Roman Heritage

Wim Boerefijn, New towns of the twelfth to fourteenth centuries and the grid plan.
The collapse of the western Roman empire led to a long period of urban decline in western Europe. From about the 10th century onwards, however,  urban life revived.  Initially, this happened particularly in existing settlements – often in remnants of Roman cities, towns and
fortresses – that grew and were gradually promoted to towns and cities. But towns were also created anew, almost from scratch, in short periods of time. This became more and more usual as more and more landlords sought to profit from the urban boom. Unfortunately, little is known of how this was done. In the following chapter, various aspects of these new urban creations will be outlined in the perspective of the heritage of the ancient colonial city, beginning with a short introduction of the phenomenon and subsequently focusing on spatial planning and the grid plan in particular.

The Roman archaeological heritage on the Bulgarian lands is represented by numerous sites, which have been excavated and evaluated to a different extent and part of them are preserved and socialized as tourist attractions.The Roman archaeological sites on the territory of Montana, Vratsa and Vidin districts in Northwest Bulgaria are part of the tourist potential of this region, which is characterized as the least developed tourist destination in Bulgaria.Trends in local tourism management in the municipalities of the districts indicate the existence of ideas, will and willingness to use all available resource potential to develop diverse and attractive tourism products recognizable on the country's tourism map. It turns out that most part of the Roman archaeological heritage in these districts is not used. Most sites have been excavated but not exposed or registered but not excavated. It would therefore be appropriate to rethink the ways in which the available tourism resources are used and the creation of new tourist products.The current study aimed to research the attitudes of key stakeholders-local municipal authorities and experts from the museums of the districts towards development of tourism product based on the Roman archaeological heritage. Taking into account their attitudes also sets out one of the possible directions in the development of such a product type.

The management of archaeological sites is a field of increasing interest, as evidenced by a growing number of professional conferences, publications and international projects focused on heritage management and site presentation. The past is a cultural construct experienced specifically at certain places or occasions, as said by Cornelius Halter. This paper discusses aspects related to how tourists, local and regional communities perceive ruins, in light of the project of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee to include the Roman Limes on the UNESCO list of protected heritage sites and the endeavours of the 'National LIMES' Committee and the 'Danube Limes UNESCO World Heritage programme'. These concepts are essential in devising adequate methods for managing the heritage significance of ruins, setting proper policies and serving 'the understanding of the monument' by all collective groups involved, as a bedrock for (self-)sustainable ruin tourism.

This contribution analyses the history of a series of Roman inscriptions located in Barcelona that mention Lucius Licinius Secundus, accensus (person in charge under magistrates) of Lucius Licinius Sura, the important consul under the emperor Trajan. We will assess the seven inscriptions copied by the historian Jeroni Pujades in the Coronica General del Principat de Cathalunya, published in 1609. The scope is to configure the urban space in which these antiquities were located and to follow the lines of transmission through the modern records. By doing so, we will offer an overview of the value of ancient heritage in 16th century and its integration into the urban landscape.

Impaginazione e stampa: LuoghInteriori Proprietà letteraria riservata Copyright 2019: LuoghInteriori srl / Istituto Nazionale di Studi Romani onlus ISBN 978-88-6864-125-2 www.luoghinteriori.com -Città di Castello -Italia Coordinamento redazionale a cura di Massimiliano Ghilardi PAOLO SOMMELLA Introduzione LUCREZIA UNGARO Traiano. Costruire l'Impero, creare l'Europa. Una presentazione della mostra Relazioni ANNA MARIA LIBERATI I due principes, il dominus ed il Cattolicesimo. Un episodio della politica culturale dell'Istituto di Studi Romani: la conferenza preparata e mai svolta di Don Juan di Borbone Principe delle Asturie LEANDRO POLVERINI Da Augusto a Traiano: dalla fondazione all'apogeo dell'impero SERGIO RINALDI TUFI Traiano e l'esercito romano da Ancona al Danubio nel 105 d.C.: sulle orme di una celebre legione? LUCA BIANCHI Celebrazioni monumentali delle guerre daciche di Traiano sui luoghi degli avvenimenti KLAUS STEFAN FREYBERGER L'acquisizione del regno dei Nabatei da parte di Traiano e la fondazione della provincia Arabia: una nuova formazione politica nell'Impero Romano d'Oriente EUGENIA EQUINI SCHNEIDER Traiano in Cilicia. L'ultima frontiera 7 9 57 137 149 193 243 263 SOMMARIO I due principes, il dominus ed il Cattolicesimo. Un episodio della politica culturale dell'Istituto di Studi Romani: la conferenza preparata e mai svolta di Don Juan di Borbone Principe delle Asturie* Il classico nella Roma contemporanea. Mito, modelli, memoria, Atti del Convegno di Roma, Istituto Nazionale di Studi Romani, 18-20 ottobre 2000, a cura di F. Roscetti con la collaborazione di L. Lanzetta e L. Cantatore, II, Roma 2002, pp. 507-537 e D. Aramini, Nel segno di Roma. Politica e cultura nell'Istituto di studi romani, in Il primato della politica nell'Italia del Novecento. Studi in onore di Emilio Gentile, a cura di A. Tarquini, Roma-Bari 2016, pp. 35-64. 58 ANNA MARIA LIBERATI Per lumeggiare i nobilissimi aspetti della ROMA CRISTIANA verranno proseguiti i corsi ordinari di Archeologia e topografia paleocristiana e medioevale di Roma, di Storia della Chiesa e dei Papi e sarà dato inizio ad una serie di sopralluoghi alle Catacombe romane. Inoltre proseguiranno pure i cicli Roma centro di vita missionaria e«Roma onde Cristo è Romano».

In questa breve appendice, che riporta le testimonianze di docenti, curatori museali e operatori culturali attivi in ambito modenese, si riflette sul valore formativo delle iscrizioni lapidarie romane per il pubblico scolastico e per il pubblico adulto non specializzato.

The article traces the main directions along which the ideological self-identification of the Byzantine emperor as a full heir to the Roman universalist idea embodied in the image of Constantine the Great took place in the era of Manuel I Comnenus (1143–1180). The attitude of the Byzantine authors to the «Donation of Constantine» and their successful attempts to adapt this falsification to strengthen their own political ideology is analyzed. The message of Frederick I Barbarossa to Emperor Manuel (1177) is given, for the first time in a Russian translation, as an example showing the inadequate attitude of Western European correspondents to the ideological and political filling of the official Byzantine title. A fundamental discrepancy is postulated in the basic principles, terms, ideological principles and the cultural and religious foundation of Greek and Latin Christianity, which contributed to widening the gap between Byzantium and the West, with fatal affect to the fate of the Eastern Roman Empire.