Search results for "Late antiquity"
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Estrazione e raffinazione dello zolfo e paesaggio nella Sicilia romana tra IV e VI d.C.
2016
Sulphur was important in several fields: military, tanning, wool’s disinfection and many other activities. Nevertheless, the largest quantity of sulphur was used in agriculture, particularly in viticulture as it was used to combat fungal diseases especially in wine production areas. Sicily, and in particular the area surrounding Agrigento, was the main site of sulphur extraction. This built strong relationships with Rome and other agricultural centres in the Mediterranean Sea. Very important among the historical sources and the archaeological evidence are the so called Tabulae sulphuris, concerning the sulphur exploitation at the Agrigento’s area. Recent finds and studies gave a new chronol…
Taken from the sea, reclaimed by the sea: The fate of the closed harbour of Elaia, the maritime satellite city of Pergamum (Turkey)
2013
Abstract During Hellenistic times, when the Pergamenian kingdom was prospering, Pergamum was operating an important harbour, used by merchants and military at the city of Elaia. This paper focuses on the development, utilisation and decay of the closed harbour of Elaia, which is discussed in the context of the landscape evolution of the environs of the ancient settlement. Based on geoarchaeological, archaeological and literary evidence, the construction of two harbour moles in order to provide shelter against wave action and enemies can be attributed to the early Hellenistic period. Geoelectric measurements revealed the construction profile of the moles. Coring evidence indicated that toget…
Atti apocrifi petrini. Note per una lettura storico-sociale degli Actus Vercellenses e del romanzo pseudo-clementino tra IV e V secolo.
2008
Fossili e contraddizioni dell’èra costantiniana: i dignitari del culto imperiale nella Tarda Antichità e il loro ruolo nelle “riforme religiose” di M…
2016
The imperial cult in Late Antiquity (4th-6th cent. AD) can be interpreted as a significant juridical fossile, which conveys the inner contradictions of the so called “era of Constantine”. An epigraphic and prosopographic analysis of the high priests of the imperial cult (flamines, sacerdotes and coronati in the West, ἀρχιερεῖς in the East) would point out the lasting importance of these dignitaries between the ages of Diocletian and Justinian, especially in the case of provincial high priests, who were in the same time presidents of federal assemblies (concilia, κοινά) and played a primary role in the “religious reforms” planned by Maximinus Daia and Julian the Apostate.
Importation and Trade of African Pottery in the Ancient Ecclesia Carinensis During the Late Roman Age
2015
The territory of Carini, on the northwest coast of Sicily, 30 km from Palermo, is often mentioned by ancient sources. According Thucydides in this area was located the ancient Hykkara. Itinerarium Antonini recalls the statio of Hykkara along the via Valeria. This route in Late Antiquity became very important for the deportatio ad aquam of the agricoltural products. Gregorius Magnus in the epistles (VI century A.D.) mentions a diocese of Karines, as witnessed alike by the acts of synods to 782. The archaeological excavations, still ongoing, in the Early Christian cemetery nearby the little modern town of Villagrazia di Carini have revealed the presence of a strong Christian community. The se…
Panayiotis Tzamalikos, Anaxagoras, Origen, and Neoplatonism. The Legacy of Anaxagoras to Classical and Late Antiquity, Vol. I and II, Arbeiten zur Ki…
2020
Sabratha. La necropoli a Nord-Est del Teatro nell'insula 8 della Regio IV e il riuso dello spazio urbano a scopo funerario
2012
The cemetery (m 29 x 39), excavated and restored by G. Caputo in the Thirties of the twentieth century, borders westwards the cardo which leads to the Early Christian churches of Regio III, and southwards the Theatre decumanus. The burial area comprises 84 tomb sub-divo, violated or with the gravestones moved. The burial types are: 1) the forma, attested by 43 specimens, 2) the case, rectangular or anthropomorphic, with 26 specimens, 3) nine cupae, characterized by a semi-cylindrical crown placed directly on the gravestones or on a base of limestone blocks, and 4) the mound, only one example. The space organization seems to follow clear rules: all the burials are in fact concentrated in the…
Gli Studi di Storia romana a Messina e la figura di Lietta De Salvo fra XX e XXI secolo
2019
The article traces, through the scientific personality of the Professor Lietta De Salvo, the tradition of Roman History Studies at the University of Messina at the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries. The contribution is a tribute to the 80th birthday and career of a scholar whose name is linked to the most significant studies on Late Antiquity in Italy.
Catacomba di Villagrazia di Carini (PA). Scavi 2008-2010
2012
Il poster presenta gli esiti della ricerca archeologica nella catacomba paleocristiana di Villagrazia di Carini negli anni 2008-2010. Alla rimozione degli strati di interro alluvionale, che ingombravano i settori indagati (gallerie VII-X e cubicolo X.20), si è affiancata l'analisi delle consistenze architettoniche, che ha consentito di delineare le diverse fasi della frequentazione per uso funerario. Ulteriori interessanti dati sono emersi dall'analisi dei resti osteologici e dalle operazioni di pulitura delle pareti dagli strati fangosi, che ha riportato alla luce nuovi apparati decorativi pittorici. The text introduces the results of the archaeological excavations carried out during the y…
Catacomba di Villagrazia di Carini. Il cubicolo X20. Ricerche 2008-2013
2014
Il X20 è uno dei cubicoli più rilevanti della galleria X. Consiste in una camera funeraria quadrangolare di m 8 (E-O) x 5 (N-S), preceduta da un dromos quadrato di m 1,80 x 1,80 e derivata da un preesistente arcosolio bisomo. La camera accoglie in tutto ventinove sepolture: dodici arcosoli sia per adulti che per bambini, una tomba a nicchia, due tombe a cassa e quattordici formae. I dati archeologici e gli esiti dell’analisi strutturale hanno permesso di accertare che l’attuale aspetto del cubicolo è il risultato di quattro fasi costruttive. Nella prima fase (IV.a) l’ambiente è a pianta quadrata (m 3,56 x 3,56), con arcosoli per bambini nel dromos e sulla parete nord; una decorazione ad aff…