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Techniques de construction traditionnelles et techniques romaines dans le théâtre d’Althiburos et les monuments de spectacle de l’Afrique Proconsulai…
2023
The contribution aims to study the relationship between the traditional construction techniques of the territories of Proconsular Africa and those imported by the Romans and used in the construction of entertainment buildings, in particular theaters and amphitheatres, also taking into account the importation of typological models, starting from the “case study” of the theater of Althiburos. During the 1st and 2nd centuries AD there is a gradual introduction of Roman construction techniques, such as the opus caemaenticium, especially in the construction of substructures and vaults, sometimes with the importation of urban models, of techniques but also of Italic workers (just think of the opu…
Connessioni e stratificazioni della forma urbana. Le tracce degli anfiteatri romani e le loro risignificazioni
2020
Starting from the survey of the remains of Termini Imerese Roman Amphitheater and considering both its virtual reconfiguration and the architectural events that have seen the succession of different urban stratifications and re-significations, we have concentrated our interest on the cases that have determined the changes in shape and the archaeological sedimentations of some amphitheatres in Italy and Europe. From these preliminary operations the investigation work was carried out on Palermo, wanting to verify - through the survey and the redrawing of the urban fabric - the compatibility of the most recent hypotheses of location of the buildings for spectacles in the Panormus of the Roman …
L’anfiteatro romano di Londinium
2011
L'anfiteatro era un edificio importante di epoca romana. Le rovine sono state scoperte solo nel 1988, quando costruttori stavano effettuando scavi per la nuova galleria d'arte. Gli archeologi hanno a lungo sospettato che la città romana di Londinium avesse un anfiteatro, ma come afferma Jenny Hall, curatrice del Museo di Londra "stavamo cercando al di fuori delle mura della città e questo anfiteatro, insolitamente, si trovava invece all'interno delle mura della città". le rovine della struttura sono stati ben conservate e musealizzate in situ, e si possono ancora vedere i resti delle mura originali, il sistema di drenaggio, e perfino la sabbia dell'arena. The amphitheatre was an important b…