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Aquileia

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A Frontier Colony between the Mediterranean and Europe

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

AvJacopo Bonetto,Andrea Raffaele Ghiotto,Thomas Harrison,Duncan Garrow,Michele George

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Aquileia is the largest archaeological site in Northern Italy, which once stood at the geo-political crossroad of cultural exchanges between Italy, the central-eastern Mediterranean and continental Europe. This book explores its beginnings as a Latin frontier colony which, over time, became a flourishing commercial centre of a cosmopolitan nature. By the end of the Imperial Age, it once again became the gateway to Italy, reaffirming its strategic and military role at the time of the barbarian invasions and the spread of Christianity.The archaeological discoveries and results of scientific research made over the last thirtyyears offer the reader an accessible and engaging history of the site that has existed from the 8th century BCE to the present day. The concluding chapters are dedicated to the rediscovery of the ancient city, its political use during Fascism and the modern investments that transformed Aquileia into one of the major archaeological tourism centres in Italy.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-05-14
Mått154 x 236 x 10 mm
Vikt336 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieArchaeological Histories
Antal sidor192
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350440937

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List of IllustrationsList of AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. The Landscape of Aquileia: Between the Adriatic Sea, the Lagoons and the Alps2. Aquileia before Aquileia: The Indigenous Emporium3. The Foundation of the Latin Colony in 181 BCE: Livy's Story and the Birth of the Roman City4. The City and Its Territory: The Centuriations, the Amphora Canal and the Roads5. Aquileia in the Imperial Age: Public Architectures and Trades6. Living and Dying in Aquileia: Domus, Necropolis, Artistic Production7. Attila and the Huns: The Taking of Aquileia and the Urban Transformations between the Ancient Age and the Middle Ages8. Christian Aquileia: The Episcopal Complex and the Patriarchate9. The Rediscovery of the Ancient City between the Eighteenth and Twentieth CenturiesAppendix: The Archaeological Areas and Museums of AquileiaNotesBibliographyIndex

This is a welcome survey of the significance of the city, drawing on recent archaeological research, both into the buildings, finds and fabric of the city, and into its natural environment. The book covers the whole range of its history from prehistory up to the Middle Ages, especially its place in the story of the Roman Empire and its collapse in the fifth century CE. It also documents the spectacular rediscovery of the largely unknown ancient city during 20th-century investigations and subsequent display of the famous early Christian mosaics.