Savaria in Bewegung. Topographische Forschungen im südlichen Gebiet von Savaria (original) (raw)
2024, Jana Horvat - Stefan Groh - Karl Strobel - Mateja Belak (eds.): Roman urban landscape. Towns and minor settlements from Aquileia to the Danube, Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae 47. Ljubljana
https://doi.org/10.3986/9789610508281_21
In the three-and-a-half centuries between the colony’s foundation and the end of the 4th century, the southern suburb underwent several changes that clearly affected the function of the area and, consequently, the character of its built environment. The role of the Amber Road as a topographical element also changed, but its dominant character in the urban landscape remained. The decline of the predominantly industrial-commercial character of Amber Road in the 1st and 2nd centuries and the evolution of its sacral function led to a change in the parcelling of the area and the establishment of a new road network. The demolition of the extensive Isis sanctuary complex in the 4th century probably coincided with the decline of the building zone on the east side of the Amber Road. Afterwards, an extensive but not very dense cemetery with rather sporadic burial groups on both sides of the road developed. The (partial?) abandonment of the cemetery could be related to the construction of a horreum in this zone. The last building program was the construction of a system of ditches and a rampart, which respected the Roman urban elements, although they cannot be dated today. The area does not seem to have had any influence on the urban structure of medieval Szombathely, as the remains of the buildings of the former Roman town served as quarries for centuries.
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