Tuesday, Feb 11th at 5:00pm. "Ostia: Excavation and Visualization." Aoife Fitzgerald, Doctoral Candidate at the University of Kent.

Please join us as we welcome, Doctoral Candidate, Aoife Fitzgerald, from the University of Kent on February, 11th at 5:00pm in Eaton Humanities 1B80.

She will speak on "Ostia: Excavation and Visualization,".

Ostia is a very important city for our knowledge of the Roman world, especially that of architectural development. The site has a long history of excavation, which has revealed its strategic importance from the 4th century BC until the 5th century AD. Previous excavation focused mainly on the 2nd century AD structures of the city and neglected later phases, which has resulted in a significant gap in our knowledge. However, the recently completed Kent-Berlin excavations have been able to reveal much new information on this dynamic late antique period. Using information from the excavations, 3D ‘visualizations’ of sections of the city have been produced, which accurately reconstruct scenes from everyday life in the late antique city. This work is intended to highlight the late antique period for both scholars and the public alike.