*Repost* Colosseum of Warlords
Lecture with Dr. Gang Hao Poh
Location
Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 441
Date & Time
February 20, 2024, 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Description
This event was originally posted by UMBC's Department of Ancient Studies.
UMBC's Department of Ancient Studies presents
The Colosseum of Warlords: Frontiers in the Age of Civil Wars
Dr. Gang Hao Poh, History, School of Humanities, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
In this lecture, Dr. Poh will provide a comparative analysis of the centrality of
frontiers in recruitment of soldiers in times of internecine strife
during the Han Dynasty and the Late Roman Empire.
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 5pm in PAHB Room 441
Image description: Fresco of a
male figure in blue hunting dress from a Han dynasty tomb in Sian,
Shensi. The tomb found in the Xi'an University of Technology. Western Han dynasty (202 BC - 9 AD)
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