What’s New in Roman Greece II

Mapping the Field

Organized by the École française d’Athènes and the Roman Seminar

Hosted by the École française d’Athènes

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Thursday 6 November 2025 (time zone: UTC +3, Athens, Greece)

09.45   Welcome and Intro

Developing trends in fieldwork. Chair: Dimitris Grigoropoulos

10.00   Laurianne Sève (University of Lille), Olga Boubounelle (École française d’Athènes)

The Site of Terpni-Palaiokastro and the Lower Strymon Valley in Roman Times: New Archaeological, Epigraphic and Historical data

10.30   Konstantinos Ketanis (University of Thessaly)

Farmhouses in Roman Macedonia (Northern Greece). A Synthetic and Comparative Study

11.00   Björn Forsén (University of Helsinki), Georgia Pliakou (Ephorate of Antiquities of Thesprotia)

Photike in Epirus: Investigating a Roman City and its Surroundings

11.30   Break

12.00   Robin Rönnlund (University of Gothenburg)

New Discoveries from the Roman Fortified Town at Vlochos, Western Thessaly

12.30   Sylvian Fachard (ESAG/University of Lausanne), Chloé Chezeaux (University of Lausanne)

Eretria in the Imperial Period: A Regional Perspective

13.00  Break

Innovative approaches to society and material culture. Chair: Valentina Di Napoli

16.00   Lindsey Mazurek (Indiana University, Bloomington)

Time and Religious Practice in Roman Greece, Again: The Case of the Priest Portrait from Marathon

16.30   Julien Fournier (Université de Strasbourg)

Thasian Society in the Imperial Period: New documentation, New Perspectives

17.00   Sanja Vuçetic (Institute of Classical Studies London)

Repositioning Roman Greece

17.30   Break

18.00   Joseph Rife (Vanderbilt College of Arts and Science), Gavin Blasdel (University of Groningen)

New Perspectives on Roman Kenchreai, Eastern Port of Corinth

18.30   Kostas Vlassopoulos (University of Crete), Ioannis Diamantopoulos (Institute for Mediterranean Studies-FORTH)

Slavery in Roman Greece: Epigraphic Patterns and Historical Realities

Keynote Lecture

19.30   Véronique Chankowski (École française d’Athènes)

Seeing Greece’s Economy through Roman Eyes. Misunderstandings, Failures and Innovations

21.00   Dinner

Friday 7 November 2025

New theories, methodologies and research tools. Chair: Vassilis Evangelidis

09.00   Yannis Apostolou (University of Oxford)

Extensification or Intensification? Reconstructing the Agricultural Landscapes of Roman Grevena

09.30   Yannis Lolos (University of Thessaly), Scott Gallimore (Wilfrid Laurier University), Martin Wells (Austin College)

After Aratos: Surprising Urban Developments at Roman and Late Roman Sikyon

10.00   Theotokis Theodoulou (Ephorate of Underwater Antiquities, Department in Crete), Alexandros Tourtas (University of the Aegean)

Maritime Roman Landscapes in Crete. Completing the Map through Underwater Archaeological Survey

10.30   Conor Trainor (University College Dublin)

Pots and Produce: A Study of Economy and Urbanism at Early Roman Knossos

11.00   Break

11.30   Vyron Antoniadis (National Hellenic Research Foundation)

Digital “Masters” and “Servants” in the Study of Roman Greece

Archaeology in Greece & the Roman past in the present. Chair: Stavros Vlizos

12.00   Anna Kouremenos (Sacred Heart University, CT)

Writing About Roman Greece: Perspectives, Legacies, and Future Directions

12.30   Andreas Pantazatos (University of Cambridge)

The Mental Health Asylum at Leros island and neo-Roman Heritage: Paradigm or Platitude?

13.00   Break

17.00   Dimitris Plantzos (University of Athens)

         Contested Roman Heritage and Urban Development: The Thessaloniki Metro Controversy in Comparative Perspective

17.30   Alexandra Bounia (University of the Aegean)

“Hacking the Displays”: Exhibitions and Interpretation of Roman Art in Contemporary (Greek) Museums

18.00    Roman Seminar: Closing remarks, conference wrap-up