Pavlina Vladkova. Novae: Sector VIII А. Buildings extra muros. Complexes During the Roman and Late Antiquity Periods
 Novae. Сектор VIII А. Сгради extra muros. Комплексите през римската и късноантичната епохи
Language: Bulgarian with an extended summary in English
Category: Late Antiquity 

   Volume 2 presents the results of the excavations of the complexes from the Roman and Late Antique periods: from the early 2nd to the late 4th - early 5th century. This is the time when life was most intense and the buildings had a representative character. Attention has focused on the architectural structures: well preserved walls, some with frescoes, mortar floors and hypocausts. Space is given over to lead and ceramic water pipes and to numerous miscellaneous sewage structures. Three periods of construction have been distinguished, the second being a residence in which high government officials, the provincial governor, merchants and others who visited the camp of the First Italian Legion stayed. Movable finds are included insofar as they support the dating of the architectural remains and are important in refining the chronology. All the epigraphic monuments discovered over the years have been collected, the rare seals on building ceramics, diptychs and graffiti are presented, the data on the frescoes found have been systematized, etc.

Table of contents

Introduction

Methods and Study Structure

I. Architecture in "Sector VIII A. Buildings extra muros". II-IV century buildings and structures

1. Peristyle courtyard

2. North wing

3. East wing

4. Central west wing

4.1. Tablinum

4.2. Corridors north and west of tablinum

4.3. Rooms M1, M2 and M3 north of tablinum

5. West wing

5.1. Rooms A-D

5.2. Early rooms I-IV

5.3. Rooms F, G, G1, H, I

5.4. Early rooms VII and VIII

6. South Wing

6.1. Investigations within the early Byzantine basilica

6.2. Excavations east of basilica

II. Water supply and sewerage

1. Water pipelines

2. Sewerage system

III. Construction techniques and building materials

1. Characteristics of the buildings during the different periods

2. Building ceramics

3. Building ceramics with stamps and graffiti

IV. Epigraphic monuments

1. Official inscriptions

2. Inscriptions related to the cults celebrated in Novae

3. Fragments of inscriptions

4. Fragments of mortuaries with seals

5. Graffiti on pottery

6. Dipinti

V. Wall plasters and frescoes

Conclusion

Bibliography

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