Tabula Peutingeriana

The River Nile fascinated the Romans and appeared in maps, written descriptions, texts, poems and paintings of the developing empire. Tantalised by the unique status of the river, explorers were sent to find the sources of the Nile, while natural philosophers meditated on its deeper metaphysical significance. Andy Merrills' book, Roman Geographies of the Nile, examines the very different images of the river that emerged from these descriptions - from anthropomorphic figures, brought repeatedly into Rome in military triumphs, through the frequently whimsical landscape vignettes from the houses of Pompeii, to the limitless river that spilled through the pages of Lucan's Civil War, and symbolised a conflict - and an empire - without end. Considering cultural and political contexts alongside the other Niles that flowed through the Roman world in this period, this book provides a wholly original interpretation of the deeper significance of geographical knowledge during the later Roman Republic and early Principate.

""The study of sources concerning the cartographic production of late antiquity and in particular mode of late roman cartography was before the spread of the World Wide Web (WWW), a privilege for certain scholars, capable of visiting specialized libraries worldwide, in order to consult original codes and manuscripts.
The World Wide Web (WWW) is the most recent medium to present and disseminate information and in particular mode geographical and historical data. In this process, the reproduction of written and depicted primary sources and especially historical maps plays a key role and has multiple functions.
First, gives the possibility for studying the document in totality, providing insight into patterns and rela-tions, which could not be observed otherwise, for example, through the printed reproduction of a codes fragment in a secondary source, or through the temporary eyeshot of the original or his photographic reproduction in the library.
Secondly, because of the nature of the WWW, the historical map can also function as an interface or in-dex to additional information. Geographic locations on the map can be linked to magnification of the particular, to the original and (or) the translated text, to settlement plans, photographs, sound or other contemporary maps (multimedia).
The corpus of late antique cartography comprises depicted documents (itineraria picta) and sources in written form (itineraria scripta). In the category of depicted documents belong the Tabula Peutingeriana, the Dura Europos parchment, the illustrations of the Notititia Dignitatum and the Corpus Agrimen-sorum, the mosaics of Nicopolis, Epirus and Madaba, Jordan, the drawings from the manuscripts of Cosmas Indicopleustes, etc. In the category of written sources belong the texts from the manuscripts of the Corpus Agrimensorum (C. Arcerianus, C. Palatinus Vaticanus, C. Laurentianus), the itinireraria scripta (Antonini, Burdigalensis, Egeriae), the writings of Christian Topography, etc.
The case study of several internet based websites with content, related to the above-mentioned corpus, will explore the virtues of various modes of visualisation, test the effects of low-resolution screen read-ability and examine problems and solutions concerning digital representation and the further study of late antique cartography.""

Through the knowledge of the thermal-mineral waters and their healing properties, many springs gave rise to the foundation of cities in the Roman world that were called Aquae. Literary and epigraphic sources give us more than one hundred urban settlements with this denomination that, in the Peutinger Map, has a distinct iconographic symbol.

A partir del conocimiento de las propiedades de las aguas mineromedicinales y/o termales, y de su uso, van surgiendo, a lo largo del imperio romano, asentamientos que, en algunos casos, llegan a constituir ciudades, cuyo nombre viene definido por su origen: son las denominadas Aquae. A través tanto de las fuentes literarias, como de la epigrafía, se conocen más de un centenar de agrupaciones urbanas con este nombre que, en el caso del mapa de Peutinger, aparecen normalmente acompañadas de un símbolo característico.

Tabula Peutingeriana is considered one of the most important cartographic representations of roman itineraria and an important source for the history of late roman antiquity, especially concerning the road networks implying the mobility pattern in the roman era. In this paper we visit the “peutingerian” Mediterranean islands of Balearic, Corsica and Sardinia, Sicily, Djerba, Crete and Cyprus, as depicted in Tabula Peutingeriana, in terms of modern digital image technologies, analyzing the relevance of the road networks in association to each island’ toponyms in comparison to modern cartographic counterparts (indicating thus coincidences and differences between “peutingerian” and “actual” road distances) and comparing the relative islands’ sizes, concerning the surface and scale, concluding in the portrayal and evaluation of the Mediterrnaean islands road networks during late antiquity.

Following the enactment of Gratian’s rescript, Priscillianists were expelled from the episcopal sees they had so eagerly achieved. Given the seriousness of their situation, they decided to march to Rome in the hope that, by presenting themselves in person before the Pope Damaso, they could reverse the position they were in. Although Sulpicius Severus’s account provides little information about the route followed by the Priscillianists, we believe that it is possible to offer a plausible reconstruction of the path that led Priscillian and his companions to the Eternal City. In this task, we will take account of every source traditionally employed for the study of Priscillianism, as well as information provided by the main itineraria known in Roman times. [Author]

Sommaire. -Cet article a pour objet d'étude la voie romaine Naissus-Lissus, la station d'Ad Fines (Kur{umlija), le compendium (raccourci) dont fait état une inscription de Viminacium et une borne milliaire découverte récemment, entre autre matériel, sur le site d'Aquae Bas. (Kur{umlijska Banja). Il analyse les découvertes archéologiques et épigraphiques, et discute le tracé de cette voie de communication de l'antiquité romaine.

En septembre 2011, la Conservation départementale d’archéologie de Moselle a été sollicitée par la mairie de Tarquimpol avant l’aménagement d’un système d’assainissement. Situé à une soixantaine de kilomètres au sud-est de Metz, Tarquimpol est un des sites majeurs de l’archéologie mosellane. Durant l’Antiquité, il se situe à un carrefour routier de l’axe Metz-Strasbourg. Il est représenté sur la Table de Peutinger (Decempagi) et il est également mentionné dans l’Itinéraire d’Antonin et dans les textes d’Ammien Marcellin et de Paul Diacre.

Des fouilles menées de manière discontinue depuis le XIXe siècle ainsi que des prospections géophysiques et aériennes ont permis d’identifier plusieurs bâtiments d’architecture monumentale (théâtre, thermes publics, sanctuaire, rempart…). Cependant, malgré la somme de toutes ces recherches, le site reste largement méconnu car peu de constructions ont été dégagées en plan et peu de stratigraphies ont été observées.

Nos travaux concernaient une faible surface à diagnostiquer de 2 840 m2. Les connaissances déjà acquises sur l’emprise et son environnement, la problématique scientifique et le souci de réduire au maximum le mitage du site, nous ont amenés à réaliser cinq tranchées de sondage ciblées plutôt que d’appliquer la méthodologie habituelle de maillage en quinconce. Les zones de localisation des tranchées avaient été choisies en amont en se basant sur les données archéologiques déjà connues. 

Malgré leur brièveté nos travaux ont permis de mettre au jour un ensemble de vestiges peu ou pas connus à Tarquimpol. Nous avons pu préciser le tracé du rempart de l’Antiquité tardive dans ce secteur, ainsi que celui de ses deux fossés défensifs avant. Nous avons également pu mettre au jour les premiers vestiges connus d’occupation domestique.

The article examines images of roads, settlements and landscapes of Apulia et Calabria depicted on segments V,2-5 and VI,1-2 of the Tabula Peutingeriana, a picta road map drawn up between the middle and the end of the 4 th century. Apulia et Calabria-a regio established by Augustus and transformed into a provincia at the end of the 3 th century-developed on a territory almost corresponding to today's Puglia (southern Italy). The iconographic repertoire has been analyzed in the light of the historical, archaeological and epigraphic known documentation about the Roman administrative unit and in the light of the previous general studies focused on the stylistic peculiarities and interpretation of the images depicted on the Tabula.

This paper aims at understanding ethnonyms in their intellectual context
and, more specifically, at highlighting their role in the Late Antique perception and representation of space. In particular, the following text offers an overview of the ethnonyms found in the Tabula Peutingeriana. There are plenty of ethnonyms on
the map, which vary greatly in terms of size and chronology. This large collection
of names reflects a multifaceted understanding of the ethnic landscape and provides
an invaluable example of the interplay between Late Antique ethnic discourse and
sense of place. According to the proposed analysis, the map’s ethnonyms are one of the main tools used by the mapmakers to represent and give meaning to non-Roman spaces.

Todos os Caminhos Levam a Roma: A Cartografia dos Césares, Tábua Peutinger e os Limites do Espaço é um paper primeiramente publicado pela revista Geografia, da Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), vinculada ao Departamento de Geociências, Programa de Mestrado e Doutorado em Geografia da UEL, volume 22, nº. 1, pp. 59-77, Jan./Abril de 2013 (Fac-símile: http://mw.pro.br/mw/Geografia_Tabua_Peutinger.pdf ). Em Setembro do ano de 2018, este artigo foi masterizado em texto de acesso livre na Internet em Formato PDF com os préstimos da Editora Kotev (Kotev ©). Todos os Caminhos Levam a Roma: A Cartografia dos Césares, Tábua Peutinger e os Limites do Espaço é um material gratuito. Vedada a reprodução comercial e também, divulgação sem aprovação prévia da Editora Kotev. A citação de Todos os Caminhos Levam a Roma: A Cartografia dos Césares, Tábua Peutinger e os Limites do Espaço deve incorporar referências ao autor e apensos editoriais conforme padrão modelar que segue: WALDMAN, Maurício. Todos os Caminhos Levam a Roma: A Cartografia dos Césares, Tábua Peutinger e os Limites do Espaço. Série Cartografia, Nº 2. São Paulo (SP): Editora Kotev. 2018.

RESUMO: A Cartografia antiga é um vasto manancial de acesso ao conhecimento tradicional do espaço, um estudo que não tem recebido a justa atenção que merece. Este paper, centrado numa memorável peça cartográfica com origem na antiguidade clássica – a Tabula Peutingeriana ou Tábua Peutinger – propõe uma avaliação que busca explicitar os arrazoados que justificaram sua elaboração, observando-a não somente como um material técnico, mas igualmente na sua declinação civilizatória e cultural. Como se sabe, a Tabula Peutingeriana se refere ao mapeamento da notável rede de caminhos que cruzavam o império romano, uma malha viária sem igual no mundo antigo. Iniciativa respaldada por sortido conjunto de motivações econômicas, sociais e políticas, esta rede de comunicações, sendo a razão de ser da Tábua Peutinger, é discutida em conformidade com a meta de esclarecer as motivações que regem sua representação cartográfica, assim como seus significados geográficos, históricos e culturais. Consistindo num mapa-múndi, o manuscrito, por ser revelador das acepções postadas no comando do imaginário espacial romano, permite traçar analogias e distanciamentos mantidos com outras elaborações cartográficas, tanto as do mundo tradicional quanto da modernidade. Por isso mesmo, o paper que segue busca, na discussão de uma notável peça cartográfica da antiguidade, divisar os sentidos que de igual modo, governam a relação do homem contemporâneo com o espaço, sua percepção e representação.

PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Tabula Peutingeriana, cartografia romana, história da cartografia, imaginário espacial, geografia cultural.

ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME: CARTOGRAPHY OF THE CAESARS, THE PEUTINGER BOARD AND THE LIMITS OF SPACE

ABSTRACT: The Ancient Cartography is a vast source of access to traditional knowledge space, a study that has not received the proper attention it deserves. This paper, centered on a memorable piece cartographic originated in classical antiquity - the Tabula Peutingeriana or Board Peutinger - proposes an evaluation that seeks to explain the reasoning for justifying its elaboration, watching her not only as a technical material, but also in its civilizational and cultural declination. As known, the Tabula Peutingeriana refers to mapping the remarkable network of paths crossing the Roman Empire, a road network unique in the ancient world. Initiative supported by assorted set of motivations, social and economic policies, this communications network, and the reason for the Board Peutinger, is discussed in accordance with the goal of clarifying the motivations that govern its cartographic representation, as well as its geographical meanings, history and culture. Consisting of a world map, the manuscript because it reveals the renderings posted in command of the Roman imaginary space, allows us to draw analogies and differences kept with other cartographic elaborations, both the traditional and the modern world. Therefore, the paper that follows seeks, in discussing a Cartographic remarkable piece of antiquity, discern the meanings likewise govern man's relationship with the contemporary space, its perception and representation.

KEYWORDS: Tabula Peutingeriana, Roman cartography, history of cartography, spatial imagery, cultural geography.

TOUS LES CHEMINS MÈNENT À ROME: CARTOGRAPHIE DES CÉSARS, PEUTINGER TABLE ET LES LIMITES DE L'ESPACE

RÉSUMÉ: La cartographie ancienne est une grande richesse de l'accès aux connaissances traditionnelles sur l'espace, une étude qui n'a pas reçu l'attention qu'elle mérite. Ce document, en se concentrant sur une pièce cartographie mémorable aux origines dans l'antiquité classique - la Tabula Peutingeriana ou le Table de Peutinger - propose une évaluation qui cherche à expliquer le raisonnement pour justifier leur préparation, à la regarder non seulement comme une matière technique, mais aussi à son déclin civilisationnel et culturelle. Comme vous le savez, la Tabula Peutingeriana se réfère à la cartographie du réseau de chemins qui traversait l'Empire romain remarquable, un réseau routier unique dans le monde antique. Initiative soutenue par un ensemble hétéroclite de motivations, les politiques sociales et économiques, ce réseau de communication, et la raison de Peutinger Table, est discuté conformément à l'objectif de clarifier les motivations qui président à sa représentation cartographique, ainsi que ses significations géographiques, historique et la culture. Composé d'une carte du monde, le manuscrit parce qu'elle révèle les rendus postés dans le commandement de l'espace romain imaginaire, nous permet d'établir des analogies et des différences conservés avec des élaborations cartographiques autres, à la fois le traditionnel et le monde moderne. Par conséquent, le document qui suit vise, en discutant une pièce remarquable cartographique de l'antiquité, de discerner les significations également régissent la relation de l'homme avec l'espace contemporain, sa perception et sa représentation.

MOTS-CLÉS: Tabula Peutingeriana, la cartographie romaine, l'histoire de la cartographie, imagerie spatiale, la géographie culturelle.

Was man hier nicht sieht, zählt nicht zu dem, was existiert hat oder existiert." Der Tiber auf römischen Karten 1 Einleitung Ein globaler Fluss Der Tiber ist ein wahrhaft globaler Fluss. Der kleinasiatische Rhetor Aelius Aristides schreibt in seiner berühmten Romrede im 2. Jh. n. Chr. über Rom und die Warenströme, die in seinen Häfen gelöscht werden:

Die Stationen und Verbindungen auf dem XI. Segment der Tabula Peutingeriana stellen den modernen Betrachter vor folgende Probleme: Die Lage vieler Orte ist unbekannt, weshalb auch die dargestellten Routen nur schwer nachvollziehbar sind. Gleichzeitig gilt für die lokalisierten Passagen, dass diese oftmals falsch in der Tabula Peutingeriana eingetragen wurden. Es ist daher nicht überraschend, dass sich die wissenschaftliche Forschung just diesem Segment nur selten zugewandt hat. Dennoch ist und bleibt dessen Betrachtung bei der Bewertung und Analyse der Tabula Peutingeriana als Gesamtwerk von immenser Bedeutung, deren in diesem Abschnitt verzeichnetes Straßennetz auch hinsichtlich der Entstehungszeit der ‚Ur-Tabula‘ wertvolle Erkenntnisse erlaubt. In diesem Beitrag soll daher die Strecke von Persepolis über Ekbatana, Hecantopolis und Alexandria Areia nach Propasta untersucht werden. Zudem wird auch die Abzweigung nach Antiochia Gegenstand der Ausarbeitung sein, da diese im Zusammenhang mit dem allgemeinen Verständnis des elften Segments von Bedeutung ist. Die Routen werden im Folgenden hinsichtlich ihres Bezuges auf die Darstellung auf der Tabula Peutingeriana, des tatsächlichen Routenverlaufes und der Frage nach der Verifizierbarkeit der Angaben exemplarisch erforscht werden.

Cults in public places for the ruler of the Roman Empire existed in countries beyond the confines of Italy and the provinces. Comparable to the kingdom of Herod the Great, these countries were ruled by allied and dependant kings and dynasts. The imperial cult in these realms was therefore a sign of political loyalty to Rome. A few very distant cases of imperial cult have also become known (e.g. in India and Southern Mesopotamia). Yet local expressions of political loyalty to Rome have not ranged high among modern explanations for their existence. The present paper argues that the surviving sources can indeed be understood to suggest that the imperial cult in these countries resulted from official agreements of political friendship (amicitia) with Rome.