SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION

OF ROMAN STUDIES

ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2016

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Trustees

The Officers and council members who served during the year were:

President Professor Catharine H. Edwards

Vice-Presidents

Dr Andrew M. Burnett, CBE, FBA, FSA Professor Michael G. Fulford, CBE, FBA, FSA

Professor Dominic W. Rathbone

Elected Members of Council * resigned June 2016 ** elected June 2016

Mr Stephen Bird Professor Annalisa Marzano Dr Terry Edwards Ms Caroline McDonald Dr Richard Hobbs, FSA* Mrs Elizabeth McKnight Professor Simon James Miss Kate Murray* Dr Jennifer Ingleheart* Mr Julian Spencer Dr Christina Kuhn Dr Roberta Tomber Mr Robert Lister Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill, OBE, Dr Dunstan Lowe FBA, FSA Dr Jerome Mairat

Hon. Treasurer: Dr Philip B. Kay, FSA Hon. Secretary: Mrs Elizabeth McKnight Company Secretary: Dr Fiona K. Haarer, FSA Editor, JRS: Professor Catherine E.W. Steel Editor, Britannia: Professor Barry C. Burnham, FSA Reviews Editor, JRS: Professor Christopher M. Kelly Reviews Editor, Britannia: Dr Hella Eckardt, FSA Bankers CafCash Ltd, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4TA

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Annual Report for 2016

The Council has the honour to present to the members of the Society its

report for 2016.

Events & Meetings

The Society held its usual programme of London lectures throughout the

year:

8 March London

Dura Europos Chaired by Professor Simon James

Professor Pierre Leriche The new image of Europos-Dura on the Euphrates in the light of 25 seasons of archaeological research

Dr Jen Baird Yale's Dura Archive: new excavation histories

3 February M.V. Taylor Lecture

London Professor Jean-Louis Ferrary Scaevola, politics and ideology on the eve of the Social War: sixty years after Badian

8 November Professor Eleanor Dickey

London Naked from the knees up: ancient Latin textbooks rediscovered

The AGM was held at Senate House on Saturday 4 June followed by a series

of lectures on Families and the Law in Rome

Dr Valentina Arena: Roman Family Between Private and Public

Professor Alison Cooley: Roman Families in the Ashmolean

Dr Margaret Mountford: The Apion Family Archive

The Society also held several joint events.

We were very pleased to collaborate

with the Friends of the British School

at Athens in holding a lecture on 7

June at Senate House. Professor Tim

Whitmarsh delivered a fascinating

lecture entitled Historians Against

Rome.

This year’s annual conference on Saturday 5 November with the

Association for Roman Archaeology was on the theme of The Roman

Empire Off Limits, introduced by Professor Catharine Edwards; closing

words by Dr Susan Walker.

Dr Mike Bishop

Endangered Roman Archaeology in the Middle

East and North Africa

Dr Philip Kenrick

Roman (and therefore European) heritage in Libya:

what is at stake and what can be done?

Professor Kevin Butcher

Civil War and its aftermath: Lebanon and Syria

Dr Mark Jackson

‘It isn’t merely a responsibility to the ‘Iraq but to archaeology in general’; Gertrude Bell

then and now

The Society was also very pleased to collaborate with the Roman Research

Trust in hosting the Joan Pye Lecture on 6 December. Dr Tim Evans

delivered a lecture entitled The Roman Rural Settlement Project: introducing the

enhanced online resource followed by Professor Michael Fulford: Settlement and

Economy in the Countryside on Roman Britain. After the lectures, there was a

book launch for the Society’s latest monograph: New Visions of the Countryside

of Roman Britain, Vol. 1: The Rural Settlement of Roman Britain (Britannia

Monograph 29).

Tom Brindle, Michael Fulford, Alex Smith and Martyn Allen

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Lectures in Conjunction with the Classical Association

The Society also offered its customary support to lectures hosed by Classical

Association local branches.

18 January Clare Rowan Glasgow Roman Numismatics

15 March Professor David Mattingly Keele Green Gold: the Olive in the Roman World 16 March Professor Maria Wyke Southampton Ancient Rome in Silent Cinema 30 March Dr Catherine Ware Edinburgh Claudian’s epic animals in the arena 10 October Professor Costas Panayotakis Leeds Roman drama in the gutter: the case of the so-called Atellane

comedy 18 October Peter Brown Keele Menander, Plautus and Terence: the Origins of the European

Comic Tradition 2 November Professor Eleanor Dickey Edinburgh Language Learning in Antiquity

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Joint Library

ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE SESSION 2015/2016 Unquestionably the most significant development of the session was the signing, on 27th April 2016, of the new 25-year Agreement between the University of London and the Hellenic and Roman Library (HARL) concerning the management and finance of the Library, with a view to securing and stabilising its long-term future. Diligent readers of annual reports will know that this had been in the offing for some considerable time, so correspondingly greater thanks are due to the efforts and goodwill of all parties who were involved in the protracted and complex negotiations. As a result of this agreement, the University of London will henceforward be responsible for providing and paying for space, while HARL (i.e. the Societies) will be responsible for the costs associated with the Library staff: a fund-raising campaign will be launched to assist with this. Other costs will be shared. Also under the terms of the agreement the current Library Committee will be superseded by two new Committees – a Combined Library Management Committee and a Collections Development Committee – both of which will become operational in the new academic year (2016/17).

Earlier in the session, on 27th January, an internal review of the ICS and its Library was conducted by a panel considering all aspects of its activity within the context of the School of Advanced Study’s strategic framework, and ultimately reporting to the School Board via the Dean and SAS Executive. A self-evaluation document prepared by the ICS Director was submitted in advance to the panel to assist with their review. On virtually all fronts their ensuing report was favourable, with a number of useful recommendations. The focus of those relating in particular to the Library was on its digital future, as a result of which a small group was set up by the ICS to investigate various digital initiatives in which the Library could play its part. Examples include using the Library’s skills in archive management in order to consider the best ways to curate and advertise the contents of archives held by the ICS, including the Ventris Archive, the Mycenaean Seminar Archive, and the Greek Theatre Archive; and looking at possible ways in which to fund and take forward further digitisation projects, particularly for unique material held by the Library, such as the Diaries of Robert Wood. Equally positive were the results of a Library Survey which was conducted during the first two weeks of May 2016, again in response to a directive by the School of Advanced Study. The survey itself included a number of questions relating to all aspects of the Library’s operations and services, with the opportunity given to participants to add further comments on specific items if they so wished. 166 responses were received altogether – in percentage terms not huge, but comparable to the number made to similar surveys by other SAS libraries – with an overall satisfaction rate of 3.62 on a scale of 1 to 4. Of the 166 responses, 81 included additional comments, many of which complimented the Library on the range of its collection and resources, and the fact that the vast majority of material was on open access; most also felt that the proportion of confined and lending material was about right. Tributes were also paid to the efficiency and helpfulness of the library staff. Less favourable was the reaction to issues which were largely outside the Library’s control, such as the unsatisfactory nature of the heating or the lack of a Common Room, or at least an area for communal discussion and refreshments. At the same time a number of helpful and constructive suggestions were received – for example with regard to layout and signage: without entering into specific detail here, suffice to say that some of these were able to be implemented almost immediately, while others will be addressed during the forthcoming session. Towards the end of the year, accessibility in all of the SAS libraries became a heightened issue in the light of the government’s withdrawal of funding for some of the special needs of disabled students (including carers). The School embarked upon the process of carrying out a library audit to check that the requirements of accessibility needed to compensate for that

withdrawal were being met. Action areas included library spaces (i.e. the ease of physical mobility in all areas), technology, communication, staffing and resources: specialist accessibility software was due to be installed on all four of the Combined Library’s pcs in the Computer Room, and on one of its specially designated OPACs: the costs of this installation were to be met centrally. A group was set up to discuss and implement as many of these recommendations as were feasible; and a “shopping list” of requirements was drawn up and submitted, with the hope of fulfilment early in the new session. Two ongoing matters alluded to in last year’s report were the subject of mixed fortunes. Preparations for the transition to a new automated library management system continued apace, following a tendering process (in which nine companies had originally expressed an interest) and the final choice of Sierra, a new generation system to replace the current Millennium: the advantage was that Innovative was the proprietary company for each, thereby ensuring greater continuity, less complex migration procedures, and a more familiar user-interface for both staff and readers, with enhanced search and other operational facilities; it was also anticipated that the costs of maintaining the system would be reduced from their existing level. Installation was due on 16th August 2016, when the system would “go live” for the first time. Not so successful in terms of actual implementation was the proposal to reconfigure the third floor reception area, including the Library desk currently being shared by the ICS and UCL. Despite the drawing up of a revised business plan signalling the key improvements - better experience for library users, better working conditions for library staff, and better security - the project was unfortunately postponed for the second time due to financial reasons. However, all interested parties – Estates, SAS and ICS - remain fully committed to the project. Following the signature of the agreement between the Roman Research Trust and the University of London for the transfer of ownership of the David Smith Mosaic Archive to the ICS Library, the Archive itself was transferred to Room 344 (Computer Room), and joined not long afterwards by the Library’s own books on painting and mosaics. This happy collocation of similar material also brought the added benefits of freeing up about 12 shelves in the Art & Archaeology section and of relieving, at least temporarily, the constant pressure on space there. Conversely, the red tract volumes which had been accommodated in Room 344 were transferred to where the Mosaic Archive used to be, by the reserve shelves, and closer to their natural “successors”, the tract boxes. Another welcome housekeeping enhancement was the re-use of the mountings left by the exhibition of paintings by Peter Connolly (to accompany the Societies’ Greek and Roman Armour Day in July 2015, reported previously) in order to display three Piranesi prints of antiquities in Rome, which – coincidentally but

appropriately - were acquired by the Library from Peter Connolly’s estate. These can now be seen down the inner side of the main reading room, next to the first few bays. Mention of last year’s Greek and Roman Armour Day serves as a reminder that the Library always has the potential to assist with Classics-related events: one such occurrence this year was the setting aside of the Computer Room during a week in August 2015 for the use of attendees at the Epigraphy Summer School, to complement their accommodation within the British Museum. Not only did this facilitate their use of the Library’s resources, but it also gave them the opportunity to enrich this with further corresponding discussion amongst themselves. Collection development A couple of years ago the Joint Library had been truly fortunate to receive a donation of £60,000 from John Spencer, a former member of the Roman Society, to be spent on books. This was not reported at the time while consideration was given as to how best to use this fund. It was eventually agreed that priority should be given to very expensive but worthwhile items which would not otherwise have been acquired, even by the Institute Library. Since then £4,921 has been spent on seven items, as follows (in order of acquisition):- (i) Caere. 6, Caere e Pyrgi : il territorio, la viabilità e le fortificazioni : atti della giornata di studio : Roma, Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche, 1 marzo 2012 / a cura di Vincenzo Bellelli ; testi di Elena Acampa ... [et al.]. (2014) (ii) L'indagine e la rima : scritti per Lorenzo Braccesi / a cura di Flavio Raviola; con Maddalena Bassani, Andrea Debiasi, Elena Pastorio; segretaria di redazione, Cristina Rocchi, impaginazione ed editing, Matteo Annibaletto. (2013) (iii) Gli umbri in età preromana : atti del XXVII Convegno di studi etruschi ed italici : Perugia · Gubbio · Urbino, 27-31 ottobre 2009 / a cura di Orazio Paoletti. (2014) (iv) Scritti africani / Antonino Di Vita ; a cura di M.A. Rizzo Di Vita e G. Di Vita Evrard. (2015) (v) Interdisciplinary studies on ancient stone : ASMOSIA X : proceedings of the tenth international conference of ASMOSIA Association for the Study of Marbles and Other Stones in Antiquity, Rome, 21-26 May 2012 / P. Pensabene, E. Gasparini (eds.) (2015) (vi) Narce tra la prima età del ferro e l'orientalizzante antico : l'abitato, i tufi e la petrina / Jacopo Tabolli. (2013) (vii) Mediterranea : quaderni annuali dell'Istituto di Studi sulle Civiltà Italiche e del Mediterraneo Antico del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Vol. 6 (2009) [This last item was purchased in order to fill a gap in the run of this periodical title]

Once again the Library was blessed to receive a number of bequests and large donations from which chosen books constituted valuable additions to the collection, while others, subject to the donor’s approval, were put on the sale shelves to raise funds for the purchase of new publications. Chief among the bequests was that of the late Dennis Blandford, whose very large collection required a number of visits by the Deputy Librarian, Paul Jackson, for selection purposes, resulting in some 30 boxes of material, largely literary, but also with some historical and some antiquarian items: these await sorting and accessioning as appropriate. The Library continued to benefit from the kindness of The Classical Association with their regular passing on of the books not required for review in their journal, Classical Review. Other sizeable donations, in order of acquisition, were received from the late Harold Mattingly – c.40 books as selected by his son David; from Korinna Pilafidis-Williams – c.100 books on Minoan, Mycenaean and Near Eastern topics; and a similar number of books from Michael Barrington, chiefly on Greek literature and civilisation. We are greatly obliged to all of the above donors for their generosity. We are also indebted to the following donors of books, pamphlets and periodicals:- Mr D.R. Anastasiou, Ms E. Angliker, Professor Dr S. Audano, Mrs P.J. Betts, Dr E. Beu-Dachin, Professor J.M. Blázquez Martínez, Mr H.G. Bonne, Dr P. Březina, Mr L. Brown, Dr A.M. Burnett, Mr S. Cearns, Dr M. Chappell, Professor A.J. Claridge, Professor S. Colvin, Professor S. Constantinidou, Professor A.E. Cooley, Dr M.G.L. Cooley, Dr S.J.J. Corcoran, Professor M.H. Crawford, Dr N. Devlin, Ms. A.C. Dionisotti, Professor J. Echeñique, Mr J. Ellis Jones, Dr M. Ford, Dr D.H. French, Professor M.G. Fulford, Professor J. Glucker, Mr D. Goodfellow, Mr E.A.C. Goodman, Professor J.R. Green, Professor A. Gregory, Dr L. Grumeza, Professor M. Gualtieri, Mr B. Hobley, Mr T. Holland, Ms S.A. Hornsby, Mr P.L. Jackson, Professor D.M. Jacobson, Dr A.W. Johnston, Professor H. King, Mr M.R. King, Professor M. Kokoszko, Professor A. Kolb, Dr J. Komorowska, Dr O. Krzyszkowska, Dr C.S. Latham, Mrs C. Lawrence, Mr T.C.C. Lennon, Professor S.N.C. Lieu, Mr I.G. Longhurst, Mrs M. Maehler, Professor G. Manuwald, Dr F. Matei-Popescu, Professor T. Minamikawa, Ms F. Muecke, Dr F. Muscolino, Ms A. Pearson, Dr M. Perale, Dr K. Pietruczuk, Mr A.B. Pye, Dr K. Raskauskas, Dr C. Riva, Professor A. Rodighiero, Mrs C.M. Roueché, Professor C.J. Rowe, Professor H. Rwantabagu, Professor P.G. Salway, Dr R.W.B. Salway, Professor N.V. Sekunda, Professor A.M. Small, Professor G. Suárez Blázquez, Professor H. Takahashi, Mr L. Tembleque Terés, Dr O. Ţentea, Mr H.S. Toller, Dr A. Tyflopoulos, Mr A. Waddelove, Professor Dr A.M. Wasyl, Dr J.F. White, Ms S.J. Willetts, Professor G.D. Woolf, Dr A. Ziosi.

American Center of Oriental Research; American Classical League; American Philological Association; Archäologische Gesellschaft Steiermark; Association of Ancient Historians; British Museum, Department of Coins and Medals; British Museum, Department of Greece and Rome; British School at Athens; Charles Ede Ltd; Christie’s (London); Classical Association; Comune di Sant’Angelo in Vado; Egypt Exploration Society; Fondazione Lorenzo Valla; Friends of Classics; Hendon and District Archaeological Society; International Plutarch Society; Joint Association of Classical Teachers; Onassis Foundation (New York); Römerstadt Augusta Raurica; Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies; Texas Tech University Press; Universidade de Aveiro; Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Buenos Aires: Centro de Estudios de Lenguas Clásicas; University College London Library; Warburg Institute. Library staff The previous year’s Winnington-Ingram Trainee, Ryan Cooper, departed in August 2015, and in his place we welcomed his replacement Louise Wallace, a Classics graduate from Durham University. In July 2016 our Library Assistant Flor Herrero Valdes left us temporarily to go on maternity leave, with a view to returning early in the New Year 2017, following the renewal of her contract and her post being made a permanent one. We were pleased to secure approval for Louise to act as cover for the interim period, subsequent to her own departure from the Trainee post, thereby ensuring continuity. Louise’s successor for the forthcoming session was to be Naomi Rebis, a Classics graduate from Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. As ever, we benefited from the services of our Casual Assistants who helped us out this year with morning shelving, late evening and Saturday opening – Gaetano Ardito, Xavier Duffy, Ellie Mackin, Mary Ruskin, and Lluís Tembleque Terés, the last of whom departed in mid-session and was replaced by Steven Cosnett, the Library Committee’s student representative. To all of these we extend our customary thanks. Statistics (2015/2016) Acquisition and usage figures below. Last year’s figures (2014/15) in parentheses. Expenditure on collection development: Institute: Books: £14,593 (£15,848); Periodicals: £4,438 (£2,944); E-resources: £5,728 (£7,300). Joint Library*: Books: £17,690 (£21,940); Periodicals: £7,502 (£6,418) Total estimated value of combined Institute and Joint Library acquisitions (including purchases, review copies, exchanges, gifts and bequests): £114,709 (£112,502). *(includes £3,141 expenditure from the John Spencer Fund of £60,000)

Books and pamphlets added: Institute 345 (364); Joint Library 2,177 (2,155); Total: 2,522 (2,519); Net gain, allowing for replacements: 2,453 (2,464). Current periodicals: Institute 176 (160); Joint Library 515 (482); Total: 691 (642), of which 460 (429) were acquired by exchange, and 231 (213) by gift or purchase. There were 71 (63) Institute and 73 (75) Joint Library exchanges for books and dissertations; and 8 (8) more exchanges were made on behalf of other libraries. Expenditure on binding (books and periodicals): Institute: £8,693 (£8,521); Joint Library: £9,245 (£9,134). Books bound or rebound: Institute: 91 (58); Joint Library: 58 (82); Total: 149 (140). Periodicals bound or rebound: Institute: 122 (143); Joint Library: 245 (209); Total: 367 (352). Usage: Borrowers: 2,102 (2,171); Books borrowed: 10,251 (11,363). Library swipe-cards issued (current only): Institute: 1,893 (1,425); Societies: 3,574 (2,317). Turnstile count: 53,174 (51,920) entries; Temporary visitors: 133 (148). Book parcels sent: to members: 224 (224); to reviewers: 107 (151). Xerox copies made: 395 (436) for 19 (9) members and institutions. Scans made: 7,352 (6,977) for 154 (133) members and institutions. This is my 21st and final report as Librarian. It has been a privilege to serve one of the world’s foremost Classics libraries, and its readership, with the support of such outstanding colleagues, past and present. I would like in particular to thank Professor Michael Crawford who, as Honorary Librarian throughout my tenure, has helped to sustain the whole enterprise through some very challenging times. I leave with the optimism that the new Agreement brings with it, and wish my successor well.

Colin Annis, Librarian, August 2016

Colin Annis – Retirement Over a hundred colleagues and friends of Colin gathered on 20 December to mark his long and dedicated contribution to the Library. Colin joined the Library as the Senior Library Assistant in 1979 before becoming Deputy Librarian in 1989 and Librarian in 1995. He is also an Honorary Member of the Hellenic Society and an Honorary Vice-President of the Roman Society. We are pleased to report the appointment of Joanna Ashe to succeed Colin. She will take up the post in May 2017.

Audrey Barrie Brown & Donald Atkinson Funds

At the meeting in March of the joint Audrey Barrie Brown and Donald Atkinson Funds Committee, twelve grants were awarded from Donald Atkinson Fund (£16,475). D. Breeze, The Paintings of Hadrian’s Wall £500 M. Carroll, Roman window glass, Vagnari £475 M. Cobb, Celtic Classics Conference £500 E. Fentress, Fasti Online £2000 A. Hart, Corinium Museum £1000 S. James, Ancient Akrotiri Project £2000 R. May, Reception of Apuleius’ Cupid & Psyche £1500 N. Mugnai, Principles of Romano-African architecture £1500 V. Di Napoli, The so-called northeast basilica in the Athenian agora

£500

A. Poulter, The Transition to Late Antiquity £2000 B. Russell, The Hirpinia Project £1000 British School at Rome City of Rome Postgraduate course 2017 £1500 Ancient Rome Undergraduate Summer School 2016 £2000

Excavation at Vagnari (M. Carroll)

Fieldwork at Akrotiri (S. James)

Hugh Last & General Funds

The Hugh Last & General Funds Committee met in March 2015. Ten grants were awarded from the Hugh Last Fund (£5787.91) and two from the General Fund (£750). Fondation Hardt bursaries (2 x £500) £1000 HL British School at Rome City of Rome Postgraduate course 2017 £500 HL A.K. Buglass – Penn Ancient Workshop £500 HL

P. Coombe – research trip £500 GF M. dal Borgo – War in the Ancient World conference £1000 HL T. Fitzgerald – research trip £500 HL R. May – Cupid & Psyche online resource £900 HL J. Pansard-Besson – images for publication £500 HL S. Raisharma – Greek & Latin direct teaching project £250 GF E. Williams Reed – international workshop £200 HL P. Rondon-Burgos – conference panel £287.91 HL A. Siapera – AMPAL £400 HL

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Roman Studies Committee The Committee members who served during the year were as follows:

Mr David Moyes (Chair) Dr Philip Kay Professor Richard Alston Dr Aisha Khan-Evans Mr John Dant Mrs Liz McKnight Professor Catharine Edwards Ms Claire Millington Dr Peter Guest Mr Andrew Parkin Ms Clare Harvey Dr Barnaby Taylor Archaeology Fieldwork Bursaries The Society gave £500 for Archaeological Fieldwork Bursaries, and the Roman Research Trust awarded a further £3000 to 16-18 year olds working at the Vale of Pewsey Archaeology Field School.

Museum Internship Bursaries

In 2016, the Society awarded seven places as follows:

Megan Kerr (Roman Baths, Bath)

Sophie Oldham (British Museum, Department of Britain, Europe and

Prehistory)

Greg Edmund and Sade Ojelade (British Museum, Department of Coins

and Medals)

Emma Hardy (Corbridge Roman Site)

Abbey Ellis (Great North Museum, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne)

Alexandra Ivens (English Heritage, Properties Historians Team, London)

Greg Edmund & Sade Ojelade at the

British Museum

Abbey Ellis at the Great North

Museum

Grants to Schools & Other Projects Primary Schools Bentham C. P. School, Lancaster £100.00 Dunton Green Primary School, Dunton Green £250.00 Elm Tree Primary School, Lowestoft £194.85 Grayshott CE Primary School, Hindhead £200.00 The Meads Primary School £300.00 St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Broadstairs £184.88 Summerlea C.P. School, Rustington £95.70

Secondary Schools Almondbury Community School, Huddersfield £346.00 Beaumont School, St Albans £430.99 Buxton Community School, Buxton £500.00 The Castle School, Thornbury £500.00 Chesham Grammar School, Chesham £500.00 Christopher Whitehead Language College, Worcester £560.00 Crickhowell High School, Crickhowell £310.00 Cromer Academy, Cromer £323.00 Etonbury Academy, Arlesey £320.00 Fulston Manor School, Sittingbourne £315.00 Hall Park Academy, Nottingham £276.00 Hamstead Hall Academy, Birmingham £555.00 Hoe Valley School, Woking £380.00 Kingsbury High School, London £595.00 London Academy of Excellence, London £484.77 Luton Sixth Form College, Luton £375.05 The Netherhall School and Sixth Form Centre £482.92 Nicholas Breakspear Catholic School, St Albans £434.55 The Northumberland Church of England Academy, Ashington £320.00 Parmiter’s School, Garston £354.49 Pimlico Academy, London £500.00 Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Blackburn £500.00 Redmoor Academy, Hinckley £250.00 Rooks Heath College, Harrow £500.00 Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe £500.00 St Albans Girls’ School, St Albans £328.99 St Anthony’s Girls’ Catholic Academy, Thornhill Terrace £252.50 St Hilda’s CE High School, Liverpool £470.00 Townley Grammar School for Girls, Bexleyheath £500.00 Verulam School, St Albans £226.99 Westbourne Academy, Ipswich £400.00 Wexham School, Slough £500.00 Other Department of Classics, University of Edinburgh: Literacy Through Latin Programme £277.50 Association for Language Learning £500.00

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Archaeology Committee & Activities Dr Peter Guest (Chair) Mr Mike Luke (from November) Dr Andrew Birley (Secretary) Dr Matthew Mandich (TRAC

Representative, from May) Professor Maureen Carroll Dr Rob Philpott (from November) Dr Ben Croxford Dr Louise Revell Professor Jim Crow (RAC – Edinburgh, from May)

Dr Darrell Rohl (TRAC Representative, until May)

Dr Hella Eckardt (from November) Professor Christopher Smith (RAC-Rome, until May)

Dr Rebecca Gowland Dr Roberta Tomber (until November) Mrs Amanda Hart Dr Pete Wilson (until November) Mr Neil Holbrook (until November)

Events The Archaeology Committee organized and supported a variety of events throughout the country, including conferences and site visits. RAC XII and TRAC 26 The 12th Roman Archaeology Conference and 26th Theoretical Archaeology Conference were hosted by Sapienza University of Rome, 16-19 March. More than 700 delegates from 34 countries attended and 277 papers were presented in 44 sessions. The keynote lectures were delivered by Simon Keay on Trajanic Portus (prior to the conference trip there) and Fausto Zevi on the Privernum Fasti. In addition to all the efforts made by the Archaeology Committee, in particular Peter Guest, the Society is grateful to our colleagues at La Sapienza (Professor Enzo Lippolis, Dr Maria Teresa D’Alessio and Dr Chiara Marchetti), Dr Kristian Göransson, Director of the Swedish Institute in Rome (who was particularly involved in the organization of TRAC), and Professor Christopher Smith, Director of the British School at Rome, for all his assistance in staging the event. At the opening ceremony, Professor

Edwards presented the Society’s BA

dissertation prize to Alasdair

Gilmour from Exeter University.

Alasdair's dissertation was entitled:

Authority and Influence in Late Iron Age

Inscribed Kentish Coinage.

Museum Visits In February, members enjoyed a visit to the Museum of London where they heard a talk by Dr Rebecca Redfern and viewed the exhibition, Written in Bone. Looking for Londoners. In October, members visited the British Museum for a talk by curator, Dr John Taylor, before visiting the exhibition, Sunken Cities, Egypt’s Lost Worlds.

Written in Bone, Museum of London

14 May

Stories in Stone Corinium Museum The Religious, Iconographic and Epigraphic Significance of Romano-British Sculpture from the Cotswolds

Dr Alison Brookes (Corinium Museum): A rich resource: Romano-British sculpture in the Corinium Museum collections Professor Miranda Aldhouse-Green (Cardiff University): "Prayers to Broken Stone": fragmentation, iconoclasm and dividuation in Romano-British religious sculpture Dr Martin Henig (Oxford University) and Penny Coombe (Researcher): Life Stories: Gods, heroes and humans in funerary sculpture from southern Britain Neil Holbrook (Cotswold Archaeology): The Archaeological Context of Sculptural Finds Amanda Hart (Corinium Museum): Corinium Tombstones 29 October Grassington, North Yorkshire

Romans and Natives in Central Britain

A day conference jointly organised by the Yorkshire Dales Landscape Research Trust, the Roman Antiquities Section, YAS and the Roman Society John Cruse Regionality in the querns of Central Britain

Mike Haken The northern road network Fraser Hunter Roman – Native interactions Sonia O’Connor Artefact analysis: bone spoons Sue Stallibrass Animal products: supply and demand Richard Tipping Environmental impact in Central Britain Dave Went Investigating a Roman period landscape Tony Wilmott Roman impact around Hadrian’s Wall Pete Wilson Roman impact behind the Wall

Epistula The eleventh and twelfth editions of the Society’s on-line newsletter, Epistula (ISSN 2047-6292), were circulated to all members (with an email address) in July and December. The editors were Maureen Carroll and Roberta Tomber. Epistula keeps members up to date with news of recent discoveries, research, exhibitions, conferences and publications. Members are encouraged to send contributions (300 words; images welcome) by the two annual closing dates, 30 April and 31 October to: office@romansociety.org.

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Editorial Committee & Publications Publications Secretary: Dr Lynn F. Pitts Journal of Roman Studies Britannia Editor Professor Catherine Steel Review Editor Professor Christopher Kelly Committee Members Professor Barbara Borg Professor Alison Cooley Professor Roy Gibson

Editor Professor Barry Burnham Review Editor Dr Hella Eckardt Committee Members Mr Paul Bidwell Mr Paul Booth Dr Will Bowden

Professor Ingo Gildenhard Professor Caroline Humfress Dr Myles Lavan Dr Jonathan Prag Dr Peter Thonemann

Dr Andrew Gardner Mr Neil Holbrook Dr Fraser Hunter Dr Louise Revell Britannia Monographs Editor Mr Paul Bidwell

Journals & Monographs The Journal of Roman Studies 106 and Britannia 47 were published as usual in

November. Income from CUP totaled over £140,000, including income

from the digital archive programme. We continue to be indebted to Dr Lynn

Pitts for ensuring the timely publication and high quality of the journals.

The Society also published two monographs:

Britannia Monograph 28, John Creighton

with Robert Fry, Silchester: Changing Visions of a

Roman Town - Integrating Geophysics and

Archaeology - The Results of the Silchester Mapping

Project 2005 – 2010

Britannia Monograph 29, Alexander Smith,

Martyn Allen, Tom Brindle and Michael

Fulford, eds., New Visions of the Countryside of

Roman Britain - Volume 1: The Rural Settlement of

Roman Britain

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Elections & Membership Elections

At the Annual General Meeting held in London on 4 June, Dr Andrew

Burnett, CBE, FBA, FSA, Professor Michael Fulford, CBE, FBA, FSA, and

Professor Dominic Rathbone were re-elected Vice-Presidents, and Dr

Philip Kay, FSA and Mrs Elizabeth McKnight were re-elected Honorary

Treasurer and Honorary Secretary respectively. MacIntyre Hudson of

Canterbury were re-appointed auditors for 2016.

The following members of Council, who retired, are thanked for their

contributions during their term of office: Dr Richard Hobbs, Dr Jennifer

Ingleheart and Miss Kate Murray. The Society is indebted to the voluntary

efforts of its Council and Committee members and to the work done by the

Officers.

The following members were elected to Council for 2016-2019: Professor

Simon James, Dr Christina Kuhn, Dr Jerome Mairat, Ms Caroline

McDonald, Dr Roberta Tomber, and Professor Andrew Wallace-Hadrill.

Membership

At the year end, there were 1773 individual members, 84 Life Members and

11 Honorary Members.

Deaths

The Society learnt with regret of the deaths of

Mr D. Ballard, Professor J. Blazquez Martinez, Mr E. Cole, Dr K.S. Painter,

Mr B. Pybus, Professor J. Ruebel, Professor A. Charles Thomas, and

Professor G. Waywell.

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Financial Review

This was the first year of the new twenty-five year arrangement with the

University of London under which the Society and its sister society, the

Hellenic Society, will pay fees to the Hellenic and Roman Library (HARL).

These fees mainly go to fund the salaries of the librarians of the Joint

Library. Inevitably and as forecast, the need to fund the Society’s share of

these new arrangements had an impact on both net income and cash flow.

The accounts show total net income before investment gains of £30,847

(2015:£100,029) and of £182,357 (2015:£120,180) after investment gains.

The publishing agreements with CUP, for JRS and Britannia, produced an

excellent result in 2016, generating publication income of £133,419

(2015:£121,540). Including digital archive income, total revenue from these

publishing agreements was up by 14% to £141,070 (2015:£123,874).

Each year, a portion of the Society’s incoming resources, as presented in the

Statement of Financial Activities, is income in kind and therefore does not

impact on cash flow. In 2016, this amounted to £47,176, comprising

£19,097 of periodicals exchanged and £28,079 of donations of books. The

cash outflow from operating activities of the Society in 2016 was £85,548,

compared to an inflow in 2015 of £60,544. Adjusting for cash outlays on

capital purchases of books and rebinding for the Joint Library (totalling

£18,510), the net cash outflow from the Society in 2016 amounted to

£104,058 (2015: net inflow of £42,094). To cover this shortfall, the Society

liquidated £150,000 of its investments in November 2016. However,

because the Newton Growth and Income Fund (in which the Society

invests) performed well in 2016 (+14.5%), the Society’s investment portfolio

was still valued at the end of the 2016 financial year at £1,482,210 – about

the same level at which it started the year (£1,480,780).

A copy of the full financial statements together with the Trustees’ and

Independent Auditors’ Report can be obtained from the registered office. A

copy is also available online:

http://www.romansociety.org/about/governance/documents.html

A copy of the Statement of Financial Activities and Balance Sheet are also

included at the end of this Annual Report.

Grants to the Society

The Society is grateful for the following grants: For the JRS: H.A. Thomas Fund of Cambridge University Press For Britannia: Administrators of the Haverfield Fund ; Portable Antiquities Scheme; AOC Archaeology; Barbican Research Associates; Historic England; Nina Crummy; Northern Archaeological Associates Ltd; Paul Buckland; Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd. Investment Committee Members

Dr Philip Kay (Chair) Professor Catharine Edwards

Mr Graham E.A. Kentfield Mr Mossman Roueché

The Society’s investments are overseen by an Investment Committee which

meets several times a year and reports regularly to Council. Newton

Investment Management Ltd is manager of the Society’s investments. The

objective for all the Society’s funds is to produce a steady income to support

its various activities, whilst at the same time at least maintaining the value of

the capital in real terms.

SUMMARY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2016

Unrestricted Funds

Restricted Funds

Total 2016

Total 2015

£ £ £ £ INCOMING AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:

Donations and legacies 36,677 26,954 63,631 52,312 Charitable activities 291,624 - 291,624 271,434 Investment income 28,053 19,905 47,958 46,357 TOTAL INCOME

356,354

46,859

403,213

371,103

EXPENDITURE ON

Charitable activities

342,533

29,833

372,366

270,074

TOTAL EXPENDITURE

342,533

29,833

372,366

270,074

NET INCOME /(EXPENDITURE) BEFORE TRANSFERS

13,821

17,026

30,847

100,029 Transfer between funds

470

(470)

-

-

NET INCOME / (EXPENDITURE) BEFORE INVESTMENT GAINS / (LOSSES)

14,291

16,556

30,847

100,029 Net gains / (losses) on investments

88,652

62,858

151,510

20,151

NET INCOME / (EXPENDITURE) AND MOVEMENT IN FUNDS

102,943

79,414

182,357

120,180 RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total funds brought forward

1,595,212

672,068

2,267,280

2,147,100

TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD

£1,698,155

£751,482

£2,449,637

£2,267,280

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SUMMARY BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2016

2016 2015 £ £ £ £

FIXED ASSETS

Tangible assets – heritage assets 739,884 674,447 Tangible assets – other 3,871 5,428 Investments 1,482,210 1,480,700 2,225,965 2,160,575

CURRENT ASSETS Debtors 152,481 87,925 Short term deposits Cash at bank and in hand

10,411 139,364

10,360 93,473

302,256

191,758

CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year

(74,581)

(80,282)

NET CURRENT ASSETS 227,675 111,476 TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES

2,453,640

2,272,051 CREDITORS: Amounts falling due after more than one year

(4,003)

(4,771) NET ASSETS

£2,449,637

£2,267,280

FUNDS

Unrestricted funds 1,698,155 1,595,212 Restricted funds 751,482 672,068 TOTAL FUNDS

£2,449,637

£2,267,280

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime within Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006. Approved by the Council for issue on 7 March, 2017 Signed on behalf of the Trustees by: Professor Catharine H. Edwards, President Dr Philip B. Kay, Treasurer

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Senate House On behalf of Council Malet Street Fiona K. Haarer, FSA London WC1E 7HU Secretary 24 April, 2017