Vladkova, Pavlina : Novae. Sector VIII А. Buildings extra muros – Complexes During the Roman and Late Antiquity Periods

Pavlina Vladkova,
Novae. Sector VIII А. Buildings extra muros
Complexes During the Roman and Late Antiquity Periods /
Novae. Сектор VIII А. Сгради extra muros. Комплексите през римската и късноантичната епохи

Sofia 2025

ISBN 978-619-7763-02-7


374 S./pp., zahlr. Farb- und S/W-Abb./num. colour and b/w-figs., 28,5 x 20 cm; kartoniert/hardcover


bulgarisch mit einer ausführlichen englischen Zusammenfassung /
bulgarian with an extended summyary in English

Volume 2 presents the results of the excavations of the complexes from the Roman and Late Antique periods: from the early 2nd to the late 4th - early 5th century. This is the time when life was most intense and the buildings had a representative character. Attention has focused on the architectural structures: well preserved walls, some with frescoes, mortar floors and hypocausts. Space is given over to lead and ceramic water pipes and to numerous miscellaneous sewage structures. Three periods of construction have been distinguished, the second being a residence in which high government officials, the provincial governor, merchants and others who visited the camp of the First Italian Legion stayed. Movable finds are included insofar as they support the dating of the architectural remains and are important in refining the chronology. All the epigraphic monuments discovered over the years have been collected, the rare seals on building ceramics, diptychs and graffiti are presented, the data on the frescoes found have been systematized, etc.