The Roman conquest beyond Aquileia (II-I centuries BC)

The Roman conquest beyond Aquileia (II-I centuries BC)

Edited by: Jana Horvat, Federico Bernardini, Mateja Belak
Year: 2023

The increase in archaeological knowledge sheds new light on the presence of the Roman army and conflict archaeology in the Caput Adriae region and on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. The nine contributions by 19 authors from four countries (Italy, Slovenia, Croatia and Austria) summarise the historical, epigraphic and archaeological evidence. The main part of the book is devoted to the northern Adriatic and its hinterland in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. The topography of the first year of the Histrian War (178-177 BC) is examined in the context of a historical debate. The archaeological evidence of the early Roman military presence is discussed in the chapters on the military camps of San Rocco and Grociana piccola, the beginnings of Tergeste on the hill of San Giusto, the conflicts with the autochthonous population, and the epigraphic evidence of the Roman army. The remains of the early Roman camps provide a new insight into the landscape of central Dalmatia. On the basis of written sources, the Roman offensive policy in the southern Adriatic, in the Ionian region and in the interior of the Balkans is analysed.

Table of content

Preface (Federico BERNARDINI, Jana HORVAT)

Il quadro topografico del primo anno della guerra istrica del 178-177 a. C. Dall’esegesi del testo liviano all’applicazione di nuove tecnologie (Gino BANDELLI)

San Rocco/Koromačnik military camps (2nd–1st centuries BC) (Federico BERNARDINI, Jana HORVAT, Giacomo VINCI)

Rinvenimenti monetali da siti militari romani repubblicani: il caso degli accampamenti di Grociana piccola e San Rocco (Trieste) (Alessandro DUIZ, Andrea STELLA)

Trieste, evidenze della prima fase di romanizzazione a San Giusto (Paola VENTURA, Pietro RIAVEZ, Valentina DEGRASSI)

The end of Grad near Šmihel pod Nanosom (Notranjska, Slovenia). The Roman army and the indigenous community (Boštjan LAHARNAR)

Grad near Reka, Gradišče in Cerkno, and Vrh Gradu near Pečine – pre-Roman places of worship? (Janka ISTENIČ)

La conquista romana a est di Aquileia. L’ evidenza delle iscrizioni (Claudio ZACCARIA)

Results of LiDAR scanning and archaeological survey of the selected areas between the rivers Krka and Cetina from 2019 to 2021 (Domagoj TONČINIĆ, Iva KAIĆ, Joško ZANINOVIĆ, Miroslav VUKOVIĆ, Domagoj BUŽANIĆ, Mirjana SANADER)

“Aggression in defence”? Die spätere römische Republik und der adriatisch-westbalkanische Raum (Karl STROBEL)

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