Roman Campania
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This paper examines the most relevant monumental contexts of Cales and Teano, towns located in the internal northern Campania, by stressing how the III century B.C. was a moment of change in urban spaces and sanctuaries planning. The main... more
This thesis is meant to detail the impact of Roman military forces located on and around the Bay of Naples from the time of Nero to the death of Domitian, as it pertains to the archaeological record. This time period, spanning around 50... more
Even the name, Pausilypon, or “place that puts an end to worries”, today used to refer to the entire Neapolitan hillside, conveys an idea of the pleasantness of the sites and the purpose of the villa. The hillside of Posillipo rises to... more
This preliminary study examines the structures of a Roman monument located in the historic town of Sessa Aurunca. It is a building known since the XIX century that some scholars have previously identified with a thermal complex and then... more
Tesi di laurea triennale in Epigrafia e istituzioni romane, anno accademico 2014-2015. Relatrice: Professoressa Francesca Cenerini
The aim is to study ancient fountains in their architectural context, in the belief that the context will reveal their function in the dwelling. This article first analyzes the fountain structures and examines the relationship between... more
Nel volume sono pubblicate le ricerche di alcuni relatori che hanno partecipato alla giornata di studi sulle evidenze archeologiche e storico-artistiche del Comune di Curti (CE) organizzata dall'Assessorato alla Pubblica Istruzione in... more
Attraverso l’analisi di una ricca documentazione letteraria, archeologica ed epigrafica, il volume si propone di colmare una lacuna negli studi sull’Italia meridionale tardoantica, fornendo una prima ricostruzione dell’evoluzione... more
This book about the marble statues from Roman Neapolis in National Archaeological Museum of Naples tries to bring out the little-known heritage of Neapolis as direct expression of a city life in imperial age.
Double integration of Ephesian Greeks, who accepted Roman Empire, and Italic and Roman immigrants, who became ephesian citizens and were inscribed in phylai and chiliastyes
The villa called «Agrippa Postumus’» overlooking the Sorrento’s waterfront should be noted as an emblematic case-study, even if limited to its only statuary, to confirm the hypothetical historical rate. It must have undergone through the... more
The western Insula Episcopalis of Naples is an archaeological site of great value in order to reconstruct the history of Neapolis. The first phase of construction is a large orthostatic wall with a drainage channel dating to the 4th... more
Rome rapidly expanded in the Republican period, and conquered the entire Italian peninsula with its wide variety of city-states and tribes. The impact of Roman imperialism and expansionism on religious life in the newly incorporated areas... more
This paper concerns the stone industry as it pertains to the construction of the Flavian amphitheater in Pozzuoli. Architectural features of this Roman monument have been analyzed in order to elucidate the organization of stone... more
Liternum, la piccola città campana nota per l'esilio di Scipione l'Africano, è sempre stata vittima di letture datate e distorte. Quest'articolo sintetizza gli sviluppi di varie ricerche condotte da più parti, che hanno il merito di... more
The research on the decorations of the area of the sanctuary is the result of a field project on the temple of Venus at Pompeii, supervised by Emmanuele Curti, of the “Scuola di Specializzazione in Archeologia di Matera”. The analysis... more
The stone sculpture of Aeclanum, a Roman town of Oscan origin in ancient Hirpinia, has now almost completely disappeared as a result of spoliation and depletion of its cultural heritage for centuries. Some materials (approximately 20... more
Architectural modifications to some alae (symmetrical spaces lateral to the atrium) provide evidence for built-in cupboards, shelving, and lofts. This paper, based on a survey of Pompeian atrium houses in Regio VI, discusses the form and... more
This article investigates the space of the alae within the atrium houses of Pompeii. After reviewing references to alae in the ancient sources and their treatments in modern scholarly literature, the alae of Pompeii’s Regio VI are... more