Original scientific paper
Municipium Flavium Fulfinum Diachronic study of the city structure with a special attention to the forum
Morana Čaušević-Bully
; Université de Franche Comté/UMR Chrono-Environnement, Besançon, France
Ivan Valent
; Association aIPAK, Omišalj, Croatia
Abstract
The present paper aims to gather all the available archaeological data produced during numerous campaigns of excavations conducted between 1972 and 1983, mostly through test trenching, but sometimes also by larger research excavations. The results of these archaeological works have rarely been published, and the majority of them have remained unknown to the larger public. This first complete publication on the known urban structure of Flavium Fulfinum, the second roman municipium on the island of Krk (Croatia), is enriched by the results of the new archaeological excavations conducted on the Forum since 2006. Special attention is given to questions relating to the datation of the city’s creation, its development, and finally its fate through Late Antiquity up to the time of its final abandonment. The study of the structures in the Forum should offer new insights concerning this urban public space, but should also enrich our knowledge of its evolution between Antiquity and Late Antiquity, both of which are extremely poorly documented for the area of northern Liburnia (Dalmatia).
Keywords
Fulfinum; Omišalj; Antiquity; Late Antiquity; Urbanism; Forum; Basilica; Temple
Hrčak ID:
148850
URI
Publication date:
9.12.2015.
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