Original scientific paper
La diffusione del marmo proconnesio nelle Marche in età classica e paleocristiana: il ruolo del porto di Ancona
Claudia Barsanti
; University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Andrea Paribeni
; University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy
Abstract
As marble exportation from Proconnesian quarries and ergasteria in roman and byzantine periods was widespread in the entire Mediterranean basin, the Adriatic coasts were affected too by a massive flow of marble either as raw material or completed sculpture. In the Marche region arrival of materials from Marmara quarries dating from 2nd to 6th century was encouraged by imperial (Trajan Arch at Ancona) and high ecclesiastical (S. Ciriaco) patronage, but in a broader perspective, the presence of Proconnesian marble depended on autonomous economic and trade relations that Ancona and other Marche ports were able to entertain with the production centers of the Marmara, the Aegean and the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
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179657
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Publication date:
1.5.2016.
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