Naslov
The Walls around the Eternal City

Autori
Markasović, Valentina

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Skup
ISHA Seminar "Walls in History"

Mjesto i datum
Berlin, Njemačka, 29.07.2019. - 04.08.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
ancient history ; ancient Rome ; architecture ; walls

Sažetak
The overview begins with the so-called Servian wall, the remains of which are still visible throughout the modern Rome. It was built in the early fourth century BC. Except for the archaeological evidence, the presentation looks into the works of antiquity authored by e.g. Titus Livy, which explain the existence and the need for a wall from a literary-historiographic perspective. The presentation explains the connection between the concept of the pomerium, the city boundary, which hails back to the traditional story in which Romulus ploughed a ditch around the city, marking its limit. The pomerium had religious significance and, depending on its position inside or outside of it, the land belonged either to the city of Rome or it was just ager belonging to the city. Such a differentiation remained present even with the growth of population and, consequently, the expanding of the city which soon outgrew the Servian wall. However, a new wall was not built until the third century A.D. and the crisis of the empire – until then, the city felt safe enough not to need any protection in the shape of a physical wall. Then Aurelian built another, accordingly bigger wall around the city. The presentation explains the historic overview of the wall-building, presenting the archaeological evidence and evidence found in the sources, as well as the connection between the traditional boundary and how it translated into a real wall. The latter wall's meaning is also interesting, so the presentation would deal with its impact as a symbol of unity in the time of crisis, the time when Rome was only nominally the capital of the Empire.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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