Digital History Workshop: Mapping Spartacus: The Topography of Servitude and Rebellion —

Spartacus is a historical figure that has captured the imagination of millions since he escaped from that gladiatorial school in Capua over two millennia ago. This workshop looks at the historical sources for the Third Servile War (73-71 BCE) and then introduces basic digital approaches to mapping the movement of Spartacus and his supporters through the Italic peninsula, based on these surviving texts and using geodata from the Pleiades Project. No knowledge of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is required for this workshop, just an interest in Roman history, the geography of rebellion, and the use of texts to reconstruct the topography of social history. Led by Sarah Bond, professor of History and Classics at the University of Iowa, and regular blogger for Forbes Magazine on connections between the ancient and modern worlds, this is another of our events to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the founding of Public History at UCSB.

Please RSVP to Professor James Brooks.