Sunday, November 12 | 3:00 PM | Open to the Public

Join Dr. Maryl Gensheimer of University of Maryland for an afternoon of archaeology with her lecture, “Daily Lives in Rome Versus Those in the Roman Provinces (As Revealed by Findings at Roman Baths).”

Excavating the baths of Roman Britain have produced small finds that illuminate the bathers’ habits of drinking, dining, and gambling. These same finds provide insights into gender, social status, and the diverse audience which used those provincial facilities.

Were these habits mirror images of what archaeologists have uncovered in the baths of Rome, or do they reflect key differences? This presentation reconstructs the small finds from the Baths of Caracalla that provide invaluable evidence with which to understand the human dimension of Rome’s imperial baths as a point of comparison to those in provincial contexts.

*Note: This lecture was previously “Discovery of a Temple Near Jerusalem Challenges Traditional Views of Religion in Ancient Israel” with Shua Kisilevitz of Tel Aviv University. This program has been changed due to extenuating circumstances.