© 2008 Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee     Last updated 8 May 2008

First Contact: Rome and Northern Britain

FINAL PROGRAMME                             Click here to read abstracts

 

This is a Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee special conference in which key invited speakers will debate the timetable, nature and significance of Rome’s first contact with Scotland, particularly in the context of contact with Northern Britain.

 

9.00am -9.30am Arrival and coffee

 

9.35 am Welcome and prologue by Mark Hall, Perth Museum & Art Gallery

 

9.40am – 10.10am David Breeze (Historic Scotland/UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire): Introduction

 

10.15 am-10.55am: Pete Wilson (English Heritage): Pushing North? The Humber frontier and the expansion into Yorkshire reconsidered.

 

11.00- 11.40: David Shotter (Lancaster University): When did the Romans invade Scotland?

 

11.45-12.20: David Woolliscroft (Liverpool University): 79AD and all that: when did the Romans reach Perthshire?

 

Lunch (12.30 – 1.30)

 

1.40pm-2.20 pm: Gordon Maxwell (formerly RCAHMS): Agricola and sons: text and translation

 

2.25pm-3.05pm: Birgitta Hoffmann (Liverpool University): Cardean: The changing face of a Flavian fort in Scotland

 

Tea (3.05 - 3.25)

 

3.30pm – 4.10pm: Bill Hanson (Glasgow University): The fort at Elginhaugh and its implications for Agricola’s role in the conquest of Scotland

 

4.15pm – 4.55pm: Rebecca Jones (RCAHMS): Chasing the Army: the problems of dating temporary camps

 

4.55pm-5.25pm Questions and summing up led by David Breeze

 

For further details and to book a place please contact Mark Hall at Perth Museum & Art Gallery, 78 George Street, Perth PH1 5LB, Tel:01738 632488, Email mahall@pkc.gov.uk.  The conference fee is £15.00  and cheques should be made payable to Tayside and Fife Archaeological Committee.