Events
For detailed information on the programmes organised by the Society select by clicking on one of the items on the left.
Non members are welcome to attend our in-person talks and a limited number of places for the online and hybrid talks are available for non members to book using Eventbrite.
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- 09December 9, 2026
DAS library open
Strutts CentreDerby Road, Belper, Derbyshire, DE56 1UULibrary open upstairs on the 1st floor.
- 11December 11, 2026
Slavery in Ancient Rome
Speaker: Jerry Toner
Rome was a slave society which relied on enslaved labour to maintain many aspects of its empire. This talk looks at how the institution functioned and how it differed from later slave systems. It explores how slaves were incentivised and controlled, how they could push back, and how early Christians adapted their ideas to accommodate the world in which they lived.
Dr Jerry Toner is a Roman historian at Churchill College, Cambridge, whose works looks at the Roman world from below, focussing on ordinary people and other subordinate groups.