Naslov
Roman Cemeteries and Burial Rites on the Croatian Part of the Danube Limes

Autori
Leleković, Tino

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, ostalo

Skup
22nd Limes congress

Mjesto i datum
Ruse, Bugarska, 06.09.2012. - 11.09.2012

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
rimski grobovi; limes; Panonija; bustum
(roman burials; limes; Pannonia; bustum)

Sažetak
The paper will focus on the burial customs from the Croatian part of the Danube limes. During the past decade several excavations were conducted on the cemeteries on the sites along the limes and in its rear. In total 543 graves have been excavated, producing a good basis for an overview of the development and change of burial rites in this part of the limes. Also, owing to these excavations, a typology of graves can be given, along with the historical and cultural contextualization of each of the defined types. Emphasis will be given on the distribution and typology of busta, a burial custom that seems to be characteristic for the cemeteries along the limes. The origin and interpretation of the bustum type of grave have not yet been explained. One theory has it that such graves originated in north Italy and that the legionaries spread them to the provinces, especially those of the Rhineland and the Danube/Balkan regions. On the other hand, it is possible to perceive of the bustum as a funerary feature imported to the West by the army and immigrants from the East. Others believe that busta originated among the native Balkan (south- east Pannonia included) ethnic communities. On the basis of new finds from Croatia, this paper will try to give a satisfactory explanation of this feature and its connection with the Roman army.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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