In recent years we are witness to a flowering of studies about the Reggio Emilia area, especially concerning its Roman past, a wealthy period when the region was densely populated. Specifically, in the area that we are examining there were four towns: Regium Lepidi, Tannetum, Brixellum and Luceria. The best-known city of the district is undoubtedly Regium Lepidi that was founded during the first half of the 2nd century BC as a small village; it then grew to become a municipium, a real town, during the following century, and it is the only one of these towns that has been continuously occupied without interruption until today. We have fewer information about the other centres; to our knowledge, Regium Lepidi and Brixellum seem to be the only large towns, Luceria is generally considered to have been just a small village, a vicus; and we can say very little about Tannetum, since it disappeared in late antiquity and is now lost, except the fact it was formally and juridically a real town. The research presented in this paper focuses on the possibility that the Roman towns in this area were equipped with buildings for public shows and what we aim to propose is that research on amphitheatres can be intended not only as a simple architectural study, but has deeper implications and can also be considered as a tool for the discovery of ancient lost towns, or to understand the importance of a centre in the administrative structure of the Roman Empire.

New studies on the amphitheatres of the Roman towns in the Reggio Emilia area / Storchi, Paolo; Mete, Gianluca; Blockely, Paul. - (2019), pp. 65-77.

New studies on the amphitheatres of the Roman towns in the Reggio Emilia area

Storchi Paolo;
2019

Abstract

In recent years we are witness to a flowering of studies about the Reggio Emilia area, especially concerning its Roman past, a wealthy period when the region was densely populated. Specifically, in the area that we are examining there were four towns: Regium Lepidi, Tannetum, Brixellum and Luceria. The best-known city of the district is undoubtedly Regium Lepidi that was founded during the first half of the 2nd century BC as a small village; it then grew to become a municipium, a real town, during the following century, and it is the only one of these towns that has been continuously occupied without interruption until today. We have fewer information about the other centres; to our knowledge, Regium Lepidi and Brixellum seem to be the only large towns, Luceria is generally considered to have been just a small village, a vicus; and we can say very little about Tannetum, since it disappeared in late antiquity and is now lost, except the fact it was formally and juridically a real town. The research presented in this paper focuses on the possibility that the Roman towns in this area were equipped with buildings for public shows and what we aim to propose is that research on amphitheatres can be intended not only as a simple architectural study, but has deeper implications and can also be considered as a tool for the discovery of ancient lost towns, or to understand the importance of a centre in the administrative structure of the Roman Empire.
2019
Giochi e spettacoli nel mondo antico. Problematiche e nuove scoperte
978-88-6687-160-6
Amphitheatre; theatre; Northern Italy
02 Pubblicazione su volume::02a Capitolo o Articolo
New studies on the amphitheatres of the Roman towns in the Reggio Emilia area / Storchi, Paolo; Mete, Gianluca; Blockely, Paul. - (2019), pp. 65-77.
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