Date and time: Friday 7 November (16.00-19.00) & Saturday 8 November (09.00-16.30)

On Friday 7 November, the museum will open for browsing from 16.00. Simon Elliot’s talk will begin at 17.00, with a wine reception from 18.00-19.00.

On Saturday 8 November, registration will open at 09.00, with the first session starting at 09.30 and the end of the event at 16.30.

 

Location: Department of Music, Lakeside Arts Centre, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD

 

Overview: Following the continued success of the annual Reconnecting Roman Britain event, the Archaeology Committee of the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, the Department of Classics and Archaeology and the University of Nottingham Museum will showcase the latest research and discoveries at an in-person event.

On Friday 7 November, there will be a pre-event tour of the University Archaeological Museum, drinks reception and an evening lecture, at which Dr Simon Elliott FSA will be presenting his work on Roman Britain’s Missing Legion (see further details below). Papers, posters and presentations will take place on Saturday 8 November. There will be a combination of longer papers, as well as “lightning round” and poster presentations. There will be opportunities to view the Norton Disney dodecahedron and accompanying exhibition on both days.

 

Ticketing: The event is free but ticketed and everyone, including speakers, must register to ensure a place. The deadline for registration is Friday 31 October at 12 noon.

Tickets include teas/coffees, and a light lunch (selection of sandwiches). Please let us know if you have any allergies or dietary requirements for the refreshments. Email: office@romansociety.org.

 

Ticketing Options:

If you would like to attend the complete event, please register for the Friday evening and the Saturday. If you are only attending either the Friday evening or Saturday, then please register for the appropriate day. If you are unable to attend, please do email (office@romansociety.org) so that we can offer your place to someone else.

 

Travel information: Nottingham is easily accessible via train, coach or road. There is step-free access from the train station to the tram stop. The Department of Music is close to the University of Nottingham tram stop on University Boulevard. Please note you must buy a ticket from the machine, or use a contactless payment card to tap on the reader at the stop, *before boarding* the tram.

The venue is also close to several bus services running between the campus and the city, including Trent Barton’s Indigo line and Nottingham City Transport’s Orange Line No 34. You can use your contactless card or device to “Tap & Go” on the bus. Buses often take exact change only, if you wish to pay by cash.

There are two free car parks, a short walk away, which do fill up quickly during busy periods. Visitors can park here for free at any time, for any duration. There is also parking on University Park campus. If you are visiting at the weekend or after 4pm on a weekday, all University Park Campus car parks are unrestricted and free to use. Designated accessible spaces for blue badge holders are available near the venue.

Friday evening lecture – more information:

Professor Simon Elliott FSA: Roman Britain's Missing Legion

Legio IX Hispana had a long and active history, later founding Leicester, Lincoln and York. From the latter it guarded the northern frontiers in Britain. But the last evidence for its existence in Britain dates to AD 108. It then disappears from the written record. The mystery of its disappearance has inspired debate and imagination for decades. Here Dr Simon Elliott FSA discusses the various theories used to explain its unknown fate, and additionally provides detail of its activities in the East Midlands in the later AD 40s.