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Excavation

  • Teatro Greco
  • Villa Adriana
  • Tiburtina Villa
  • Italy
  • Lazio
  • Rome
  • Tivoli

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  • The Italian Database is the result of a collaboration between:

    MIBAC (Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali - Direzione Generale per i Beni Archeologici),

    ICCD (Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo e la Documentazione) and

    AIAC (Associazione Internazionale di Archeologia Classica).

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Summary (English)

  • The third campaign of excavation at the Greek theatre concentrated on three areas. The first sector included the central zone of the cavea (trench 12), where the praecintio and its link to a probable vomitorium were situated. The second area coincided with the east-west end of the stage, where trenches 17 and 13 were dug. Trenches 14-16 were opened in the area of the porticus ad scaenam. These two trenches were the continuation of trench 6, excavated in 2004.

    The main aim in trench 12 was to confirm the presence of an axial vomitorium and a praecinto between the first and second maenianum. The vomitorium was identified, constituted by a corridor faced with large travertine slabs and with nine steps in the interior. These steps probably led to the annular gallery possibly through a single flight or with a bifurcation of the steps leading off to either side. The excavation identified the link between the praecintio and the end of the vomitorium and, in turn, the link between the latter and the annular gallery.

    Two trenches were opened in the second area. In the first, trench 13, the eastern end of the scene was excavated. The results, confirmed the symmetry of the closure of the scenae and the repetition of the door connecting it with the interior of the crypt at the opposite end. Trench 17 was placed to the west, exactly at the end of the theatre, delimited by a containing wall that presents a series of semicircular exedra. The aim was to uncover the zones visible in Gusman’s photographs. The excavation, only partially completed, revealed the presence of a wall perpendicular to that of the postcaenium and the possible existence of hydraulic structures.

    Trenches 14, 15 and 16, opened outside the theatre, aimed to corroborate the presence or absence of the porticus ad scaenem, know from the historical sources. The excavations in fact showed that this porticus was not present. Lastly, it was seen that the area had been terraced and a garden area created, all of which done to safeguard the natural changes in level. The terraces were created by a slightly sloping earthwork and there was at least one flight of steps passing from one terrace to another.

  • Sebastián Vargas 
  • Loreto Gómez Araujo 

Director

  • Rafael Hidalgo Prieto - Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla

Team

  • Juan Antonio Mahedero
  • Mª del Carmen Barragán
  • Pilar León Alonso - Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla
  • Antonio Peña
  • Inmaculada Carrasco
  • Ma del Camino Fuertes
  • José Molina Muñoz
  • Juan Antonio Camino de Miguel

Research Body

  • Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla

Funding Body

  • Consejería de Educación y Ciencia de la Junta de Andalucía
  • Fundación Marcelino Botín

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