{"title":"An urban image in an urbanized landscape: measuring the visual impact of Tibur's amphitheater","authors":"Matthew Notarian","doi":"10.1017/s1047759424000059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1047759424000059","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Though infrequently used and largely superfluous, amphitheaters were often the most physically imposing and ideologically charged structures in a Roman city. The preponderance of extramural amphitheaters in Italy and their appearance in visual culture confirm they were potent markers of urban life and civic status. This paper contextualizes Tibur's imperial amphitheater within the Roman suburbium's persistent urban sprawl and villas, especially Hadrian's Villa, using a novel GIS visibility analysis. Its apparent size from various points in the surrounding landscape is quantified within empirical and qualitative scales developed for modern visual impact assessments. The results demonstrate the amphitheater's suburban location did more than integrate Tibur's extramural growth into the older urban center. It emphasized the city's urban appearance, even from long distances, and monumentalized alternate routes to the city used by the villa-owning elite, countering the ambiguous status of a liminal city that was both Rome's annex and an autonomous municipium.","PeriodicalId":45533,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Roman Archaeology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140217109","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The archaeology of childhood in the Etruscan-Italic world - E. Govi, ed. 2021. Birth: archeologia dell'infanzia nell'Italia preromana, 2 vols. Collana Disci. Bologna: Bononia University Press. Pp. 930, figs. ISBN 978-8-8692-3884-0.","authors":"M. Cuozzo","doi":"10.1017/s1047759424000047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1047759424000047","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45533,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Roman Archaeology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139784380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The archaeology of childhood in the Etruscan-Italic world - E. Govi, ed. 2021. Birth: archeologia dell'infanzia nell'Italia preromana, 2 vols. Collana Disci. Bologna: Bononia University Press. Pp. 930, figs. ISBN 978-8-8692-3884-0.","authors":"M. Cuozzo","doi":"10.1017/s1047759424000047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1047759424000047","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45533,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Roman Archaeology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139844354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparative advantage, specialized viticulture, and the economic development of Gallia Narbonensis","authors":"Candace M. Rice","doi":"10.1017/s1047759423000508","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1047759423000508","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores the processes of specialized viticulture in the province of Gallia Narbonensis over the first three centuries CE and brings this evidence to bear on broader economic questions, particularly as they relate to the effects of connectivity and globalization on Roman economic development. Evidence from small farms to sprawling villas suggests that specialized production stretched across multiple strata of society in Narbonensis, from so-called peasants to the wealthiest elites. The existence of specialized agricultural production at the scale documented in Narbonensis required significant demand, well-connected and integrated markets, sustained trade, and an awareness of these economic factors by the residents of the province. The evidence presented here demonstrates that the residents of Narbonensis recognized that they were part of an economic environment in which high levels of connectivity and integrated markets allowed them to pursue more profitable production strategies and that they pursued these opportunities.","PeriodicalId":45533,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Roman Archaeology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139412534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A monumental Archaic complex on the Sacra Via: a new interpretation of the domestic remains on the north Palatine slope","authors":"Amelia W. Eichengreen","doi":"10.1017/s1047759423000417","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1047759423000417","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents a new interpretation of the results of the 1980s excavations led by Andrea Carandini on the north Palatine slope. In contrast to Carandini's original reconstruction of the complex as four atrium houses, I propose one palatial complex on the Sacra Via that finds some parallels in recently excavated complexes elsewhere, like the Auditorium site in Rome and the Borgo at San Giovenale.","PeriodicalId":45533,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Roman Archaeology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139412570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"L'amphithéâtre de Lepti Minus: un acte de munificence locale","authors":"Lotfi Naddari, Najib Ben Lazreg","doi":"10.1017/s1047759423000466","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1047759423000466","url":null,"abstract":"RésuméUn texte récemment mis au jour dans les environs de Lepti Minus (Lamta, dans le Sahel tunisien), gravé sur sur la face principale d'une base de statue, apporte un éclairage substantiel concernant l’édification de l'amphithéâtre de la ville: le contexte d‘édification, la nature du financement et l'identité des évergètes qui l‘ont pris en charge. Il s'agit donc d'un hommage public que le <jats:italic>populus Leptitanorum</jats:italic> a rendu à <jats:italic>L. Octauius Felix</jats:italic>, un notable local, membre de l'ordre équestre, coopté en qualité de patron de la cité. Le texte présente ainsi des centres d'intérêt multiples: des considérations onomastiques et sociales, le cursus équestre du notable laptitain, <jats:italic>L. Octauius Felix</jats:italic>, du <jats:italic>primipilat</jats:italic>, à la préfecture du camp de la <jats:italic>Legio VII Gemina</jats:italic>, en Espagne, et a prise en charge de la construction de l'amphithéâtre.","PeriodicalId":45533,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Roman Archaeology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2024-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139910393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"La grandiosa imitazione. Il grande Plastico di Pompei. - D. Malfitana, G. Amara, and A. Mazzaglia, eds. 2020. La grandiosa imitazione: il plastico di Pompei. Dal modello materico al modello digitale. Rome: L'Erma di Bretschneider. Pp. 328. ISBN 9788891319937.","authors":"Eric E. Poehler","doi":"10.1017/s104775942300048x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s104775942300048x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45533,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Roman Archaeology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138622575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The transformation of Mithraea in the Late Roman period","authors":"David Walsh","doi":"10.1017/s1047759423000430","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1047759423000430","url":null,"abstract":"Discussions of mithraea tend to emphasize their uniformity. While it is true that many earlier mithraea do adhere to an established plan, there are a notable number of mithraea dating from the late 3rd c. onward that do not. This article discusses these various atypical mithraea, how such alterations to the standard mithraeum plan might have impacted on Mithraic rituals, and how this might have affected the experiences of the participants. It also explores why such changes occurred, observing that while in some instances this may have been to accommodate alterations to ritual practices, in others it was likely due to more mundane issues, such as limitations on space and environmental factors. The article concludes by reflecting on the implications this has for the identification of mithraea in the archaeological record.","PeriodicalId":45533,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Roman Archaeology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138534176","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“Baked bread to the people”: bread distribution and social and political networks at Pompeii","authors":"Steven L. Tuck","doi":"10.1017/s1047759423000429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1047759423000429","url":null,"abstract":"In 2017, archaeologists at Pompeii discovered by far the longest tomb inscription ever found at the city on a monumental tomb. This <jats:italic>elogium</jats:italic> provided insight into many aspects of the city's social, economic, and political world. One clause attests to the distribution of baked bread in the city. This note argues that the passage provides new evidence from Pompeii that answers two longstanding questions. The first is that of the subject of an often-reproduced Pompeian fresco. The identity of the main figure in the painting is debated: either a baker or a politician. The second is the status, political rank, and network of the owner of the property on which the fresco was discovered. Supported by the evidence of an electoral <jats:italic>programma</jats:italic>, the painting and inscription illuminate the mechanics of beneficence at Pompeii and serve to identify the residence of someone who operated in the political networks of the 1st-c. CE city at a sub-elite level.","PeriodicalId":45533,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Roman Archaeology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138534179","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“Fine dining” in the Roman provinces: an interdisciplinary study of a peristyle house kitchen at the legionary camp of Vindonissa, Switzerland","authors":"Simone Häberle, Sabine Deschler-Erb, Matthias Flück, Philippe Rentzel, Angela Schlumbaum, Patricia Vandorpe","doi":"10.1017/s1047759423000399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/s1047759423000399","url":null,"abstract":"The peristyle house kitchen in the legionary camp at Vindonissa is one of the few examples of a Mediterranean-style kitchen with a raised hearth in the northwestern provinces. The exceptional preservation of the kitchen made possible an interdisciplinary investigation combining archaeological, archaeobiological, and micromorphological analyses in order to reconstruct dietary and food-processing practices, kitchen maintenance, and waste disposal management in a 1st-c. CE legionary camp household in Germania Superior. The kitchen infrastructure, the large ceramic inventory, and the amphorae finds together indicate a sophisticated cuisine and also food preparation for a large number of people, most likely by servants. The archaeobiological finds provide evidence that the diet was strongly Roman influenced and luxurious. These results confirm that the diet and in general the whole lifestyle of military members was strongly determined by military rank. The house was most likely inhabited by a high-ranking officer of the 11th legion.","PeriodicalId":45533,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Roman Archaeology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138534185","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"历史学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}