Neue Angaben zum Vicus von Arrabona (original) (raw)

Neues zum römischen Vicus von Altrier, Empreintes 1, 2008, 59-71

untersuchte die gallo-römische Abteilung des MNHA im Ortskern von Altrier (Flur "Im vordersten Meesch") archäologische Überreste der römischen Straßensiedlung (Vicus) (Abb.1 und 2). Die Grabung 2004 erfolgte zunächst als Notgrabung aufgrund bereits begonnener Baggerarbeiten für ein 0,75 Hektar großes Neubaugebiet 1 .

Die Ausgrabungen im römischen Vicus von Rimburg

Bonner Jahrbücher, 2019

The vicus of Rimburg is located at the crossing of the Via Belgica over the river Wurm between the Vici Heerlen and Baesweiler. The preservation conditions for organic material make the find site unique. Possibly, the settlement was preceded by a street sanctuary. It was built initially in timber construction, at the latest since the middle of the first century A. D. There was a bridge constructed on wooden stilt yokes, an undershot water mill in the east of the river, whose millstones were probably found in the west of it, and a pottery workshop. On both sides there were several strip houses with their narrow sides facing the Via Belgica. The river, the main road, and the loess soil in the surrounding area were strong factors for the prosperous development of the settlement during the imperial period. Numerous finds provide information about its Gallo-Roman population and its rural environment as well as about production and trade in the settlement. A military diploma and occasional militaria make it seem possible that veterans settled here. Spolia refer to cemeteries and a sanctuary in the vicinity of the vicus. Gravestones were re-used in Constantinian times to maintain the highway and the bridgehead. Unlike the road and bridgehead, the vicus was probably not populated any more at that time, and late Roman finds are completely missing on the Dutch side.

Anmerkungen zur Biographie des Aratos von Sikyon II 2024

Anmerkungen zur Biographie des Aratos von Sikyon II, 2024

This paper contains the notes to my biographic novel "Strategos", a tentative reconstruction of the memories of Aratus of Sicyon (271-213) which has produced many new findings of scientific interest. Elected 16 times strategos of the Achaean League, Aratos was the democratic leader of a federation of cities in a multipolar world dominated by five superpowers. The challenges he faced bear many similarities to those threatening the European democracies in the 21st century. The life of Aratus is an intricate story with many doubtful passages, but with the help of these notes the understanding of various problems can be increased. This paper contains the notes to book 2, "Die Tyrannen von Argos", and those of particular scientific interest have been highlighted in the text. Among the most interesting ideas presented here is a new solution for the beginning of the Aetolian presence in East-Arcadia (pp. 37, 48, 50) and the consequences for the Aetolian-Achaean-alliance (pp. 87, 96, 147, 149), as well as a reconstruction of the campaign that led to the battle of Phylakia (p. 216), new evidence on the life of victorious general Bithys (p. 231, 239, 240, 312) and a different reading for the inscription FD III 4.239 (p. 240) regarding the Aetolian Simos in Skiros. New arguments are provided to prove that Phthia of Epirus was not the mother of Philip V (p. 308). A new interpretation is also proposed for Plutarch, Aratos 29.5-6 (p. 126) and similar passages, shedding new light on the purpose and character of the Hypomnemata. 2nd enhanced edition, 2024