Nuove indagini sulla pendice nord-orientale del Palatino (2017-2020)

Research on the north-eastern slope of the Palatine Hill, directly overlooking the Colosseum Square, has represented an important project of the Department of Antiquity at La Sapienza University, which funds the fieldwork. The research project started in 2001 under the direction of C. Panella and is still ongoing, under the direction of M.T. D’Alessio. Opened in 2017, the latest excavation is only on his fourth field campaign and has already made it possible to acquire relevant information relating to the last occupation of the site in late imperial times and its obliteration. In order to increase the understanding of this urban context in its development, further analyses will try to answer a number of unresolved questions, such as the southern extension of the curiae Veteres sanctuary and the relation between the sanctuary itself and other complexes in its vicinity.