Review article

On the inscriptions of Roman amphitheatres in the Eastern Adriatic seaboard

Marin Buovac

Abstract

There is a rather dense network of Roman (indicated) amphitheatres
in the Eastern Adriatic seaboard which testify to the civilizational level
of individual Roman cities. However, a relatively small number of these
Roman cities have been archeologically researched, and among them
there is an even smaller number of preserved structures that inherited
these inscriptions, which directly pertains to the aforementioned
Roman amphitheatres.* Therefore, this work shall only encompass
those epigraphic monuments which testified to public construction
in the deep past, based on the example of Eastern Adriatic Roman
amphitheatres (inscriptiones publicae). This epigraphic material has
been thematically and topographically classified according to the
relevant archaeological sites. This material will also be of exceptional
importance to the chronological attribution of certain amphitheatre in
the Eastern Adriatic seaboard. Nevertheless, indicated amphitheatres
such as those in the Roman colonies of Iader and Aequum and the
legion camp Tilurium will not be considered in this work, since there is no entirely firm basis for a precise dating of the structures
because they are under-researched.** According to the data available
to this author, thus far no inscriptions have been found in the area of
the Pola amphitheatre from the era of Roman rule that would speak
to the architectural aspect of this structure.

Keywords

amphitheatre; public buildings; epigraphy; munificence; dating

Hrčak ID:

92794

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/92794

Publication date:

15.11.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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