- Item
- AIAC_63
- Name
- Seripola
- Date Range
- 200 BC – 600
- Monuments
- Port
- Website
- http://apss.soton.ac.uk
Seasons
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AIAC_63 - Seripola - 2000The river port of Seripola, situated on the eastern bank of the Tiber, was discovered in 1962-63 during the construction of the Autostrada A1. The site was identified in the Tabula Peutingeriana as Castellum Amerinum and is located at the point where the ancient via Amerina crossed the Tiber. The excavations, conducted on only a part of the site, have permitted a dating of the occupation between the second century BC and Late Antique period. As part of the project of analysis of the cities, road stations and ports of the middle and lower Tiber valley, new investigations were begun with the use of the geophysical research and surface survey in the area outside the excavations of Seripola and near the via Amerina. Magnetometry revealed the presence of sepulchral structures both along the via Amerina and along the bank of the Tiber. These show an extention of the site higher than that previously imagined. Moreover, it was possible to follow the layout of the via Amerina for a length of over 140 meters beyond the excavated area; its route is delimited by tombs and mausolea. The continuation of this research will permit further clarification of the structure of this small river port.
Media
- Name
- Seripola
- Year
- 2000
- Summary
- en The river port of Seripola, situated on the eastern bank of the Tiber, was discovered in 1962-63 during the construction of the Autostrada A1. The site was identified in the Tabula Peutingeriana as Castellum Amerinum and is located at the point where the ancient via Amerina crossed the Tiber. The excavations, conducted on only a part of the site, have permitted a dating of the occupation between the second century BC and Late Antique period. As part of the project of analysis of the cities, road stations and ports of the middle and lower Tiber valley, new investigations were begun with the use of the geophysical research and surface survey in the area outside the excavations of Seripola and near the via Amerina. Magnetometry revealed the presence of sepulchral structures both along the via Amerina and along the bank of the Tiber. These show an extention of the site higher than that previously imagined. Moreover, it was possible to follow the layout of the via Amerina for a length of over 140 meters beyond the excavated area; its route is delimited by tombs and mausolea. The continuation of this research will permit further clarification of the structure of this small river port.
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Il porto fluviale di Seripola, situato sulla riva orientale del Tevere, fu scoperto nel 1962-63 durante i lavori di costruzione dell'Autostrada A1. Il sito viene identificato nella Tabula Peutingeriana come _Castellum Amerinum_ e si trova nel punto in cui l'antica _via Amerina_ attraversava il Tevere.
Gli scavi, condotti solo su una parte del sito, hanno permesso di inquadrarne l'occupazione tra il II secolo a.C. e l'età tardo antica. Nell'ambito del progetto di analisi delle città, delle stazioni viarie e dei porti della media e bassa valle del Tevere, con l'impiego delle prospezioni geofisiche e delle ricognizioni di superficie, sono state avviate nuove indagini nell'area esterna agli scavi di Seripola e in una zona nei pressi della _via Amerina_. La magnetometria ha rivelato la presenza di strutture sepolte sia lungo la _via Amerina_ che lungo la sponda del Tevere, evidenziando un'estensione del sito superiore a quella che si immaginava; inoltre è stato possibile seguire il tracciato della _via Amerina_ per una lunghezza di oltre 140 m oltre l'area scavata. Il suo percorso sembra essere delimitato da tombe e mausolei. La prosecuzione delle ricerche permetterà di chiarire ulteriormente la struttura di questo piccolo porto fluviale. - Research Body
- University of Southampton
- University of Cambridge
- Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici dell'Etruria meridionale
- The British School at Rome
- Funding Body
- Arts and Humanities Research Board
Media
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Keay 2001S. Keay, 2001, Gateway to Rome, British Archaeology 57: 20-23.
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Keay-Millett 1998S. Keay, M. Millett, 1998, Roman towns in the Middle Tiber Valley, in Papers of The British School at Rome 66: 258-259.
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Keay et al. 2004S. Keay, M. Millett, S. Poppy, J. Robinson, J. Taylor and N. Terrenato, 2004, New approaches to Roman urbanism in the Tiber Valley, in H. Patterson (ed.), Bridging the Tiber, approaches to regional archaeology in the middle Tiber valley. Archaeological Monographs of the British School at Rome, 13, London: 223-236.
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Millett-Keay 2001M. Millett, S. Keay, 2001, Research Reports: Seripola, Orte, in Papers of the British School at Rome 69: 412-413.
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Johnson, Keay, Millett 2004P. Johnson, S. Keay, M. Millett, 2004, Lesser urban sites in the Tiber Valley: Baccanae, Forum Cassii and Castellum Amerinum, in Papers of the British School at Rome 72: 69-100.