| Abstrakt: |
Due to a lack of epigraphic and literary sources, our knowledge about the architecture of the ancient city of Tyndaris during the imperial age is limited. Although we lack any archaeological context, fragments of architectural decoration are currently the only data dating back to the imperial age that attest to a public monumental arrangement of the city. By studying these ornamental fragments, it is possible to conjecture that the city experienced a first monumental phase during the early imperial age. The building referred to as the Basilica could be chronologically connected to this phase. For later centuries, evidence is scarce. Only the presence of capitals or cornices between the second and third centuries AD allows us to argue for the existence of monumental buildings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
