Category: Varia Romana
Rome: the so-called ‘temple of Minerva Medica’ and the ‘trophies of Marius’
Andematunnum (Langres)
Vesontio (Besançon)
Vatican sarcophagi

In the Vatican Museums, one can admire a wonderful collection of early Christian sarcophagi. Most date from the fourth century CE. This was a crucial period in the history of Christianity. In the middle of the previous century Christians still suffered persecutions under the emperors Decius and Valerianus. Around the…
Area Sacra di Largo Argentina
The Gallo-Roman mausoleum of Faverolles
Roman firsts
Spello: Villa dei Mosaici
Spello: Remains of a Roman city
Gubbio: Umbrians and Romans
Umbria: Carsulae
Spoleto: Remains of a Roman city

The area around Spoleto has been inhabited since at least the eighth century BCE. Rich grave finds from several necropolises demonstrate that there must have been a settlement here of some importance. Excavations in 2008-2009 in the Piazza d’Armi, north of the railway station, have for instance uncovered the tomb…
Palestrina: The Nile Mosaic
Palestrina: Ancient Praeneste (part 2)
Palestrina: Ancient Praeneste (part 1)
Arezzo: Amphitheatre and National Archaeological Museum
Matilo (Leiden)

People who almost 2.000 years ago took the Limes road from Praetorium Agrippinae and travelled east for some eight kilometres would eventually arrive at the next castellum protecting the Rhine border. According to the Peutinger Table (Tabula Peutingeriana), this castellum was called Matilo(ne), a name of unknown origin. The precise…