Archaeology Series Opens with Talk on Roman Map-Making [ Valparaiso U, Indiana ]

Valpo Life ^ | September 2010 | Valparaiso University Relations

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The annual Valparaiso University Archaeological Institute of America lecture series will begin Sept. 21 with a discussion of Roman cartography and the creation of a map that would influence Christian mapmaking for centuries.

Richard Talbert, professor of history at the University of North Carolina, will discuss "The Magnificent Peutinger Map: Roman Cartography at Its Most Creative" at 8 p.m. in Harre Union Brown and Gold Room. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Talbert will discuss how the ancient Romans came to realize that maps are not mere factual records, but also value-laden documents, focusing on the powerful meaning and purpose in the so-called Peutinger Map, an elongated, astonishingly rich, Roman world-map.

In Rome, as today, Talbert will examine how maps can be designed to promote and reinforce values, from peace and civilization to unashamed pride in conquest and entitlement to world-rule. Talbert will describe recent advances developed by scholars to more effectively interpret the cartographic products of pre-modern societies.

Talbert's current research focuses primarily on Greek and Roman spatial perceptions (physical and cultural), and on mapping the classical world. This year, his books "Geography and Ethnography: Perceptions of the World in Pre-Modern Societies" and "Rome's World: The Peutinger Map Reconsidered" are being published.

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[centurion316]

The Romans, in the latter years of the Western Empire, were great believers in “Hope and Change”. Don’t think that it worked out too well for them.

[Silentgypsy]

Giggle!

[gorush]

Then, again, sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

[2nd Bn, 11th Mar]

“Richard Talbert, professor of history at the University of North Carolina, will discuss “The Magnificent Peutinger Map: Roman Cartography at Its Most Creative” at 8 p.m. in Harre Union Brown and Gold Room. The lecture is free and open to the public.”

This is one of the reasons I wish I lived in a univerity town.

[FourPeas]

I’m right wit’ ya.

[dangerdoc]

I got to see Ann Coulter for free a few years back, that and 50 year old men with pony tails, yeah university town life is interesting.

[SunkenCiv]

I’ve missed the occasional such lecture even here in little old Grand Rapids, but that’s because I don’t take the paper.

[Verginius Rufus]

Check the Archaeological Institute of America’s website for chapters in your area—it’s likely that Prof. Talbert will give this lecture at other places.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Verginius Rufus.

[colorado tanker]

Valparaiso, Indiana, eh? Were they munching this stuff?

[SunkenCiv]

Seasoned it with garum.