Opuscula 17 (2024)
Open Access , Opuscula / 2024-11-08

Opuscula 17 is published by the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome, with the aid of a grant from The Swedish Research Council (grant no. 2023-00215). Distributed by Eddy.se AB. View volume at ERIH PLUS. All content available with open access. Article abstracts and author affiliations listed below.   Opuscula. Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome 17, 2024   Contents   Articles Pergamos. An unexplored fortified site in north-eastern Greece By Patrik Klingborg, Georgia Galani, Jesper Blid, Stavroula Dadaki & Penelope Malama, pp. 7–24, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-17-02   The Palamas Archaeological Project 2023. A preliminary report of the Greek–Swedish collaboration in the municipality of Palamas, region of Karditsa, Thessaly By Maria Vaïopoulou, Robin Rönnlund, Fotini Tsiouka, Johan Klange, Derek Pitman, Ian Randall, Rich Potter & Harry Manley, pp. 25–45, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-17-03   A bronze deposit excavated at Kalaureia in 2016. A statuette of the Herakles Chiaramonti type, a stand and a thymiaterion By Julia Habetzeder, pp. 47–67, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-17-04   A Roman bath with broken windows in Asine, Argolis. The result of repeated earthquakes? By Dominic Ingemark, pp. 69–93, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-17-05   The Tomba Åström and the 1969 excavations at San Giovenale By Mattia D’Acri & Fredrik Tobin-Dodd, pp. 95­–111, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-17-06   Architectural terracottas from San Giovenale. Addenda and conclusions By Örjan Wikander,…

The Basilica Sempronia and the Forum Romanum
Content / 2022-09-12

Opuscula 15 is published by the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome. Distributed by Eddy.se AB. View volume at ERIH PLUS. The Basilica Sempronia and the Forum Romanum By Henrik Gerding & Nicolò Dell’Unto Abstract The authors of this paper reinvestigate the remains of the Basilica Sempronia, situated below the Imperial Basilica Julia in Rome. By combining the information from the original excavation with a new 3D digital documentation, new observations are made and previous interpretations reassessed. The present remains are discussed in relation to the contemporary built environment, as well as to preceding and following phases. It is argued that the Basilica Sempronia was an elongated hall with closed lateral walls and interior supports. It was erected on a podium that raised the building above the surrounding streets on all sides except the west. The Augustan renewal of the Basilica Julia entailed vast foundations works, which had a huge impact on the site. However, evidence of an intermediate phase indicates the existence of a building complex that merged the previous basilica with the Tabernae Veteres, partly preserving their original dimensions and orientations. This intermediate basilica complex comprised a large paved unroofed surface at an elevated position, possibly a peristyle…