Excavations in the 1960s uncovered a building decorated with numerous imperial portraits, the Augusteum, in the southwestern corner of the forum of Rusellae. The building and its cycle of statues have only been the subject of preliminary publications. The forum was completely rebuilt between the Augustan and Flavian periods and its development can be followed up to the beginning of the 5th century AD. The construction of the Augusteum can only be understood in the context of the reorganisation of the forum area in the early imperial period. The new survey has made it possible to propose a restitution and articulation of its construction phases, visualised by means of 3D modelling. At the same time, the study of the relationship between the architecture and the sculptural heritage continued. An important issue is the relationship of the Augusteum to the portico of the south-west corner of the forum, which shows a more articulated sequence of phases than previously thought. It must be understood in relation to the geomorphology of this slope. The prospect is to extend the new survey to the other buildings in the forum area in order to better understand their urban evolution, their routes, their accesses, and to clarify, through visibility analyses, some problematic nodes that have not yet been suficiently studied.
Gli scavi degli anni ’60 del secolo passato hanno messo in luce nell’angolo sudoccidentale del foro di Rusellae un edificio decorato con numerosi ritratti imperiali, l’Augusteum. L’edificio e il suo ciclo statuario sono stati oggetto solo di pubblicazioni preliminari. Il foro venne completamente ristrutturato tra l’età augustea e quella flavia e il suo sviluppo può essere seguito fino al principio del V sec. d.C.. L’edificio dell’Augusteum non si può comprendere che nel contesto della risistemazione dell’area forense nella prima età imperiale. Il suo nuovo rilevamento ha permesso una proposta di restituzione e un’articolazione delle sue fasi edilizie visualizzate tramite modellazione 3D. Parallelamente è proseguito lo studio del rapporto tra l’architettura e il corredo scultoreo. Un tema importante è la relazione dell’Augusteum con il portico dell’angolo sudoccidentale del foro, che mostra una successione di fasi più articolata di quanto si ritenesse finora. Essa va compresa in relazione alla geomorfologia di questo versante della collina. La prospettiva è quella di estendere il nuovo rilevamento agli altri edifici dell’area forense per comprenderne meglio l’evoluzione urbanistica, le percorrenze, gli accessi, chiarendo con analisi di visibilità alcuni nodi problematici ancora non sufficientemente approfonditi.
Il foro di Rusellae e il suo Augusteo / Liverani, Paolo; Grassi, Caterina. - 6(2024), pp. 225-234. (Intervento presentato al convegno Archeologia in Toscana. Ricerca – Tutela – Gestione – Valorizzazione tenutosi a Firenze).
Il foro di Rusellae e il suo Augusteo.
Caterina GrassiUltimo
2024
Abstract
Excavations in the 1960s uncovered a building decorated with numerous imperial portraits, the Augusteum, in the southwestern corner of the forum of Rusellae. The building and its cycle of statues have only been the subject of preliminary publications. The forum was completely rebuilt between the Augustan and Flavian periods and its development can be followed up to the beginning of the 5th century AD. The construction of the Augusteum can only be understood in the context of the reorganisation of the forum area in the early imperial period. The new survey has made it possible to propose a restitution and articulation of its construction phases, visualised by means of 3D modelling. At the same time, the study of the relationship between the architecture and the sculptural heritage continued. An important issue is the relationship of the Augusteum to the portico of the south-west corner of the forum, which shows a more articulated sequence of phases than previously thought. It must be understood in relation to the geomorphology of this slope. The prospect is to extend the new survey to the other buildings in the forum area in order to better understand their urban evolution, their routes, their accesses, and to clarify, through visibility analyses, some problematic nodes that have not yet been suficiently studied.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


