Continued From Faesulae – Part I Upon exiting the museum and entering the archaeological area, the first monument encountered is the theater. The theater of Faesulae was constructed during the Julio-Claudian with the main elements dating to the reign of Augustus and the scenae frons likely constructed during the reign of Claudian. Decorative elements found…
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Most Recent Visit: August 2024 Perched in the hills above modern Florence is the town of Fiesole, successor to the ancient settlement of Faesulae. Archaeological evidence suggests the hill, which offers a defensible position above the confluence of the Arnus (modern Arno) and Munio (modern Mugnone) rivers, near where the later Roman settlement of Florentia…
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Most Recent Visit: June 2022 While the Roman settlement of Aduatuca Tungrorum (or Atuatuca Tungrorum) seems to have been established around 10 BCE at the site of modern Tongren in Belgium, a separate settlement of Aduatuca (typically differentiated as Aduatuca Eburonum) existed in at least the middle of the 1st century BCE. The settlement of…
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Continued From Kisamos Part I The next site is a bit of a zig zag a few streets over to the southeast on Georgiakaki, less than 5 minutes away from the East Roman Baths. At the corner of Polirrinias and Georgiakaki is the Metropolitan Church of the Annunciation (Μητρόπολη Κίσσαμος Ναός Ευαγγελιστριας). Though I couldn’t…
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Most Recent Visit: June 2025 The Kisamos that was the precursor to modern Kissamos was one of two settlements in western Crete with that name. The Kisamos at hand is located in the northwest of Crete, at the south side of the Sinus Myrtilos (modern Kolpos Kissamou) created by the Tityros and Korykos promontories (the…
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Continued From Vindonissa Part II Out the southwest exit of the cemetery onto a small unnamed street that connects with Dorfstrasse to the south, and then just a minute or so west down Dorfstrasse (about 60 meters), is the culina centurionis, the officer’s kitchen. It’s a bit hidden if you aren’t looking in the right…
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Continued From Vindonissa Part I A few blocks to the southeast of the amphitheater, on the southeast corner of the intersection Oelackerstrasse and Bergstrasse (about 450 meters walking) is an innocuous looking low stone structure with a window. Looking through the window is a settling basin for the aqueduct that supplied water to Vindonissa, one…
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Most Recent Visit: June 2022 Vindonissa was, in antiquity, located near the confluence of the Araris, Silana, and Lindimacus rivers; today the Aare, Reuss, and Limmat rivers respectively. The name Vindonissa seems to be derived from a Celtic word relating to the color white or a god whose name was derived from the term. Whether…
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Continued From Lucus Augusti Part I Just on the other (west) side of the cathedral from the Piscina Romana, inside the Porta Santiago and the west side of Praza Pío XII, is the Museo Universitario a Domus do Mitreo. Located at Praza Pío XII 3, the museum and archaeological area is open Tuesday through Saturday…
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Most Recent Visit: July 2022 The Roman settlement of Lucus Augusti (also sometimes called Lucus Asturum) seems to have been founded sometime after the conclusion of the Cantabrian Wars in 19 BCE. One of the primary belligerents in the war were the Gallaeci, a broad tribal group that occupied the far northwestern corner of the…
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