Public lecture: "Rethinking Ancient Naval Warfare and

Warships" on Friday, October 4 at 12:30 pm in Tilley 5.

The Gregg Centre is pleased to host Dr. Jeffrey Royal on Friday, October 4, 2013 in Tilley 5. Dr. Royal will speak to the tactics and technology of naval warfare in the classical era and the way in which archeology has shaped our understanding how battles were fought in his lecture entitled “Rethinking Ancient Naval Warfare and Warships.”

Jeff Royal is Director of the RPM Nautical Foundation, and affiliated with the Program in Nautical Studies at East Carolina University; he holds his degrees from Texas A&M University (Ph.D.), the University of South Carolina and the University of North Carolina.  He is Director and Co-Director of a number of coastal survey projects (Tunisia, Croatia, Montenegro and Albania, among others), and his current research interests include nautical warfare of the Mediterranean (4th to 1st century BCE), Greco-Roman trade along the Illyrian coast, and the development of ship construction in Roman and late Antique periods. Dr. Royal is the AIA McCann/Taggart Lecturer for 2013/2014.

All are welcome to attend. For more information on the lunchtime lecture, please contact Val Gallant (vgallant@unb.ca)

If you can’t attend the lunchtime lecture or are keen to know more, join us at Dr. Royal’s evening lecture on Friday, October 4 at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery at 7:30 pm when he will deliver a lecture on “Naval Warfare in the 3rd C BCE: Warships, Rams, and Tactics.”
The lecture is sponsored by Archaeological Institute of America, with the support of The Gregg Center for the Study of War and Society at the University of New Brunswick.

There will be a reception following the lecture. All are welcome to attend. For more information on the evening lecture, contact Maria Papaioannou mariap@unb.ca.