Urban Relations – Network for the Study of Cities in Ancient North Africa
Urban Relations – Network for the Study of Cities in Ancient North Africa
Workshop II – Rome, 11.02.- 12.02.2026
Dr. Dennis Mario Beck (DAI Rom) - Prof. Dr. Lennart Gilhaus (HU Berlin)
Wednesday, 11th February 2026
| 13:30 | Christian Barthel: Justinian's Libyan Policy |
| 14:00 | Marie Theres Wittmann: Pressing economies. Revisiting the Potential, Production and Demand of Olive Oil in North African Cities |
| 14:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:00 | Dennis Mario Beck: The so-called Labour Camp in Simitthus/Chimtou |
| 15:30 | Stefan Ritter / Sami Ben Tahar: News on the Early History of Meninx: First Results of the 2025 Excavations |
| 16:00 | Sami Ben Tahar: New Insights into the Long Urban History of Zitha (South-Eastern Tunisia) |
| 16:30 | Coffee Break |
| 17:00 | Bruno D’Andrea / Valentino Gasparini: Divine Onomastics and Sacred Spaces. Reconsidering Models of Religious Sur- and Re-Vivals in Imperial Africa. |
Thursday, 12th February 2026
| 18:00 | Nicolas Lamare / Mohamed Ben Nejma: The Rise and Fall of Sufetula: Recent Archaeological Discoveries in a City of North Africa |
Urban Relations
Urban Relations – Network for the Study of Cities in Ancient North Africa” is an interdisciplinary and international network funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), coordinated by Dr. Dennis Mario Beck (Rome) Prof. Dr. Lennart Gilhaus (Berlin).
The network addresses a wide range of issues relating to urbanity in ancient North Africa with the aim of understanding cities as parts of complex networks of relationships. The project examines the phenomenon ‘city’ in its external relations and from the beginnings of urban life to the Islamic expansion from a longue durée approach.
Contacts:
Prof. Dr. Lennart Gilhaus
Humboldt- Universität zu Berlin
Email: Lennart.Gilhaus@hu-berlin.de
Dr. Dennis Mario Beck
German Archaeological Institute Rome
Email: dennis.beck@dainst.de