The Roman Suburb on the Vrina Plain Outside Butrint, Albania

Luigi Maria Ugolini identified the suburb at Phoinike but not at Butrint. This short essay in honour of Sandro De Maria summarizes the early Roman archaeological sequence of the suburb identified and excavated by the Butrint Foundation between 2000-7. The unfortified suburb grew up around a multi-ar...

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Main Author: Richard Hodges
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Language:English
Published: BraDypUS 2020-02-01
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Online Access:https://groma.unibo.it/hodges-roman-suburb-butrint
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spelling doaj-e08360190a5c4e6db0190af90bd326ad2021-01-05T08:02:00ZengBraDypUSGroma2531-66722020-02-014110.12977/groma20The Roman Suburb on the Vrina Plain Outside Butrint, AlbaniaRichard HodgesLuigi Maria Ugolini identified the suburb at Phoinike but not at Butrint. This short essay in honour of Sandro De Maria summarizes the early Roman archaeological sequence of the suburb identified and excavated by the Butrint Foundation between 2000-7. The unfortified suburb grew up around a multi-arched bridge over the Vivari channel. It was initially a settlement of small dwellings and shops, before it was aggregated to become a substantial channelside villa (like those within the walled enclosure of Butrint).https://groma.unibo.it/hodges-roman-suburb-butrintepirusroman archaeologyalbanian archaeologyroman landscapes
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The Roman Suburb on the Vrina Plain Outside Butrint, Albania
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roman archaeology
albanian archaeology
roman landscapes
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title The Roman Suburb on the Vrina Plain Outside Butrint, Albania
title_short The Roman Suburb on the Vrina Plain Outside Butrint, Albania
title_full The Roman Suburb on the Vrina Plain Outside Butrint, Albania
title_fullStr The Roman Suburb on the Vrina Plain Outside Butrint, Albania
title_full_unstemmed The Roman Suburb on the Vrina Plain Outside Butrint, Albania
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publishDate 2020-02-01
description Luigi Maria Ugolini identified the suburb at Phoinike but not at Butrint. This short essay in honour of Sandro De Maria summarizes the early Roman archaeological sequence of the suburb identified and excavated by the Butrint Foundation between 2000-7. The unfortified suburb grew up around a multi-arched bridge over the Vivari channel. It was initially a settlement of small dwellings and shops, before it was aggregated to become a substantial channelside villa (like those within the walled enclosure of Butrint).
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roman archaeology
albanian archaeology
roman landscapes
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