Early Roman horrea at Nauportus

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ID11399424
AuthorsJana Horvat (0000-0002-5512-6407, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume120
Issue1
Pages111-121
Publication date2008-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMélanges de l École française de Rome Antiquité (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0223-5102 • E-ISSN: 1724-2134
PublisherPERSEE Program (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3406/mefr.2008.10419
OpenAlexW182032445
LanguageEN
Citations received5

A vicus of Nauportus, situated on the northeastern edge of the territory of the colony of Aquileia, held a key position at the junction between land routes leading from northeastern Italy and Istria and water routes leading eastwards to Pannonia. The settlement of the Augustan period was built at the bend of the Ljubljanica river. It was fortified with a defense wall and towers as well as a defense ditch. An extensive square was located in the center of the site, encircled by a colonnade and large storehouses in rows. The plan of the entire settlement and the individual buildings correspond with the examples found in the Late Republican towns in northern Italy, as well as with the architecture of the ports throughout the whole Empire. It is clearly manifested in the architecture, that the settlement was a trade, traffic, storage and reloading post as well as a river port

Ancient history · Archaeology · Bay · Ditch · Geography · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeological Research and Protection · Engineering · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Architecture

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