Roman Africa (Archaeology)
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A complete edition of all known Latino (and Graeco)-Punic inscriptions along with a detailed, comparative grammatical analysis, esp. with regard to phonology and orthographic practice. Several texts are presented here for the first time.... more
The multivarious arrangement of mosaic floor pavements in Greek and Roman houses provides us today with clues as to the presumed function of the rooms they decorated. This is something that Pierre Gros recently evoked in his... more
En la primera parte de este volumen, dedicada a las producciones de sigillata africana en época alto-imperial, se analiza el origen de esta cerámica, africano pero con importantes influencias itálicas y galas, situando, a su vez,... more
"A selection of those late Punic texts (i.e. post-dating the destruction of Carthage in 146BC) in both neo-Punic and Latin script which are relatively easy to understand, making them accessible to non-experts in the field of Northwest... more
This paper explores the implications of the archaeological evidence for the standards of public hygiene actually achieved in the towns of Roman North Africa. It looks first at drainage infrastructure, then at public and private toilets,... more
""Si propone di riconoscere un gineceo (γυναικείον, gynaikeion) nell’ambiente R9 della casa di Leukaktios a Tolemaide (Ptolemais). L’ipotesi si basa sulla figurazione a mosaico dell’ambiente, rappresentante l’incontro di Dioniso e Arianna... more
Lieux concernés : Deneuvre ; Hippone ; Reims ; Quimperlé ; Sousse ; Egypte. Musée lorrain de Nancy ; Musée Saint-Remi de Reims ; Musée de Troyes ; Musée-abbaye Saint-Germain à Auxerre. Depuis 1897, une stèle votive « à Saturne » du... more
This thesis attempts to describe the entire corpus of Latino-Punic inscriptions, found in Tripolitania. These texts dating to the first four centuries AD, attestet to the survival of Punic in a Latin environment. The work is divided into... more
L'articolo si propone di rivolgere l’indagine su tre direttrici fondamentali: le trasformazioni architettoniche e funzionali dei tofet tardo punici, mai analizzate finora nello specifico nella letteratura archeologica, per illustrare le... more
La presente obra es fruto de un proyecto de cooperación científica hispano-tunecino puesto en marcha en 2005 por la Université de Sousse (Faculté des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines) y la Universitat de Barcelona (CEIPAC) sobre la... more
Considerations about the latest African amphora productions The data at our disposal at the beginning of the Nineties of the last century identified an irreversible stagnation during the first decennia of the seventh century in the... more
There is a huge amount of bibliography about Roman limes, Fossatum Africae and its conception, but just a couple of works have been written about the boundaries of a Roman province and the awareness of Africa as a boundary province. In... more
En el presente estudio se da a conocer un nuevo diploma militar procedente de Mauritania Tingitana. Este fragmento puede fecharse en los momentos finales de la década del 150 por su contenido así como por diversos paralelos conservados.
Esta obra trabaja, de una manera sintética, toda la información disponible en la actualidad sobre la implantación y el significado social de la "Legio III Augusta" en el África romana. Además de presentar un "corpus" actualizado de la... more
Este libro es fruto de más de diez años de investigaciones sobre la economía del Norte de África del Prof. Pons. El autor ha estudiado, tal como se indica en el título, la producción en la Tingitana (Marruecos) de aceite, vino y... more
The study of the representation of black people is an interesting topic to know more about the non-classical image of the Roman society. They were a minority and mostly a marginal part of the society, as it can be interpreted from the... more
Tamuda's camp represents one of the military establishments of the best known Tingitana. Today and after a further period of interventions in the installation is checked as the different phases and renovations they were directly related... more
Faktem jest, że Rzymianie i inni mieszkańcy Śródziemnomorza żeglowali po wodach południowo wschodniej Afryki—nie do końca jednakże wiadomo, jak wielkie były ich wpływy w tym regionie. Periplus Morza Erytrejskiego (15-18), a także Pliniusz... more
Resumo: Desde a Antiguidade, o pugilato-combate com os punhos-já era praticado. O domínio romano difundiu-o em todo o Império. Neste artigo, trataremos do pugilato na África Romana a partir da análise de um mosaico figurativo, datado de... more
We present the first results of the Tunisian-Italian mission at the sanctuary-tophet of Althiburos (Tunisia). The 2007 and 2008 excavations campaigns already allowed to enrich the knowledge about the history of this important site, of the... more
The site of La Malga on the north-west edge of Carthage is dominated by a series of massive cisterns which played an important part in the Roman city’s water supply. In close proximity to these cisterns are the remains of a number of... more