Réflexions sur la « schola » du decumanus à Lepcis Magna et son contexte urbain

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ID19340629
AuthorsNathalie de Chaisemartin (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume53
Pages23-51
Publication date2017-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquités africaines (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0066-4871 • E-ISSN: 2117-539X
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/antafr.524
OpenAlexW2800774927
LanguageFR
Citations received1
References cited20

Cleared in 1957 at Lepcis Magna by the Italian archaeological team, the city-block to the west of the four-way arch (quadrifrons) of Septimius Severus, between the decumanus maximus and a parallel north road, contained a large courtyard surrounded on three sides by colonnades and framed east and west by semicircular exedrae. The north side displayed a row of seven niches with statue-bases. The elegant South façade with corinthian pilasters had three arched doorways opening onto the decumanus. Westward, a series of rooms led to a doric north-south portico running alongside a thermal complex, followed by a residential area largely rebuilt in Late Antiquity. The inscriptions found in the courtyard suggest that, from the Hadrianic phase, it was an aula honouring a conspicuous local family, the Plautii and the matron Blaesilla. However, it is possible that the whole city-block had previously been a gymnasium area with associated bath-complex on the edge of the city

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Clearance · Geography · Statue · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Classical Antiquity Studies · History

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