A Most Notable Dwelling: The Domus Romana and the Urban Topography of Roman Melite
This paper offers an overview of Roman Melite: the paper examines the epigraphic evidence for the topography of the urban centres of Gaulos and Melite in particular, the activities of wealthy benefactors and the civic government of the municipia through benefactions to the Temples to Apollo and Pros...
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oai:doaj.org-article:c746be9cd6f3459699226b478a2d22262021-12-05T14:10:59ZA Most Notable Dwelling: The Domus Romana and the Urban Topography of Roman Melite2300-656010.1515/opar-2020-0121https://doaj.org/article/c746be9cd6f3459699226b478a2d22262021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1515/opar-2020-0121https://doaj.org/toc/2300-6560This paper offers an overview of Roman Melite: the paper examines the epigraphic evidence for the topography of the urban centres of Gaulos and Melite in particular, the activities of wealthy benefactors and the civic government of the municipia through benefactions to the Temples to Apollo and Proserpina and dedications to the Imperial Cult. There is only limited evidence for the buildings themselves apart from the Domus Romana that was discovered on the outskirts of Rabat in 1881. The urban area appears to have been in decline by the fourth century AD despite the presence of a Late Roman see and Byzantine officials. The paper concludes with the abandonment of the island as a consequence of the Aghlabid sack of 870.Lowe BenedictDe Gruyterarticlerabatmdinaroman urbanismepigraphymunicipiaproserpinaapolloArchaeologyCC1-960ENOpen Archaeology, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 37-50 (2021) |
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This paper offers an overview of Roman Melite: the paper examines the epigraphic evidence for the topography of the urban centres of Gaulos and Melite in particular, the activities of wealthy benefactors and the civic government of the municipia through benefactions to the Temples to Apollo and Proserpina and dedications to the Imperial Cult. There is only limited evidence for the buildings themselves apart from the Domus Romana that was discovered on the outskirts of Rabat in 1881. The urban area appears to have been in decline by the fourth century AD despite the presence of a Late Roman see and Byzantine officials. The paper concludes with the abandonment of the island as a consequence of the Aghlabid sack of 870. |
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A Most Notable Dwelling: The Domus Romana and the Urban Topography of Roman Melite |
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A Most Notable Dwelling: The Domus Romana and the Urban Topography of Roman Melite |
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