In this course Professor David Soren presents four of his most significant accomplishments from his fifty-year career in archaeology (Oxford University has cited his work as among the fifty greatest archaeological discoveries of all time). First, he will discuss his excavations at Kourion, Cyprus, where he uncovered a Greco-Roman city buried by the devastating earthquake of July 21, 365, which triggered tsunamis so powerful they demolished the Greek coast. Next, he will tell the story of the agony of Roman emperor Augustus, which caused him to go with the poet Horace to an exotic spa in Tuscany. Then, he will reveal the Carthaginians, whose general Hannibal became a name that still inspires terror in today’s world. Finally, Dr. Soren will analyze factors that hastened the fall of Rome, as he presents his new work with the Yale Biomedical Anthropology team about the spread of malaria across ancient Italy.
