Grociana piccola

A rare example of Republican military fortifications in Italy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12371979
AutoresF Bernardini (0000-0002-3282-8799, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, autor de correspondencia), Jana Horvat (0000-0002-5512-6407, Institute of Archaeology), G Vinci (0000-0002-7905-9149, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)), Tina Berden (0000-0001-6538-738X, Institute of Archaeology), Lucija Lavrenčič (Institute of Archaeology), Lucia Liccioli (0000-0001-7609-6641, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Firenze), Carmine Lubritto (0000-0003-0009-1400, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli")
Año2021
Volumen34
Número2
Páginas695-712
Fecha de publicación2021-09-20
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Roman Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1047-7594 • E-ISSN: 2331-5709
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1047759421000453
OpenAlexW3200865811
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas11

Recent investigations at Grociana piccola, a site in northeastern Italy consisting of two sub-rectangular fortifications, offer the rare opportunity to investigate Early Roman military architecture outside the Iberian peninsula. Excavations have revealed an inner rubble masonry rampart dated to the 2nd c. BCE by associated pottery, mainly amphora remains. This date suggests that the fortification was in use during the first Roman conquest and/or later campaigns of the 2nd c. BCE, providing one of the earliest and smallest examples of a military fort. The fort's ramparts were built using the same building technique as much larger 2nd-c. BCE military camps. Another trench uncovered the northeastern corner of the outer rampart and a probable tower or artillery platform which can be connected to a temporary camp built during the mid-1st c. BCE

Amphora · Ancient history · Archaeology · Artillery · CONQUEST · Excavation · Fortress (chess · Geography · Masonry · Peninsula · Pottery · Tower · Trench · Archaeological and Historical Studies · History · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Medieval Architecture and Archaeology · Architecture