Miguel Ángel Novillo López. Assistant Professor of the Department of Ancient History. UNED.
UNED Summer Course. “Roma vivet: Inheritance and survival of ancient Rome”.
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3. Rural world and urban world in the formation of the European identity.
Remedios Morán Martín. Professor of History of Law. UNED.
UNED Summer Course. “Roma vivet: Inheritance and survival of ancient Rome”.
The archaeological excavations carried out over the last decade in different sectors of the Neapolis have considerably renewed and expanded our knowledge of the early stages of the Greek emporium. The work carried out in the central area of the city, in the agoraestoa sector and also in the northwest area, has provided new data on the urban planning and urban configuration of the 6th-5th centuries BC, as well as on the connection between the city and the ancient natural harbour that extended between the Neapolis and the foundational nucleus of the Palaia Polis.
The launch of a new archaeological research project (2018-2021) focused on the study of the port areas of Emporion, which includes the excavation of the port district of the Neapolis and the structures currently preserved on the coastal façade, as well as various prospecting and geological surveys, is an excellent opportunity to renew the current historical discourse and to propose new hypotheses for future work.
The town of Medellín in Badajoz is currently one of the most important archaeological sites in Extremadura. The first archaeological excavation campaign was carried out in 1969. Since then, considerable progress has been made in the knowledge of the diachrony of occupation of this enclave, with prehistoric, Oriental, Roman, Muslim, Christian and modern-contemporary remains being documented. The archaeological work carried out in recent years has made it possible to transform the abandoned ruins of the Roman theatre of Metellinum into one of the main monuments of this autonomous community. Also, the declaration of Medellín as an Asset of Cultural Interest has made it necessary to carry out archaeological interventions in the works being carried out in that town, and this has made it possible to locate other important archaeological remains of which their existence was unknown.
Origin and development of inequality and social stratification. The Villafranca de los Barros tegula is one of the most unique epigraphic testimonies of late Roman times. It is the only known example of an epistle written in Latin that was reproduced in the clay, still fresh, of a roof tile. The text informs us about the organisation of the agricultural holdings of the Late Roman Empire, the so-called Roman villas, as well as the living conditions of those who managed and ran them.
Origin and development of inequality and social stratification. The Villafranca de los Barros tegula is one of the most unique epigraphic testimonies of late Roman times. It is the only known example of an epistle written in Latin that was reproduced in the still-fresh clay of a roof tile. The text informs us about the organisation of the agricultural holdings of the Late Roman Empire, the so-called Roman villas, as well as the living conditions of those who managed and ran them.
André Carneiro (University of Évora)
IX Lusitania International Round Table. Roman Lusitania: from past to present research.
In this conference we will deal with a series of Roman constructions that until now have not been analysed with the attention they deserve and therefore have not been well interpreted. The most recognisable remains of these, excavated in the coastal rock, can be found in the northern half of the Alicante coast in the towns of Jávea, Calpe, El Campello and Alicante (the latter next to the Roman city of Lucentum). A new installation of this type has also recently been proposed at Cape Trafalgar (Cádiz), although with less obvious remains than those in Alicante.
Numerous nurseries are scattered along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and there is very little evidence of both types of constructions in the same place. In reality, most of the nurseries were part of sumptuous maritime villas, an element that made them stand out as an expression of maximum luxury and ostentation.
The scarcity and uniqueness of these Roman constructions on the Iberian Peninsula, even with their remarkable monumentality and almost all of them grouped together in a very specific stretch of the Spanish Mediterranean coast, are strong arguments for proposing measures for their conservation. In recent years we have witnessed the partial destruction of some nurseries in El Campello due to marine erosion and others, for the same reason, are in danger of disappearing.
The Roman city of Regina is currently located in the vicinity of the municipality of Casas de Reina, a small town near Llerena, in the south of the province of Badajoz. In ancient times it was in the province of Baetica, attached to the conventus Cordubensis.
Neither the mining wealth of the area, nor its important strategic location, an important pass towards the Vegas del Guadiana, went unnoticed by the Romans. After the first skirmishes with the indigenous tribes and, above all, with the Lusitanian bands, the Romans erected a first settlement to control the territory at Cerro de las Nieves. With the pax Augusta, as happened in other towns, the high ground was abandoned and the city was built on the plain.
A city devoted to mining, it exercised administrative control over a large territory. As a result of this prosperous activity, in the time of Vespasian, it was granted the legal status of municipium.
The gestation of the Roman city from its foundation on a primitive Vascon settlement and its urban transformation over the centuries will be analysed.
The different historical events led to urban development impulses that have left a deep archaeological trace in the subsoil that allows us to identify the different stages of this city.
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