Bononia, the Roman Bologna: Archaeoastronomy and Chronology
| Autor: | Amelia Carolina Sparavigna |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Politecnico di Torino = Polytechnic of Turin (Polito) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Julian day
010506 paleontology History 060102 archaeology [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics Roman chronology FOS: Physical sciences 06 humanities and the arts Ancient history Archaeoastronomy 01 natural sciences Roman towns Bononia History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph) 0601 history and archaeology [SHS.HIST]Humanities and Social Sciences/History Bologna Centuriation Chronology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| DOI: | 10.5281/zenodo.4221505 |
| Popis: | In an article written by Giulio Magli on the orientation of the Roman towns, Bononia, the Roman Bologna, is given as a specific example to support Magli's thesis on the existence of preferred solar alignments of the urban layout. Assuming that the Roman towns had been oriented to the sunrise on a given day of the year, Magli suggested possible preferred alignments according to Roman festivals, in particular the festival of Terminalia. Of Bononia, we know the date of foundation as Roman colony in 189 BC, given by Livy. We will show that, according to Roman chronology and Republican calendar, it is impossible that Bononia had been oriented to the sunrise on the day given by Livy. The discrepancy is huge. Moreover, the direction of the decumanus cannot match the dates of Terminalia for 189 BC. However, if we consider that the layout that we see today is that of a recolonization under Octavian, we can have a certain agreement between the direction of the decumanus and the sunrise on the day of Terminalia (within three days), and a perfect agreement with the day of the festival of Armilustrium. In the proposed discussion, we will stress in particular the problem of the discrepancy between the historical dates of Roman chronology and the Julian dates, those that we can find according to an astronomical analysis. This problem is general and must be properly considered in any archaeoastronomical analysis of Roman towns. Comment: Archaeoastronomy, Chronology, Roman Chronology, Roman Urban Planning, added Appendix and references in the new versions |
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