Start: March 24, 2026 1:30 a.m.
End: March 24, 2026 3 p.m.
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Description: This talk examines what archaeological excavations reveal about urban life in the Roman world. It focuses on evidence from several ancient cities, including Ephesus, Pergamum, and Sardis in Asia Minor; Pompeii and Ostia in Italy; as well as selected cities in the Middle East and North Africa.
Presenter: Andy Seager grew up in New York City. He studied architecture at Cornell University and Iowa State University and then began a teaching career, first at Iowa State and then at Ball State. In addition to teaching, he served several terms as acting director of the graduate program in historical preservation at Ball State, and he directed the architectural archives in the College of Architecture and Planning from 1979 until his retirement in 2008. Since 1964, he has been associated with the archaeological expedition to the ancient city of Sardis, in Western Turkey. He spent 14 summers at the site between 1964 and 2013. Each year he stayed in Istanbul for 3-4 nights on the way to Sardis and on the way back. Altogether, he had lived in Istanbul for well over 2 months, over a time span of almost 60 years. He just finished a manuscript for about the work he did at the site. It is to be published by Harvard University Press.
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