Distributed by Astrom Editions. Contents Suzanne Dixon | How do you count them if they’re not there? New perspectives on Roman cloth production (pp. 7-17) Dominic Ingemark | Literacy in Roman Britain: the epigraphical evidence (pp. 19-30) Viktoria Laeben-Rosén | The importance of patricians as symbolic carriers of tradition in late-Antonine and Severan society (pp 31-44) Peter Liljenstolpe | Rustication and decor in Roman architecture: their reflection in the architecture of the 16th century with special attention to their use in the classical orders (pp. 45-72) Eva Minten | Roman children and their pets: a socio-iconographical survey (pp. 73-77) Mia-Maria Salomonsson | Roman legates in the Republic (pp. 79-88) Martin Söderlind | Romanization and the use of votive offerings in the eastern Ager Vulcentis (pp. 89-102) Örjan Wikander | Senators and equites VIII. The cognomina of new men in the Late Republic (pp. 103-108) Ingela M.B. Wiman & Sten Ekman | Man and nature in Etruria: natural resources management in the Massetano area (Tuscany, Italy) (pp. 109-124) Book reviews Ingela M.B. Wiman | L. Bonfante, Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum: USA 3. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art (pp. 125-128) Martin Söderlind | J.W. Bouma, Religio Votiva: the archaeology of Latial votive…

Distributed by Astrom Editions. Contents Gabriella Barbieri  | Materiali etrusco-romani da Viterbo. Corredi funerary inediti dalla località San Nicolao Giovanni Colonna & Yvonne Backe Forsberg | Le iscrizioni del ‘sacello’ del ponte di San Giovenale / Etruscan inscriptions and graffiti from the bridge at San Giovenale Francesco Galluccio | Volterra etrusca alla luce delle nuove scoperte Lars Karlsson | Excavations at San Giovenale in 1999. Fortifications on the Borgo Peter Liljenstolpe | Superimposed orders. The Use of architectural orders in multi-storeyed structures of the Roman Imperial era Ida Östenberg | Demonstrating the conquest of the world. The procession of peoples and rivers on the shield of Aeneas and the triple triumph of Octavian in 29 B.C. (Aen. 8.722–728) Bengt E. Thomasson | Laterculi praesidum. Addendorum series tertia Books received Bibliographical information Opuscula Romana. Annual of the Swedish Institute in Rome (OpRom) 24, Stockholm 1999. ISSN: 0471-7309. ISBN: 978-91-7042-162-4. Softcover, 174 pages.

Distributed by Astrom Editions. Contents Olof Brandt | Il battistero lateranense da Constantino a Ilaro. Un riesame degli scavi (pp. 7–65) Daniel Fuglesang | Two unpublished chamber tombs from San Giovenale (pp. 67–89) Peter Liljenstolpe | The Roman Blattkelch capital. Typology, origin and aspects of employment (pp. 91–126) Peter Liljenstolpe & Allan Klynne | The imperial gardens of the Villa of Livia at Prima Porta. A preliminary report on the 1997 campaign (pp. 127–147) Manlio Lilli | Un ambiente termale lungo la via Calmazzo—Urvinum Mataurense, presso il vicus di Canavaccio (PS) (pp. 149–155) The Swedish Institute in Rome. Report for the academic years 1996–1997 and 1997–1998 (pp. 157–160) Bibliographical information Opuscula Romana. Annual of the Swedish Institute in Rome (OpRom) 22–23, Stockholm 1998. ISSN: 0471-7309. Softcover, 160 pages.

Published by the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Contents Gabriella Barbieri, Le necropolis etrusco-romane di Poggio Giudio e Casale Merlani presso Viterbo (pp. 7–51) Peter Danner, Bikonische Gefässe aus Chiusi (pp. 53–56) Barbro Santillo Frizell, Per Itinera Callium. Report on a pilot project (pp. 57–81) Lars Karlsson, The altar of Hieron at Syracuse. A discussion of its function (pp. 83–87) Allan Klynne & Peter Liljenstolpe, The Villa of Livia at Prima Porta. A report on the excavation of room 45 (pp. 89–100) Peter Liljenstolpe, An Ionic capital from the Villa of Livia at Prima Porta (pp. 101–105) Margareta Strandberg Olofsson, Celebration or death? Aspects of a new amphora from the Micali Painter’s workshop and the iconography of Etruscan black-figured vases (pp. 107–118) Örjan Wikander, Senators and equites VII. Matrilinear relationships and cognate nomenclature in the Roman Republic (pp. 119–124) Book reviews Allan Klynne, review of T.J. Cornell, The beginnings of Rome. Italy and Rome from the Bronze Age to the Punic Wars (c. 1000–264 BC) (pp. 125–129) Örjan Wikander, review of S.B. Downey, Architectural terracottas from the Regia (pp. 129–131) Örjan Wikander, review of D. Castella et al., Le moulin hydraulique gallo-romain d’Avenches “En…

Published by the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Opuscula Romana 20. Pär Göran Gierow dedicata Contents Kristina Berggren, Tre tombe a cremazione con trace di legno nella necropolis di Quattro Fontanili a Veio (Roma) Ingrid E.M. Edlund-Berry, The power of cults and sacred spaces. The interpretation romana of sanctuaries in southern Italy and Sicily Maria C. Eriksson, Two Etruscan mirrors in the Thorwaldsen Museum, Copenhagen Björn Forsén & Timo Sironen, Bolli laterizi romani nell’Antikmuseet in Göteborg Lena Landgren, The Roman pleasure garden—foundations for future studies Peter Liljenstolpe, De ornamentis templi Urbis. Reconstructing the main order of the temple of Venus and Roma in Rome Alessandro Naso, Osservazioni sull’origine dei tumuli monumentali nell’Italia centrale David Ridgway, Greek letters at Osteria dell’Osa Paavo Roos, Strabo and the water-mill at Cabeira. Some considerations Raffaele Santillo, Il «saxum ingentem» a Ravenna a copertura del Mausoleo di Teoderico: problemi e soluzioni Martin Söderlind, A central Italic, terracotta votive head in the Classical Museum of Antiquities in Lund (in association with Pierluigi Bianchetti, technical analysis) Margareta Strandberg Olofsson, Pottery from the monumental area at Acquarossa: a preliminary report Bengt E. Thomasson, Laterculi praesidium. Addendorum series altera Örjan Wikander, Senators and…

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