Program

Preliminary Program of the Limes Congress

Arrival of the participants

Late Morning: Meeting of the Bratislava Group
Frontiers of the Roman Empire – State and progress of the UNESCO nomination process
Dinner: (Members of the Bratislava group only)

09:00 Registration
10:00 Official opening of the congress
10:30 Plenary session “Roman limes at the territory of Serbia”
13:00 Lunch break
14:30 Sightseeing of Roman Singidunum and modern Belgrade city center / Visits to Belgrade museums – National Museum, Military museum, Ethnographic museum
18:00 Guided Tour Through Exhibition: “Roman Limes and Cities in Serbia” at the Gallery of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts
20:00 Reception

Transfer from Belgrade to Viminacium early in the morning.

Introductory session: Recent limes research review 2015-2018.
Short overview of the research according to provinces.

Viminacium, Archaeological Park tour

Sessions (Limes Park – Lecture Halls 1 & 2; Viminacium Research Center ( Lecture Halls 3 & 4):

• 16. Stand your Ground! (Lecture Hall 1)
• 29. Mapping the Edge of Empire (Lecture Hall 2)
• 36. General session (Lecture Hall 2)
• 17. Limes in fine? Continuity and Discontinuity of Life in the Forts of the Roman Frontiers (Lecture Hall 3)
• 35. Small finds assemblages as a means to understanding social and economic patterns within the settlements close to Roman camps (Lecture Hall 3)

17:30 Special event (Limes Park – Lecture Hall 1)

• Tom Hazenberg: Presentation of the Dutch-German UNESCO-nomination promo booklet
• David Breeze: Very Special Secret event

18:00 Poster sessions (Limes Park – Lecture Halls 1 & 2)

Reception and Roman dinner

Concert in Amphitheater: Gvardia, Symphony orchestra

Transfer for participants that are not accommodated at Viminacium (Srebrno jezero and Požarevac)

Excursion 1: Iron gate limes and Gamzigrad: Lepenski Vir, Karataš – Diana, Archaeological Museum Iron Gate / Djerdap, Kostol – Pontes; Regional Museum in Zaječar, Gamzigrad – Felix Romuliana
Reception
Return to Viminacium

Work day – Sessions according to the detailed program

Sessions (Limes Park – Lecture Halls 1 & 2; Viminacium Research Center ( Lecture Halls 3 & 4):

• 1. Fortifying our frontiers – PART 1 (Lecture Hall 1)
• 3. Long Way to travel (Lecture Hall 2)
• 5. A Farewell to Arms (Lecture Hall 3)
• 6. Production, Industry and Trade (Lecture Hall 4)
• 12. Christianity at the Frontiers (Lecture Hall 2)
• 14. From East to West my Legions are the Best!!! (Lecture Hall 4)
• 21. Life and health on the Roman Limes (Lecture Hall 2)
• 24. Arts and Crafts along Limes (Lecture Hall 3)

Excursion 2: Sirmium and Srem limes (Pannonian Section of the frontier):  Sremska Mitrovica – Sirmium, Museum of Srem, Novi Sad, Museum of Vojvodina
Reception at the Novi Sad city hall, welcome by the city mayor
Return to Viminacium

Work day – Sessions according to the detailed program

Sessions (Limes Park – Lecture Halls 1 & 2; Viminacium Research Center ( Lecture Halls 3 & 4):

• 1. Fortifying our frontiers – PART 2 (Lecture Hall 1)
• 2. The Purpose of Roman Frontiers: A Debate (Lecture Hall 1)
• 7. What about us? Exploring the lives of women and children on the Frontiers (Lecture Hall 4)
• 11. Religion and beliefs on the frontiers (Lecture Hall 3)
• 18. Transformation of Limes in Late Antiquity (Lecture Hall 2)
• 30. [Continuation of] Building materials: Elements of construction, elements of expression? (Lecture Hall 4)
• 31. Bath buildings (Lecture Hall 3)
• 34. Roman Egypt (Lecture Hall 2)

Excursion 3: Niš – Naissus and Mediana, Museum of Niš, Caričin Grad – Iustiniana Prima
Reception at the Niš city hall, welcome by the city mayor
Return to Viminacium

Work day – Sessions according to the detailed program

Sessions (Limes Park – Lecture Halls 1 & 2; Viminacium Research Center ( Lecture Halls 3 & 4):

• 4. Hold the Line!!! (Lecture Hall 1)
• 10. Going wild! The roles of wild animals in life and death on the frontier (Lecture Hall 3)
• 19. Who Were the Limitanei? (Lecture Hall 3)
• 25. First Contacts between the Roman Military and the local people (Lecture Hall 2)
• 26. Re-evaluating old excavations: are they worth it? (Lecture Hall 2)
• 27. Saxon Shore (Lecture Hall 3)
• 33. Presenting the Roman Frontiers (Lecture Hall 4)
• 37. Rome and Barbarians (Lecture Hall 4)

Congress conclusions – Roman amphitheater at Viminacium
Dinner and party

Transfer from Viminacium to Belgrade in the morning hours / Transfer to Nikola Tesla airport according to flight schedules during the day.