Novae scalpturae. Capitelli a gola dritta nell’area centro-meridionale della penisola italica

This contribution aims to investigate the spread of capitals distinct by a Kyma recta echinus in the central-southern area of the Italic peninsula. The typology had been spreading in particular since the second half of the II century B.C. and has often been approached to the term "tuscanico".On the basis of advanced research on these capitals in the microasiatic field, especially parchment, it has been possible to see how this type of capital is likely to fit into the process of Hellenization that has been taking place since the middle of the 2nd century B.C. and that invades late republican architecture. It is therefore necessary to detach the terminology of "tuscanico" from these capitals, more likely variations of Doric capitals, the result of the extensive phenomenon of reformulation and mixing of architectural orders that is affirmed especially in the Hellenistic age. Finally, we highlight the good fortune that the Kyma recta capitals had, especially in the Augustan age and in the middle Julio-Claudian age.