******************* Severan Conference *******************

Albano Laziale

Rome

Friday 31 May - 1 June

Programme

Friday 31 May 1996




0900    Start of Conference in the Sala Nobile of Palazzo Savelli



        Welcome by the mayor of Albano

        

        Greetings from Mrs. Adelaide Ramacci, President of the local 

        business federation and sponsor of the Centre.



        Award of prize for the best degree thesis on a Severan topic.



        Prof. Giancarlo Rinaldi, President of the International Centre

        for Severan Studies. Introduction to conference.





        Short refreshment break



1000    Session I History  - Sala Nobile Palazzo Savelli



        Prof. Giuliano Crifo', La Sapienza University, Rome: 

        L'esperienza giuridica nell' Eta' dei Severi



        Mr.Hagi Amitzur,Safad Branch Bar Ilan University, Israel:

        A Severan Estate in North East Palestina Secunda.



        Mr.John Purtell,  University of Edinburgh, Scotland:

        Severus in Scotland.



        Dr.Michael Meckler, University of Yale, U.S.A.:

        Caracalla the intellectual.



        Dr.Drora Baharal,The Open University of Israel, Tel Aviv,Israel:

        Emperor Macrinus:Imperial propaganda and the gens Aurelia(217-218 AD)



        Dr.Orietta Cordovana, La Sapienza Rome: I linguaggi della propaganda

        di Eta' Severiana in Tripolitania.



        Prof.Marta Giacchero, University of Genoa: Aspetti economici e sociali

        dell' Eta' Severiana.



1300    LUNCH AT HOTEL "VILLA ARICIA"



1430    Guided visit to the Severan monuments of Albano Laziale:

        Severan section of the Museum

        Cisternone Romano (built by the soldiers of the II Parthian Legion)

        Amphitheatre

        The church of the Rotonda

        Porta Pretoria

       Terme di Cellomaio



1815    Refreshment break



1830    Session II Archeology - Conference Room, Hotel Villa Aricia.



        Prof.Lidiano Bacchielli, University of Urbino:

        L'Arco Severiano di Leptis Magna (Libya)



        Prof.Graziella Conti, University of Genoa:    Testimonianza 

        architettonica di un mosaico dei "Laberi" da Oudna (Tunisia)



        Dr.Giuseppe Chiarucci, Albano Museum:

        La necropoli della II Legione Partica in Albano.



        Dr.Rosanna Muratore, University of Genoa: Una tipologia dei

        mosaici di Cipro: una probabile officina.



        Prof. Patrizio Pensabene, La Sapienza Rome: Ruolo delle officine

        asiatiche nei programmi di Eta' Severiana in Occidente.







2030    Dinner at hotel Villa Aricia







                        Saturday 1 June 1996



0900  Continuation of session II - Archaeology





        Mr. John Hawthorne, University of Southampton, England: African

        Red Slip Ware and the economy of Severan Proconsolaris.



        Dr. Thierry Vermeeren, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium:

        Legio type in the coinage of Septimius Severus.



        Mr.Marco Silvestri, Pres. Cultural Assoc. of the Castelli Romani:

        Castra Albana:dalla citta' militare alla Civitas.





1000    Session III History of Religion



        Prof.Francesco Corsaro, University of Catania: Memorie bibliche e

        suggestioni classiche nei sogni della "Passio Perpetuae et

        Felicitatis."



        Prof. Giuliana Lanata, University of Genoa:  Il "Diario di Perpetua."



        Dr.Eleanor Irwin, Scarborough College, University of Toronto, Canada:

        Gender, status and identity in a North African martyrdom, 203 CE.





1050    Refreshment break



        Rev.Randolph Bragg,St.Andrew's Episcopal Church,Arlington,Virginia,USA:

        Theological implications of the Montanist controversy.



        Prof.Luigi Fatica, Curia Vescovile di Napoli:

        Ephesians 1.3-14 in the work of Irenaeus of Lyon.



        Prof.Claudio Moreschini, University of Pisa: Tertulliano christianorum

        sophista: cultura classica e cristiana nell' Eta' dei Severi.



        Dr.Ennio Sanzi, La Sapienza Rome:  Prosopografia severiana nelle 

        epigrafi dolichene ed eliopolitane.



        Mr. John Shean, University of Wisconsin, U.S.A.: The religious 

        iconography of Septimius Severus and his wife Julia Domna.



       Prof. Danilo Mazzoleni, Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, Rome:

       L' Epigrafia Cristiana al tempo dei Severi





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       The following papers have been submitted for the conference but their

       authors unfortunately are unable to attend personally.





        Ms.Carrie Bryant, University of Richmond, U.S.A.: Imperial Family

        Roles: change and continuity in the Severan period.



        Mr.Jonathan Moran, Michigan State University, U.S.A.:

        Septimius Severus and traditional auctoritas.



        Mr. T.E. Bray, B.A. Hons Hofstra University, Hempstead N.Y. U.S.A:

        The Emperor's Coinage: possible insights into the character of

        Septimius Severus.



        Mr. Roger A. Bickford-Smith: Contrasting responses to two opportunities for

        propaganda in the Severan imperial coinage of the so-called "Emesa"

        series.







1300    Lunch at Hotel Villa Aricia





1430    Free time  for debate



1545    Prof.Giancarlo Rinaldi - conclusion of the conference













Conference Address: Hotel "Villa Aricia"

                    Via dei Villini 4/6   

                    00040 Ariccia RM

                    Italy.



                    Tel. 0039 6 932 1161

                    fax  0039 6 932 0065

                    Distance from the centre of Rome = 25 Km





Conference admininistration office:



                    Via Trilussa 31,

                    00041 Albano RM



                    tel. 0039 6 930 5463

                    fax  0039 6 930 4150



                    Hours: Monday and Thursday 1000-1230

                           Wednesday 1700-1930







For conference speakers wishing to come before or stay after the conference

and for all those wishing to attend the conference, the following accomodation

rates have been agreed:



Hotel Villa Aricia:  3 Stars * * * 



        single room with breakfast 90,000 lira per night

        half board 125,000 lira: full board 160,000 lira



        double room with breakfast 60,000 lira (each)

        half board 95,000 lira: full board 130,000 lira





Religious guest house "Mondo Migliore":



        Address: Via dei Laghi km 10,

                 00040 Rocca di Papa RM

                 tel. 0039 6 949 6801

                 fax.



                 This accomodation is of a very good level and suitable for

                 anyone who has transport.



                 single room with breakfast 45,000 lira

                 half board 55,000 lira : full board 65,000 lira



                 double room with breakfast 35,000 lira (each)

                 half board 45,000 lira : full board 55,000 lira









Hotel Villa Robinia (  * * Two Star plus)

                



       Address: Via F.lli Rosselli 19,

                          00045 Genzano RM.



                          Tel.  0039 6 936 4400

                          Fax  0039 6 939 6409





                 Single room with breakfast  70,000 lira

                 half board 95,000 : full board 120,000 lira





                 double room with breakfast 42,500 lira

                 half board 75,000 : full board 95,000  (each person)





                 triple room with breakfast 38,000 lira

                 half board 70,000 : full board 90,000  (each person) 

                   



                 Location about 2 miles from conference centre ie 2 or 3 minutes by bus.  

       







This accomodation must be booked in advance through the conference admin               

office.