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The Destiny of Stone from the Roman Amphitheatres on the Eastern Adriatic Coast
Marin Buovac
Sažetak
This work deals with stone beds, the role and basic characteristics of stone during the building of monumental Roman amphitheaters on the eastern Adriatic coast (Pola, Iader, Burnum and Salona). This work pays particular attention to the dichotomy of the uses and utilitarianism of this stone, which it assumes in the antique, and the post antique time.
The state of Roman amphitheaters during the time when gladiatorial fights no longer existed is particularly interesting; they became free quarries serving for the construction of numerous buildings in the areas around them. Therefore, it is not surprising that a good part of the quality stone was transported, for instance, in the area of present day Venice. It is also worth mentioning that the Venetian government sometimes paid their officials in stone from Solin.
Besides these quarries, certain architectural characteristics and various interesting facts, this paper also presents a chronological review of the transformation and adaptation of the afore mentioned Roman buildings. The passing of certain historical periods caused, or rather resulted in them getting different functions, through valorization and the significance of the Roman amphitheaters on the eastern Adriatic coast, beginning at the period of the Late Antique – Early Christianity, and lasting to the beginning of the 17th century. In this manner, certain Roman amphitheatres on the eastern Adriatic coast turned into memorial chapels, forts, defensive city walls, or, into free quarries.
Ključne riječi
amphitheatar; adaptation; Roman quarrie; techinque of construction; stone; Eastern Adriatic; post antique time
Hrčak ID:
68230
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Datum izdavanja:
29.5.2011.
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