Alice Poletto | John Cabot University (original) (raw)

DPhil - University of Oxford
Postgraduate School, MA, BA - Sapienza University of Rome

My doctoral research considered the architecture, functions, and usage patterns of imperial villas in Italy, with a focus on the period between Antoninus Pius and Maxentius (AD 138–312). Using data from ten residences, combined with textual and epigraphic evidence concerned with the period under consideration, I investigated the forms in which imperial villas provided a venue for the activities which emperors performed in fulfilment of their role.

My primary field of research is Roman Archaeology, with a focus on architecture and spatial analysis. I am also interested in the social and economic history of the Roman empire, ancient urbanism and trade patterns in the Mediterranean.

I have participated in more than fifteen excavation seasons, in Italy (Hadrian's Villa, Palatine Hill, Ostia, Pyrgi, Peltuinum, Castrum Novum), Kosovo (Ulpiana), Morocco (Volubilis), and Turkey (Elaiussa Sebaste).
Supervisors: Dr Janet DeLaine - Dr Dominik Maschek (DPhil), Prof Stefano Tortorella (MA, BA), Dr Alessandra Ten (MA, co-supervisor), and Dr Alessandra Gobbi (MA, co-supervisor)
Address: British School at Rome
via Antonio Gramsci 61
00197 Roma

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