scholarly journals Structural detailing of buried Roman baths through GPR inspection

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Bianchini Ciampoli ◽  
Roberta Santarelli ◽  
Ersilia M. Loreti ◽  
Alessandra Ten ◽  
Andrea Benedetto
Keyword(s):  
Roman Baths ◽  
Structural Detailing

The use of GPR in Archaeology: the structural detailing of buried roman baths

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberta Santarelli ◽  
Luca Bianchini Ciampoli ◽  
Andrea Benedetto
Keyword(s):  
Ground Penetrating Radar ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Archaeological Site ◽  
Computer Application ◽  
Group Project ◽  
Plan View ◽  
General Terms ◽  
Roman Baths ◽  
Ground Penetrating ◽  
Structural Detailing

<p>Ground Penetrating Radar has widely proven to be an effective tool for archaeological purposes [1-4]. Our contribution concerns a geophysical experimental activity carried out in the Maxentius Complex, an archaeological site located between the second and the third miles of the ancient Appian Way in Rome, Italy. This site is characterized by different phases dated between the end of the 3rd and the beginning of the 4th century AD. The objective of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of GPR, in this case using two different antennas (200 MHz and 600 MHz frequencies), for the structural detailing of buried roman baths structures. As a result, GPR analysis confirmed the literature-based information, i.e. to precisely locate the tanks of the thermal area (2nd century AD). The structure was partially brought to light and reburied during the second half of the last century, providing a partial plan view of the area. In addition, the tomographic results, together with the analysis of B-Scans, highlighted the presence of two further tanks, thereby suggesting the possibility of further rooms which are located close to the known ones. Furthermore, the tomographic analysis revealed a wall pattern that seems to suggest the presence of other rooms in the top-right side of the area. In general terms, GPR demonstrated a great applicability to archaeological purposes, for example to detect buried remains and to interpret the function of buried structures, despite the reliability and productivity of the data interpretation are strongly influenced by the expertise of both the geophysicists and the archaeologists involved.</p><p> </p><p>This work falls within the project “ArchaeoTrack”, supported by Regione Lazio, under the Framework “L.R. 13/08, Research Group Project n. 20 prot. 85-2017-14857”.</p><p> </p><ol><li>Bianchini Ciampoli, L., Benedetto, A., Tosti, F., {2018} “The ArchaeoTrack Project: Use of Ground-Penetrating Radar for Preventive Conservation of Buried Archaeology Towards the Development of a Virtual Museum”, In. Proc. of MetroArchaeo, Cassino, Italy</li> <li>Milligan, R., & M., Atkin, {1993}. The use of ground-probing radar within a digital environment on archaeological sites, in Andresen, J., Madsen, T. and Scollar, I., eds., Computing the Past: Computer Application and Quantitative methods in Archaeology: Aarhus, Denmark, Aarhus University Press, pp. 285–291.</li> <li>Oswin, J., {2018}. The Roman Baths, Bath Archway Project Geophysical Survey, January 2018.</li> <li>Pisani Sartorio, G., & Calza R., {1976}. “La villa di Massenzio sulla Via Appia: Il Palazzo - Le Opere D'Arte”, in Monumenti romani VI, Roma.</li> </ol>

scholarly journals Intestinal parasites from the 2nd–5th century AD latrine in the Roman Baths at Sagalassos (Turkey)

2017 ◽  
Vol 19 ◽  
pp. 37-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Faith S. Williams ◽  
Theo Arnold-Foster ◽  
Hui-Yuan Yeh ◽  
Marissa L. Ledger ◽  
Jan Baeten ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intestinal Parasites ◽  
Roman Baths

scholarly journals Effect of Uncertainties in Material and Structural Detailing on the Seismic Vulnerability of RC Frames Considering Construction Quality Defects

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (24) ◽  
pp. 8832
Author(s):  
Siyun Kim ◽  
Taehwan Moon ◽  
Sung Jig Kim
Keyword(s):  
Material Properties ◽  
Seismic Vulnerability ◽  
Concrete Strength ◽  
Transverse Reinforcement ◽  
Construction Quality ◽  
Uncertain Variables ◽  
Rc Frames ◽  
Structural Detailing ◽  
Global And Local ◽  
The Impact

This paper evaluates the effect of construction quality defects on the seismic vulnerability of reinforced concrete (RC) frames. The variability in the construction quality of material properties and structural detailing is considered to assess the effect on the seismic behavior of RC frames. Concrete strength and yield strength of the reinforcement are selected as uncertain variables for the material properties, while the variabilities in the longitudinal reinforcement ratio and the volumetric ratio of transverse reinforcement are employed for structural detailing. Taking into account the selected construction quality uncertainties, the sensitivity analysis of the seismic vulnerability of the RC frames is performed and the impact of significant parameters is assessed at the global and local levels. This extensive analytical study reveals that the seismic vulnerability of the selected RC frame is particularly sensitive to concrete strength and the volumetric ratio of transverse reinforcement.

R.E.C.A.M. Notes and Studies No. 1: Inscriptions of Ancyra

1977 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 63-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Mitchell
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Source Material ◽  
Considerable Importance ◽  
General Study ◽  
Anatolian Plateau ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of ◽  
Roman Baths ◽  
The Temple

Even a hurried glance at the walls of the Byzantine citadel, or a rapid inspection of the material collected by the Ankara Archaeological Museum at the depot in the Roman baths is enough to show that Ankara contains a richer collection of Greek and Latin inscriptions than almost any other city of the Anatolian plateau. A long sequence of epigraphic publications stretches back to 1555 when the companions of Augier Ghiselin de Busbecq, ambassador to the court of Suleiman the Magnificent, made the first copy of the Res Gestae, inscribed on the walls of the temple of Rome and Augustus. Since then a succession of travellers and epigraphists has added to the total of known inscriptions, and even if none of their discoveries can rank beside the record which the first emperor published of his life and actions, many of them are of considerable importance both for the history of Ancyra itself and in the wider context of the Roman Empire and the Byzantine world.However, any general study of these inscriptions and their historical implications has been hampered by the fact that they are scattered in a wide range of publications, many of them difficult to obtain. This situation has been partially remedied by Professor E. Bosch's Quellen zur Geschichte der Stadt Ankara im Altertum, completed in its essentials by 1945, but only published after the author's death by the TTK press in Ankara in 1967. This contains a large proportion of the source material relevant to the city's history from its earliest appearance in the classical sources to the age of Constantine, accompanied by a commentary in German. However, despite its usefulness, the book has not fulfilled the need for a full corpus of the city's inscriptions.

scholarly journals An Elusive Legacy: The Rediscovery of Roman Baths in Eighteenth-Century Britain

Britannia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 50 ◽  
pp. 13-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giacomo Savani
Keyword(s):  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
Cultural Legacy ◽  
Roman Baths ◽  
Eighteenth Century Britain ◽  
And Function ◽  
The City

ABSTRACTIn this paper, I investigate how eighteenth-century antiquarians engaged with the remains of Roman bath buildings in Britain and discuss their multifaceted attitude towards the ancient practice of bathing, with a focus on the city of Bath. I also examine the interests and priorities of Georgian scholars in studying Roman baths and their structure, highlighting their sometimes uncritical use of Classical sources and tracking the origins of their misconceptions regarding the components and function of these facilities. Finally, I briefly address the elusive socio-cultural legacy of Roman baths and bathing in eighteenth-century Britain, stressing influences and differences in practice and architecture.

Not your classic bath: adopting and adapting Roman bathing habits in NW Gaul

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 147-168
Author(s):  
Sadi Maréchal
Keyword(s):  
Complex Phenomenon ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Urban Settings ◽  
Standard Sequence ◽  
Building Type ◽  
Roman Baths ◽  
Low Levels

Roman-style bathhouses are often used as markers to study processes of ‘Romanisation’, or, more generally, the spread of a Roman way of life throughout newly conquered regions. The building type, with its characteristic hypocaust system and pools, was a foreign element in regions unacquainted with communal bathing. However, to assume that these buildings were introduced and spread as a ‘package’, with the standard sequence of rooms and accompanying technology, would be oversimplifying a complex phenomenon of acceptance, rejection and adaptation. Since Roman baths are too often perceived as a mainly urban phenomenon, regions on the fringes of the empire with low levels of urbanisation, including the northern provinces, have been excluded from most seminal works.1 The present paper aims to examine a corpus of baths in NW Gaul from between the 1st and early 4th c. (i.e., the period between the first villa constructions and their abandonment following Germanic invasions) in order to challenge idées fixes2 that their plans were rigid and standardised and that most were in urban settings.

I.—The Roman Baths at Bath; with an Account of the Excavations conducted during 1923

Archaeologia ◽  
1926 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. H. Knowles
Keyword(s):  
Central Position ◽  
Roman Baths ◽  
The Town

The town or settlement of ancient Aquae Sulis comprised an area of less than thirty acres. It was encircled on three sides by the river Avon, and almost surrounded by the lofty outliers of Cotswold and Mendip. The situation was an attractive one, and singularly appropriate for the important structures contained within the walled area. The baths occupied a central position in the town, and were in length at least one-third of its width from east to west.

scholarly journals El balneario de Fortuna y la Cueva Negra (Fortuna, Murcia)

1992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antónimo González Blanco ◽  
Manuel Amante Sánchez ◽  
Ph. Rahtz ◽  
L. Watts
Keyword(s):  
Roman Period ◽  
Roman Baths ◽  
Large Building

Se expone el estado de la cuestión en el estudio del termalismo de la Región de IVIurcia con particular atención a la época romana. Se centra el tema en la investigación del balneario de Fortuna y en las nuevas perspectivas que para el tema lia ofrecido el descubrimiento de una parte interesante del yacimiento romano del lugar cuyas excavaciones se describen: se trata de un edificio de considerable entidad cuya estructura todavía apenas queda especificada, pero que se espera aclarar con el avance de las investigaciones arqueológicas. Se plantean los nuevos horizontes que este descubrimiento crea para la interpretación del conjunto epigráfico de la Cueva Negra, cuyos tituli picti adquieren consistencia y se sitúan en una nueva dimensión intelectual al ponerlos en relación con la vida del balneario.The situation of the research on thermalism in the Región of Murcia, with particular attention paid to the Román period, are set forth in this article. The exposition centers on the research carried out in the baths of Fortuna and on the new perspectivas oponed by the discovery, in the Román part of the site, of a large building which structure only dates partly determined. The authors explain the new horizon which this discovery offers towards the interpretation of the epigraphical collection found in the Cueva Negra, whose tituli picti acquire consistency and they are situated in a new intelectual dimensión when they are related to the livelihood of the Román Baths.

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