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Hellenistic History, Classical Archaeology, History and archaeology of Epirus, Hellenistic Delos, Greek Sicily, Illyrian Archaeology, and 12 morePhoinike, Apollonia and Dyrrhachium Drachms, Epirotic Koinon, Hellenistic domestic architecture, Hellenistic houses, Archaeology, Classics, Roman Archaeology, Anthropology, Peloponnese, Archaeology and Ancient History, and Hellenistic Pottery edit
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Though it had a short life, Antigonea was one of the most important cities in ancient Epirus. It was well organised on a regular grid plan, with public and private spaces carefully inserted within the rectangular city-blocks. The site was... more
Though it had a short life, Antigonea was one of the most important cities in ancient Epirus. It was well organised on a regular grid plan, with public and private spaces carefully inserted within the rectangular city-blocks. The site was the object of numerous studies and excavation campaigns and preserves many ancient structures. Nowadays, however, new studies and assesments are required.
This study relies on reinterpretation of the excavation reports, the analysis of the archaeological evidence and comparisons between Antigonea and other cities of the Mediterranean area. Therefore, it provides a new view of the development of public and private architecture during the Hellenistic period. In the first part of the article the authors introduce new results about the formation of the city, the configuration and articulation of the town plan. The second part of the essay examines Antigonea’s domestic architecture, shows its different typologies and how the Greek-house model is adopted in this important city.
This study relies on reinterpretation of the excavation reports, the analysis of the archaeological evidence and comparisons between Antigonea and other cities of the Mediterranean area. Therefore, it provides a new view of the development of public and private architecture during the Hellenistic period. In the first part of the article the authors introduce new results about the formation of the city, the configuration and articulation of the town plan. The second part of the essay examines Antigonea’s domestic architecture, shows its different typologies and how the Greek-house model is adopted in this important city.
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Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Hellenistic History, Classical Architecture, Greek Archaeology, and 15 moreAlbanian archaeology, History of Epirus, History and archaeology of Epirus, Domestic Architecture (Roman), Epirus, Archaeology of Epirus, Ancient Agora Architecture, Chaonia, Pyrrhus of Epirus, Épire et Illyrie méridionale, Hellenistic houses, Ancient Epirus, Epirus Topography, Topography of Ancient Epirus, and Antigonea
The paper was introduced in the last colloquy of "L'Illyrie Méridionale et l'Epire dans l'Antiquité: VIe colloque international", and it presents the latest archeological research carried out by the University of Bologna and Institut of... more
The paper was introduced in the last colloquy of "L'Illyrie Méridionale et l'Epire dans l'Antiquité: VIe colloque international", and it presents the latest archeological research carried out by the University of Bologna and Institut of Archeology in Albania in the ancient city of Phoinike (near to Saranda, Albania). The paper is divided in two parts, the first part presents the results of the excavations of the public buildings with new buildings of the roman and byzantine period(by Prof. Sandro De Maria), and the second part is focused on latest results of the private architecture. A new hellenistic house, different from the House of two peristyle.
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Domestic Space, Graeco-Roman Mosaics and Wall Paintings, Albanian archaeology, History and archaeology of Epirus, Roman Architecture and Urbanism, and 12 moreEpirus, Archaeology of Epirus, Hellenistic architecture, Mural painting, Roman Wall Painting, Ancient Greek Painting, Chaonia, Hellenistic houses, Hellenistic domestic architecture, Phoinike, Pittura Parietale, and Greek and Roman Architecture; Public Space & Private Houses. Light In Atrium Houses
The paper presents the results of the latest archeological excavation (2012-2014) carried out by the University of Bologna and the Albanian Institut of Archeology in the ancient city of Phoinike, near to Saranda, in the south of Albania.... more
The paper presents the results of the latest archeological excavation (2012-2014) carried out by the University of Bologna and the Albanian Institut of Archeology in the ancient city of Phoinike, near to Saranda, in the south of Albania. The recent excavations cast new light on the private architecture of the hellenistic period, after the study of the only case, La Casa dei due Peristili. With this new excavations, we have another private structur of the hellenistic period, that show in the same time differences and resemblanc with the other house.
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Convegno internazionale sulla casa ellenistica e le loro funzioni. Tre giorni di discussione e presentazione dei risultati archeologici dei vari siti nel bacino del Mediterraneo. In questa occasione ho presentato alcuni risultati... more
Convegno internazionale sulla casa ellenistica e le loro funzioni. Tre giorni di discussione e presentazione dei risultati archeologici dei vari siti nel bacino del Mediterraneo. In questa occasione ho presentato alcuni risultati sull'architettura privata nelle regioni dell'Illiria meridionale e dell'Epiro, regioni poco conosciute da questo aspetto.
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La comunicazione presentata durante i lavori del I Colloquio A.I.R.P.A., tenute ad Aquileia, esamina un importante frammento di intonaco scoperto nella capitale epirota di Phoinike durante le campagne di scavo condotte dall’Università di... more
La comunicazione presentata durante i lavori del I Colloquio A.I.R.P.A., tenute ad Aquileia, esamina un importante frammento di intonaco scoperto nella capitale epirota di Phoinike durante le campagne di scavo condotte dall’Università di Bologna in collaborazione con l’Istituto Archeologico Albanese. Il frammento di intonaco grande ca. 2 di lunghezza e 1,5 di altezza, si era staccato in un unico momento, creando cosi un unità stratigrafica. Dopo averlo staccato e rigirato, abbiamo notato che l’intonaco si presentavo interamente in colore bianco, con linee orizzontali che lo dividevano in tre fasce con altezze diverse, che sono conosciuti come plinto, ortostati e fascia di bugne. Questo tipo di rivestimento parietale, conosciuto come Primo Stile per quando appartiene i ritrovamenti nel mondo italico e Masonry Style per il bacino orientale del mediterraneo, è un ritrovamento raro in Epiro, sia per la fragilità che presentano, ma anche per il complicato lavoro da eseguire per stacco dalla terra. La scoperta di questo intonaco arricchisce le conoscenze su un aspetto importante, com’è il rivestimento parietale degli ambienti della casa, carente di ritrovamenti in questa regione. Gli unici casi, quella nella Casa dei due peristili, sempre a Phoinike, dove però si conserva solo la fase romana del rivestimento, e a Kassope, il rivestimento del heron/tomba monumentale, meta IV sec. a.C.. Importanti confronti vengono dalla Macedonia, Delo e molti altri centri.