Excavations in the North of Italy along the via Claudia Augusta
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Patrizia Basso
Abstract
This paper presents the results of archaeological research carried out during 2014 and 2015 by the University of Verona in Gazzo Veronese, a small town on the Po Plain south of Verona. The excavation focused on the stretch of the via Claudia Augusta between Hostilia and Verona. It has allowed us to understand the technique of construction and the dating of the road. The road was built on an agger 10 metres wide, with a drainage ditch about 9 m wide and 1 m deep. Along it, a few tombs were built between the end of the first century B.C.E. and the beginning of the second century C.E. The original gravel surface was removed by agricultural works and dispersed across the surface of the surrounding fields, so that it was possible to follow the road through archaeological survey and to understand its course in relation to the geomorphology of the territory.
Abstract
This paper presents the results of archaeological research carried out during 2014 and 2015 by the University of Verona in Gazzo Veronese, a small town on the Po Plain south of Verona. The excavation focused on the stretch of the via Claudia Augusta between Hostilia and Verona. It has allowed us to understand the technique of construction and the dating of the road. The road was built on an agger 10 metres wide, with a drainage ditch about 9 m wide and 1 m deep. Along it, a few tombs were built between the end of the first century B.C.E. and the beginning of the second century C.E. The original gravel surface was removed by agricultural works and dispersed across the surface of the surrounding fields, so that it was possible to follow the road through archaeological survey and to understand its course in relation to the geomorphology of the territory.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Preface VII
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I. A Broader View
- Via ducta – Roman Road Building: An Introduction to Its Significance, the Sources and the State of Research 3
- Roads in the Roman World: Strategy for the Way Forward 22
- Roots to Routes: Gandhara’s Landscapes of Mobility 35
- Rom und die Fernhandelswege durch Arabien 53
- Le livre de poste de Turbo, curateur du praesidium de Xèron Pelagos (Aegyptus) 67
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II. The Roads of the Empire
- Travelling between the Euphrates and the Tigris in Late Antiquity 109
- Milestones near Roman Army Installations in Desert Areas of the Provinces of Palaestina and Arabia 132
- Römische Straßen und Meilensteine im Ebenen Kilikien 147
- CIL XVII, 5, 3: Neue Meilensteine und Straßen aus der Cilicia Aspera 166
- Via publica vel militaris: Die Bernsteinstraße in spätantoninischer und severischer Zeit 191
- The Peutinger Map, the Roman Army and the First Military Roads in Dacia 215
- Roman Roads in Moesia Superior at Six Points 236
- Some Considerations about the Roman Road Network in Central Balkan Provinces 252
- Du premier milliaire au dernier palimpseste: cinq siècles et demi de présence romaine en Grèce 272
- Miliaria in der Provinz Lusitania 303
- Road Network and Roman Frontier in Numidia: the Region of Tobna 323
- Twin Roads: the Road Carthage-Theveste and the via nova Rusicadensis; some Observations and Questions 338
- Miliari e viabilità dell’Etruria romana: un aggiornamento e alcune considerazioni 375
- Excavations in the North of Italy along the via Claudia Augusta 404
- Autorenliste 423
- Index 425
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
- Preface VII
-
I. A Broader View
- Via ducta – Roman Road Building: An Introduction to Its Significance, the Sources and the State of Research 3
- Roads in the Roman World: Strategy for the Way Forward 22
- Roots to Routes: Gandhara’s Landscapes of Mobility 35
- Rom und die Fernhandelswege durch Arabien 53
- Le livre de poste de Turbo, curateur du praesidium de Xèron Pelagos (Aegyptus) 67
-
II. The Roads of the Empire
- Travelling between the Euphrates and the Tigris in Late Antiquity 109
- Milestones near Roman Army Installations in Desert Areas of the Provinces of Palaestina and Arabia 132
- Römische Straßen und Meilensteine im Ebenen Kilikien 147
- CIL XVII, 5, 3: Neue Meilensteine und Straßen aus der Cilicia Aspera 166
- Via publica vel militaris: Die Bernsteinstraße in spätantoninischer und severischer Zeit 191
- The Peutinger Map, the Roman Army and the First Military Roads in Dacia 215
- Roman Roads in Moesia Superior at Six Points 236
- Some Considerations about the Roman Road Network in Central Balkan Provinces 252
- Du premier milliaire au dernier palimpseste: cinq siècles et demi de présence romaine en Grèce 272
- Miliaria in der Provinz Lusitania 303
- Road Network and Roman Frontier in Numidia: the Region of Tobna 323
- Twin Roads: the Road Carthage-Theveste and the via nova Rusicadensis; some Observations and Questions 338
- Miliari e viabilità dell’Etruria romana: un aggiornamento e alcune considerazioni 375
- Excavations in the North of Italy along the via Claudia Augusta 404
- Autorenliste 423
- Index 425
