Papers by Chiara Mendolia
AREA DELL’ACROPOLI ARCAICA DI EFESTIA (LEMNO). RELAZIONE SUI RISULTATI DELLA CAMPAGNA DI PROSPEZIONI GEOFISICHE DEL 2022 , 2023
The paper presents the results of geophysical surveys conducted in July 2022 at the archaic acrop... more The paper presents the results of geophysical surveys conducted in July 2022 at the archaic acropolis of Hephaestia, Lemnos. Using non-invasive techniques, the authors outlined the urban structure of the settlement, confirming the continuity between new discoveries and those made in previous campaigns. The study contributes to the understanding of the historical topography and urban planning of the area, highlighting the presence of blocks and terracing walls from the Classical and Hellenistic periods.
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In 2022, IASA continued the research project of the eastern harbour area of Hephaestia, carry... more In 2022, IASA continued the research project of the eastern harbour area of Hephaestia, carrying out the stratigraphic excavation of the Early Byzatine basilica, the subject of the School’s project since 2018. Sectors E ad W of the northern nave were investigated, and the later structures that occupied the central sector were spared. A survey was carried out in the southern sector of the narthex, where the floor preparation had been removed, ad an adjoining room, adjacent to the north to the narthex but not communicating with it, was excavated in order to trace the phases that existed before the costruction of the basilica. The preliminary results are presented here.
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Roman Baths and Agency, 2023
Conference "Roman Baths and Agency", 18-20 October 2023, Academia Belgica, Rome.
The diffusion o... more Conference "Roman Baths and Agency", 18-20 October 2023, Academia Belgica, Rome.
The diffusion of a bathing culture that integrates elements from both the Greek and the Roman tradition is a highly recognizable phenomenon in Greece during the Roman empire. The goal of this paper is to analyse a number of bath complexes (I cent. BC – III cent. AD), located along the so-called Via Ionia (also known as Via Publica Romana), that connected the most important cities of Greece’s western coast, crossing the Peloponnese, Aetolia, Acarnania and Epyrus. The role of the route will be investigated on an interregional scale in order to explain the positioning of Roman bathing instalments in different sub-regional contexts, that is to say to explain why they chose to establish certain buildings within the urban fabric rather than in a suburban or peripheral setting and vice versa. The analysis will encapsulate questions around their status, whether public or private, and on the consequent nature of their commissioning, to better understand the reasons behind such a large development in these territories under the high- and middle-imperial rule. We will highlight the relation between the proliferation of new bath complexes and the realization of massive regional infrastructures, which includes the new routes and the new water management works of the II cent. AD. Using a range of case studies that represent the diversity of sites in our dataset – a sanctuary with continuous occupation like Olympia, a new colony like Nikopolis, an Augustan refoundation like Patras and a minor centre like Alikyrna – we aim to understand the function of the thermae as a cultural medium between Rome and Greece and as a formative element for a new urban fabric.
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The diffusion of a bathing culture that integrates elements from both the Greek and the Roman tradition is a highly recognizable phenomenon in Greece during the Roman empire. The goal of this paper is to analyse a number of bath complexes (I cent. BC – III cent. AD), located along the so-called Via Ionia (also known as Via Publica Romana), that connected the most important cities of Greece’s western coast, crossing the Peloponnese, Aetolia, Acarnania and Epyrus. The role of the route will be investigated on an interregional scale in order to explain the positioning of Roman bathing instalments in different sub-regional contexts, that is to say to explain why they chose to establish certain buildings within the urban fabric rather than in a suburban or peripheral setting and vice versa. The analysis will encapsulate questions around their status, whether public or private, and on the consequent nature of their commissioning, to better understand the reasons behind such a large development in these territories under the high- and middle-imperial rule. We will highlight the relation between the proliferation of new bath complexes and the realization of massive regional infrastructures, which includes the new routes and the new water management works of the II cent. AD. Using a range of case studies that represent the diversity of sites in our dataset – a sanctuary with continuous occupation like Olympia, a new colony like Nikopolis, an Augustan refoundation like Patras and a minor centre like Alikyrna – we aim to understand the function of the thermae as a cultural medium between Rome and Greece and as a formative element for a new urban fabric.
The diffusion of a bathing culture that integrates elements from both the Greek and the Roman tradition is a highly recognizable phenomenon in Greece during the Roman empire. The goal of this paper is to analyse a number of bath complexes (I cent. BC – III cent. AD), located along the so-called Via Ionia (also known as Via Publica Romana), that connected the most important cities of Greece’s western coast, crossing the Peloponnese, Aetolia, Acarnania and Epyrus. The role of the route will be investigated on an interregional scale in order to explain the positioning of Roman bathing instalments in different sub-regional contexts, that is to say to explain why they chose to establish certain buildings within the urban fabric rather than in a suburban or peripheral setting and vice versa. The analysis will encapsulate questions around their status, whether public or private, and on the consequent nature of their commissioning, to better understand the reasons behind such a large development in these territories under the high- and middle-imperial rule. We will highlight the relation between the proliferation of new bath complexes and the realization of massive regional infrastructures, which includes the new routes and the new water management works of the II cent. AD. Using a range of case studies that represent the diversity of sites in our dataset – a sanctuary with continuous occupation like Olympia, a new colony like Nikopolis, an Augustan refoundation like Patras and a minor centre like Alikyrna – we aim to understand the function of the thermae as a cultural medium between Rome and Greece and as a formative element for a new urban fabric.