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Rubrik: Artikel From the beginnings of the 20th century it was believed that the brief excavation work which Schliemann conducted on Monte Crescenzio (Marino), looking for the origins of Rome, was sited well away from the Albano crater lake, close to the Marrana di San Bonaventura. New archive research combined with aerial topographic surveys demonstrate that the suggestions made by Michele…
Rubrik: Artikel Unlike inscriptions on stone tabulae, mosaic inscriptions embedded in the floor of buildings have often been preserved in their original architectural setting. Crucially, in societies with limited literacy, the physical context of the inscriptions could be as informative as the words themselves. This paper investigates the practice of installing mosaic building inscriptions in the…
Rubrik: Artikel The Campiglia d’Orcia Marri and Venturi hoards represent two cornerstones in the periodization systems of the EBA of Central Italy. To date, however, no organised publication existed for these two central assemblages of bronzes, and for a third group of axes and ingots known as “Acquisto Marri 1924” (probably part of the hoard of that name). This study has allowed the systematic…
Rubrik: Artikel The fall of Sybaris represents a pivotal event not only for Magna Graecia, but broadly for the whole Greek world. According to the traditional viewpoint, the disappearance of the city would have sparked an irreversible decline also in its territories, the so-called ‘Sybaritic empire’, both in demography and economic well-being. The current paper, stemming from the latest advances…
Rubrik: Artikel Schlagworte: Hypogeum, Roman necropolis, Liternum, Roman painting, funerary ritual, Ipogeo, necropoli romana, Liternum, pittura romana, rituale funerario In an area never previously investigated, in the ancient Liternum district, a monumental frescoed chamber tomb, sealed on the surface by a necropolis from Roman imperial era, was recently brought highlighted thanks to…
Rubrik: Artikel In the last twenty years painted chamber tombs have been discovered in Southern Etruria at Veii, Tarquinia, Vulci and Tuscania and they belong to 7th and early 6th cent. BC. Particularly the monuments of Veii and Tarquinia are relevant: the tomb of the Roaring Lions at Veii yielded finds and wall paintings dating to the early 7th cent. BC and it is the earliest painted tomb in…
Rubrik: Artikel This article deals with two urban Roman sarcophagi from the Middle Antonine period as examples for the treatment of strong emotions in the process of mourning. The study is divided into three parts. In the first, the iconographic interpretation of the Achilles sarcophagus from the Pianabella necropolis in Ostia is discussed anew. For the first time, the left-hand scene of the…
Rubrik: Artikel Schlagworte: Keywords: Sorrento; funerary archaeology; colombarium; imperial slaves-liberti; columellae. During the excavations in the Sottomonte area (Corso Italia) of Sorrento in 2022–2023, a sector of the roman necropolis of ancient Surrentum emerged. Thanks to an archaeological analysis conducted with scientific methods, it was possible to understand many aspects of its…
Rubrik: Artikel The paper discusses historical-archaeological records and material relating to the most ancient phases of the colony of Placentia, which was founded with Cremona on the northern borders of the Cispadana between 218 and 190 BC, in the tragic years of the Second Punic War. It discusses urban, monumental and historical-social structures of the first two centuries of the Latin colony,…
Rubrik: Artikel Since 2019, investigations have been taking place conducted in the Gorgo Cotone valley between the ancient city area and the eastern hill of Selinunte. Since the 18 th /19 th centuries it has been suspected, on the strength of various arguments, that the ancient eastern harbour of the Greek city was here sited. It was presumed presumed to have been completely silted up. Through…