Search results for "thermae"

Termini Imerese: rilettura topografica per un’ipotesi restitutiva dell’impianto urbano

2018

I risultati che si presentano in questa sede sono frutto di una rivisitazione dello stato dell’arte, facilitata dall’informatizzazione dei dati topografici, dall’implementazione di una piattaforma GIS e dalla reperibilità di supporti cartografici a dettagli sempre maggiori. La rilettura topografica dell’edito si è posta come obiettivo la ricostruzione virtuale della potenziale maglia urbana dell’antica Thermae, quello che viene definito in genere il piano programmatico, in attesa che nuovi rinvenimenti contribuiscano a ridefinire le dimensioni del modulo di base e soprattutto quelle reali degli isolati abitativi. Il confronto con fondazioni coeve e culturalmente affini (Solunto, in primo lu…

From βαλανεῖα to thermae: unveiling the transition from Greek to Roman architectural models of baths by technological and provenance archaeometric st…

2019

So far unexplored, the introduction and the spread of the Roman thermal buildings in the prima provincia (Sicily) are widely debated in the current archeological studies. Mainly due to the lack of systematic excavations and intensively technological studies, the assessment of thermae in the Hellenistic-Roman Sicily has been thus far interpreted as a new social and architectural experience. However, a more careful archeological investigation would suggest a gradual transformation of the architectural landscape from the purely Greek bath tradition to the canonical thermae types. The aim of this paper is therefore to study the classical hot bath culture and, in particular, the transition from …

Multidisciplinary approach to characterize archaeological materials and status of conservation of the Roman thermae of reggio Calabria Site (Calabria…

2020

This multidisciplinary research focuses on diagnostic investigations to characterize the archaeological materials, as well as the alteration and degradation forms detected at the Roman Thermae of Reggio Calabria (Calabria, South Italy) site. The thermal complex, (dating I–II century B.C.), was built around three main rooms such as the caldarium (hot bath), the tepidarium (warm bath) and the frigidarium (cold bath), all connected to a central room through several entrances. The central hall still preserves a suggestive mosaic floor dating between the II and III century A.D., characterized by geometric motifs and black and white tesserae. Fragments of various archaeological stone materials, s…

Drusilla sacerdos o diva nella Colonia Augusta Himereorum Thermitanorum?

2018

Among the sculptures of the Museo Civico of Termini Imerese that were published by Nicola Bonacasa in 1960, a female portrait head of a Julio-Claudian princess is remarkable for its excellent workmanship. The paper deals with the problem of the identification of the subject, variously referred to as Agrippina I, Agrippina II, Messalina or Drusilla, according to the interpretation of the portrait series “Glyptothek of Munich 316- Caere” to which the head belongs. The comparanda, some iconographic details giving a certain aura of sanctity to the subject, and the very strong physiognomical resemblance with the likenesses of Caligula confirm the hypothesis that the woman portrayed in the head f…

Thermae Himeraeae. Dall'agora ellenistica al foro romano. Riflessioni sulla romanizzazione della Sicilia.

2012

Prendendo spunto dalla trasformazione dell'agora ellenistica di Thermae Himeraeae in foro romano, in seguito alla deduzione della colonia voluta da Augusto, si esaminano i cambiamenti del paesaggio urbano delle città e quelli delle campagne siciliane nella prima età imperiale, per valutare i processi di romanizzazione della Sicilia e l'adesione delle classi dirigenti e della popolazione alla "rivoluzione culturale" romana.

La prospezione archeologica in Sicilia. Esame comparativo tra i territori di Alesa e di Thermae Himeraeae in età romana

2018

The aim of this paper is – from a comparative point of viewand to make an analitical and critical review of the archaeological surveys carried out by the University of Palermo in the hinterland of Alesa and Thermae Himeraeae (Northern Sicily) during the Roman period. The research is focused on: identifying the geographical and morphological characters, and the resources of the territory in Antiquity; analysing the distribution of the settlements in the Roman Age, connected to the resources and to the various aspects of the landscape.

Termini Imerese. Indagini nell'edificio termale

2018

In this paper, we present the results of archaeological samples conducted in 2010 in the seventeenth-century thermal baths at Termini Imerese. The excavations made it possible to find for the first time some parts of the caldarium of the Roman baths. Some sections of the perimeter wall and the paving of the external ambulatory of the building were identified, as well as a small portion of the narrow internal ambulatory, bordered by a pillared portico that overlooked the circular swimming pool, intended for hot baths, located in the centre of the structure. Some remains of the architectural decoration allow to date the building at the beginning of the first century A.D.

La gestione dell'acqua nelle civitates dell'Italia romana. La documentazione epigrafica

2014

Geoarchaeological evidence for the abandonment of the Roman baths at Thermae Himerae

2020

Fondata alla fine del V sec. a.C. dai Cartaginesi, Thermae Himeraeae divenne colonia romana alla fine del I sec. a.C. e fu dotata degli edifici tipici di una città romana: foro, anfiteatro, acquedotto e bagni. Questi ultimi furono costruiti ai piedi della collina su cui sorge la città, sfruttando due sorgenti termali. Note fin dal XVI secolo, le terme furono studiate da Houel e Palmeri, ma solo nel 1817 il Gargotta condusse uno scavo nella piazza antistante, affermando che l’area centrale dell’edificio antico era occupata da una vasca circolare di ampie dimensioni. Solo alla fine del XIX secolo, durante la costruzione del nuovo Grand Hotel delle Terme, venne messa in luce la maggior parte d…