Day 1 29th of June

Drwm

09:15 – 09:55

Conference admin

Chair Dr Jason Crowley

10:05 – 10:45

Dr Aimee Schofield (University of Leicester): It’s not paranoia if they really are out to get you: fear of treachery in Aeneas Tacticus’ Poliorcetica

Break: 10:45 – 11:10

11:15 – 11:55

Elizabeth Pearson (University of Manchester): The tumultus of 225, Polybius and Orosius

12:05 – 12:45

Dr. Eugeny Teytelbaum (Centre for advanced education: Youth academy. Kazan, Russia). Polybius and «Face of battle»: a reapproach.

Lunch: 12:45 – 14:10

Chair Elizabeth Pearson

14:15 – 14:55

Alyson Roy (University of Washington): Private Luxuries and Public Extravagance: The Transformation of Plundered Objects from Triumphal Spoils to Cultural Currency

15:05 – 15:45

Dr. Alexander Thein (University College Dublin): Booty in the Sullan Civil War of 83-82 B.C.

Break: 15:45 – 16:10

16:15- 16:55

Alberto Pérez Rubio –(PhD Student: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid );Dr. Enrique García Riaza (Universidad de las Islas Baleares ) and Dr. Eduardo Sánchez Moreno (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid) : War shaping peoples? Roman expansion and regional ethnicity in Iberia (3rd-1st centuries BC.

17:05 – 17:45

Geoff Lee (Independent Researcher) Discussion of Edited volumes for both the conference and for ‘Unit Cohesion’

Day 1 29th of June

Council Chamber

09:15 – 09:55

Conference admin in front of the Drwm

10:05 – 10:45

Chair Dr hab Yasmina Benferhat

Alberto Pérez Rubio – (PhD Student: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid): The Bravest of the Gauls: the Belgae Coalition of 57 BC

Break 10:45 – 11:10

11:15 – 11:55

Christopher Sparey-Green (Independent Researcher) Caesar’s British Campaigns– exploration or failed conquest?

12:05 – 12:45

Gabriel Baker: (Univeristy of Iowa) The Military Logic of Massacre: The Case of Galba and the Lusitanians

Lunch: 12:45 – 14:10

Chair Dr Aimee Schofield

14:15 – 14:55

Sara Perley (PhD candidate: The Australian National University, Canberra): The use of counterintelligence in the mid-Republican Roman army

15:05 – 15:45

Ben Greet (University of Leeds): The Deity of our Legions: The Religious Function of the Aquila and Standards

Break 15:45 – 16:10

16:15- 16:55

Dr. hab Yasmina Benferhat (University of Lorraine, Nancy) : Bridges in War time : A study on the control of rivers during the Roman Civil War in 69/70, according to Tacitus

17:05 – 17:45 Discussion of Edited volumes for both the conference and for ‘Unit Cohesion’ paper in the Dwrwm

Day 2 – Tuesday 30th of June

Simulating Warfare

Drwm and Council Chamber

09:00 – 10:25:

In the Drwm. - Talk on 'Novel Methods of Reconstructing Ancient Warfare'Q+A.

Break 10:25 – 10:50

10:50 – 12:45:

In the Council Chamber. Multiple one-on-one refights of a generic hoplite battle, using my Phalanx rules

Lunch 12:45 – 14:15

14:15 – 15:25

In the Drwm: Demonstration using PPT of the workings of Phil’s Lost Battles and Roma Invicta simulationsQ+A.

Break 15:25 – 15:50

15:50 – 17:45 :

In the Council Chamber. Two simultaneous and interleaved multiplayer refights of the Second Punic War, with 1-2 attendees in charge of each faction----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Helpers will assist with setting out the Phalanx games and recording moves in the 2PW games on the laptops.

Day 3 – Wednesday 1st July

Council Chamber

Jan van der Crabben’s demonstrations and discussions following his talk in the Drwm.

DrwmChair Tine Scheijnen

09:15 – 09:55

Michael Stawpert: (KCL): The Stuff To Make Good Generals: The High Command of the Roman Army c.350 AD.

10:05 – 10:45

Dr Jeroen Wijnendaele (University College Cork): Getting away with Murder – Aëtius’ Rise to Power (425-430 CE).

Break 10:45 – 11:10

11:15 – 11:55

Jan van der Crabben (Total War): Designing Historical War Games

12:05 - 12:45

No paper and Drwm in use by non-conference speaker – no access.

Lunch 12:45 – 14:10 – no access to the Drwm

Chair Dr Jeroen Wijnendale

14:15 – 14:55

No paper and Drwm in use by non-conference speaker – no access.

15:05 – 15:45

Stuart McCunn (University of Nottingham): A Prefect Solution to Army Supply: The Praefecti Praetorio Vacantes in Late Antiquity

Break 15:45 – 16:10

16:15 – 16:55

Dr. Alexander Sarantis (Aberystwyth University): Waging war in Late Antiquity: the role of fortifications

17:05 – 17:45

Dr James Thorne Keynote speechGrand Strategy in the Early Roman Empire: walking the walk and talking the talk

Day 4 – Thursday 2nd July

Drwm

Chair Cezary Kucewicz

11:15 – 11:55

Tine Scheijnen (Phd Student: Ghent University): How to be a hero? The Trojan war and heroism in Greek epic poetry

12:05 - 12:45 Keynote speech .

Dr. Jason Crowley (Manchester Metropolitan University):‘The Closer You Get, The Better I Feel: Or Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Hoplite Combat, But Were Too Afraid to Ask’.

Lunch 12:45 – 14:10

14:15 – 14:55

Chair Dr. Josho Brouwers

A Panel of four papers: Back to Basics: Fundamental Questions of Greek Warfare

Cezary Kucewicz (UCL): The rise of Greek citizen army or the real ‘hoplite revolution,

15:05 – 15:45

Roel Konijnendijk (UCL): Improvisers in Soldiering: Why Greek hoplites refused to train

Break 15:45 – 16:10

16:15 – 16:55Owen Rees (Author): The Law of Arbitrary Selection: How our choice of battles predetermine our understanding of Greek warfare

17:05 – 17:45Dr. Josho Brouwers (Editor of Ancient Warfare Magazine): From horsemen to hoplites revisited