B. Russell (Edinburgh), Mille genera marmorum: economic geography and Rome's regional marble trade

This lecture will present new perspectives on what the study for the marble trade can reveal about the economic geography of the Roman empire. A series of regional case studies will be presented that emphasise the impact of transport logistics on the movement of this material, local patterns of consumption and substitution, and discrepant architectural experiences.

Ben Russell is Senior Lecturer in Classical Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh. His work focuses on Roman architecture, especially the use of stone and of earth building materials, the logistics and practicalities of sculptural production, and ancient trade and transport. He is co-director of the excavations at Aeclanum in Campania and co-field director at Aphrodisias.