Introduction to Latin Epigraphy

Class 1 will set out the preliminaries: what epigraphy is, why we should care, how to 'do' epigraphy, how to understand and search published texts etc. Class 2 will be a practical session on reading cursive Latin texts using examples from Vindolanda, Bath and Pompeii. Classes 3 and 4 demonstrate that epigraphy does much more than provide information for histoire événementielle, and can allow us, using a range of techniques from different fields (multilingualism studies, linguistic landscapes, multimodal analysis), to reconstruct multiple identities, linguistic and cultural contacts, communities and even the nature of settlements themselves. This class is designed for both undergraduates and graduates.

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