Conference Programme

Friday 16th February Reception and Public Lecture
19.00	Arena of Conflict: Facts, Myths and Speculation About Gladiatorial Combat in Ancient Rome Prof Kathleen Coleman (Harvard College Professor and Professor of Latin, Harvard University)

Saturday 17th February
09.00	Welcome and Introduction T. Wilmott (English Heritage)
09.10	The Chester Amphitheatre D. Garner (Chester City Council), T. Wilmott (English Heritage)
09.40	The Amphitheatre and Theatre of Serdika (Sofia) Z. Velickov (Bulgaria)
10.10	Recent work on Spanish Amphitheatres R. Duran, A. Morillo Cerdan (Universidad de León)
10.40	Coffee
11.10	Amphitheatres of Auxiliary Forts on the Frontiers C.S. Sommer (Bayerisches Lansdesamt für Denkmalpflege)
11.40	The Amphitheatres of Carnuntum S Jilek (Österreichisches Akademie der Wissenschaften)
12.10	Morning Discussion
12.30	Lunch
14.00	Title to be Confirmed Prof Mary Beard (University of Cambridge)
14.30	Theatres and Amphitheatres in Augst T. Hufschmid (Bauhütte Römisches Theater von Augst)
15.00	Roman Seating Resgulations in the Western Empire T. Jones (McMaster University, Canada)
15.30	Speaker to be Confirmed
16.00	Coffee
16.30	Diana, Nemesis, and the Amphitheatre as a Ritualised Space N. Bateman (Museum of London)
17.00	Afternoon and Day Discussion
17.30	Close
19.30	Conference Dinner – The Bacchus Room, Queen Hotel, Chester with Gladiatorial entertainment provided by Roman Tours

Sunday 18th February
09.00	A Day in the Life of a North African Amphitheatre D. Bomgardner (Elstree School)
09.30	What Can the Inscriptions Tell Us About Spectacles? The Example of Africa Proconsularis R. Lafer (University of Klagenfurt, Austria)
10.00	Reading Pompeii's Walls: A Social Archaeological Approach to Gladiatorial Graffiti Pedro Paulo Funari (Campinas State University, Brazil) and Renata Senna Garraffoni (Paraná Federal University, Brazil)
10.30	Coffee
11.00	Speaker to be Confirmed
11.30	Dying in the Arena. The Osseous Evidence From Ephesian Gladiators F. Kanz (Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut)
12.00	Closing Discussion
12.30	Lunch
14.00	Tour of Chester Amphitheatre

Please note that this programme is subject to change.