art had on Africa and its people.

Syllabus

Introduction
Learning outcomes
1 Thugga
1 Thugga
2 Investigating Roman and indigenous cultural elements in the archaeology of Africa
2 Investigating Roman and indigenous cultural elements in the archaeology of Africa
2.1 Looking in detail at Thugga
2.2 Modelling cultural interaction
2.2.1 Model 1: African + Roman = Roman dominance and end of African traits (assimilation)
2.2.2 Model 2: African + Roman= African traits continue to dominate and Roman traits fail to become established (rejection)
2.2.3 Model 3: African + Roman = African persistence and no evidence of Roman traits dominating (separation)
2.2.4 Model 4: African + Roman = Afro-Roman cultural mixing (fusion)
2.3 The building of Thugga
2.4 African Red Slip ware
2.5 African mosaics: things Roman and things African?
2.6 Houses at Carthage, Bulla Regia and Thugga
2.7 Reconsideration of the models and their suitability
2.7.1 The building of Thugga
2.7.2 African Red Slip ware
2.7.3 Mosaics
2.7.4 Houses
Conclusion
Keep on learning
References
Acknowledgements