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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2024
This gazette presents to the reader outside Rome news of recent archaeological activity (July 2023–July 2024) gleaned from public lectures, conferences, exhibitions and newspaper reports.
Questa gazzetta ha lo scopo di presentare ad un lettore fuori Roma notizie della recente attività archeologica (luglio 2023 – Iuglio 2024) tratte da conferenze, convegni, mostre e relazioni su giornali.
3 For programme, https://bsr.ac.uk/rome-transformed-plenary-lecture-conference/
7 Philo Leg. 38 (181).
9 Plin. HN 37.20; cf. Tac. Ann. 15.33.
10 The results of the excavation were presented by Daniela Porro, Alessio De Cristofaro and Renato Sebastiani at the Finnish Institute in Rome (27 October 2023). For the video recording, https://irfrome.org/en/27-10-conferenza-sul-teatro-di-nerone-in-vaticano-novita-dallo-scavo-di-palazzo-de-penitenzieri/
14 Reported previously in Coates-Stephens, R. ‘Notes from Rome’ PBSR 89 (2021) 335–6Google Scholar; Siwicki, C., ‘Notes from Rome 2022–23’, PBSR 90 (2022) 333Google Scholar.
15 For pictures, see https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/marble-head-rome-scli-intl/index.html
16 Strabo 5.3.8.
17 Lanciani, R., The Ruins and Excavations of Ancient Rome. New York, 1897: 462–4Google Scholar.
18 Reported previously in Siwicki, C., ‘Notes from Rome 2022–23’, PBSR 91 (2023) 307Google Scholar.
22 Previously reported in Siwicki, C., ‘Notes from Rome 2022–23’, PBSR 91 (2023) 313Google Scholar.
23 The excavators compare it to a statue of Jupiter in the small cloister of the Baths of Diocletian and another from Utica, now in Leiden (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, inv. H II BB 8).
24 Information gleaned from signboards at the site.
25 Previously reported in Siwicki, C., ‘Notes from Rome 2022–23’, PBSR 91 (2023) 312Google Scholar.
26 For a detailed video discussing the excavation, see https://www.archaeoreporter.com/it/2023/12/21/nuovi-scavi-archeologici-ai-fori-imperiali-il-foro-della-pace-e-le-tante-roma-che-si-sono-sovrapposte-nei-millenni/
27 On the ‘holes’, Claridge, A. and Siwicki, C., ‘Notes from Rome 2018–19’, PBSR 87 (2019) 309Google Scholar.
30 Previously reported in Siwicki, C., ‘Notes from Rome 2022–23’, PBSR 90 (2022) 334Google Scholar.
31 For further comment, see https://www.artandobject.com/news/putting-ancient-columns-rome
32 Previously reported in Siwicki, C., ‘Notes from Rome 2022–23’, PBSR 91 (2023) 312–13Google Scholar.
34 C. Siwicki ‘A new floor for Rome's Colosseum’, Art and Object (12 July 2021) https://www.artandobject.com/news/new-floor-romes-colosseum-what-you-need-know
36 R. Norton, ‘The condition of historical buildings in Italy’, The Times, 9 January 1899. The letter is A. Cubberley, Notes from Rome by Rodolfo Lanciani, 1988: 241–7.
38 As recorded by Rodolfo Lanciani in the original ‘Notes from Rome’, Athenaeum 2555 (14 October 1876), 504–5; 2611 (10 November 1877), 604–5.
39 A short guide to the site Parco Archeologico del Celio. Museo della Forma Urbis was published by De Luca Editori d'Arte (2023).
41 ‘Nuova Luce da Pompei a Roma’ (5 July–8 October 2023) was curated by Ruth Bielfeldt and Johannes Eber.
43 ‘New Light from Pompeii’ (Bavarian State Collection of Antiques, Munich, 9 November 2022–2 April 2023). The exhibition was accompanied by a catalogue in German, R. Bielfeldt et al. (eds), Neues Licht aus Pompeji (Munich) 2022. For a more detailed review, see J. Clarke ‘New light from Pompeii’, BMCR (10 February 2023) https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2023/2023.10.02/ and a video of the Munich exhibition can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cei_70MFDIA
44 ‘Fidia’ (24 November 2023–9 June 2024) was curated by Claudio Parisi Presicce. An accompanying catalogue of the same title (edited by N. Agnoli, A. Avagliano C. Parisi Presicce and F. de Tomasi) was published by L'Erma di Bretschneider.
45 For further comment, see C. Siwicki, ‘Fidia’ London Review of Books 46.8 (April 2024). https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n08/christopher-siwicki/at-the-capitoline-museums
46 VRBS ROMA (21 April 2023–5 May 2024). On the discovery, C. Siwicki, ‘Notes from Rome 2022–23’, PBSR 91 (2023) 313.
49 Lex. Giustizia e diritto dall'Etruria a Roma (27 May – 1 October 2024) was curated by Vincenzo Lemmo. A catalogue of the same title was published by Gangemi.
51 ‘TEATRO. Autori, attori e pubblico nell'antico Roma’ (21 May–3 November 2023) was curated by Salvatore Monda, Orietta Rossini and Lucia Spagnuolo. A catalogue with the same title was published by L'Erma di Bretschneider.
52 On the context of the discovery, see A. Claridge and C. Siwicki, ‘Notes from Rome 2018–19’, PBSR 87 (2019) 309; C. Siwicki, ‘Finding wonderful things: What the media missed while covering the discovery of two statues in Rome’, History Today 70.4 (2020, April).
53 ‘Imago Augusti. Due nuovi ritratti di Augusto da Roma e Isernia’ (29 June 2023–3 September 2024) was curated by Beatrice Pinna Caboni, Dora Catalano, Maria Diletta Colombo and Claudio Parisi Presicce. An accompanying catalogue with the same title was published by Campisano.
54 ‘Spina etrusca a Villa Giulia. Un grande porto del Mediterraneo’ (10 November 2023–7 April 2024) was curated by Valentino Nizzo. A catalogue with the same title was published by ARA edizioni.
55 Images and videos of the exhibition can be found at https://spina100.museoetru.it/#press https://www.archaeoreporter.com/en/2023/11/18/spina-etruscan-maritime-hub-in-the-mediterranean-an-exhibition-at-the-national-museum-of-villa-giulia-rome/
56 ‘Copernico e la rivoluzione del mondo’ (21 October 2023–19 January 2024) was curated by Jurek Miziolek and Francesca Ceci.
57 ‘Statue di Barbari in Marmi Colorati. Novità dal Foro Romano e Terracina’ (officially, 7–17 June 2023).
58 For the programme, see https://colosseo.it/evento/statue-di-barbari-in-marmi-colorati-novita-dal-foro-romano-e-da-terracina/
59 ‘L'Amato di Iside. Nerone, la Domus Aurea e l'Egitto’ (22 June 2023–14 January 2024) was curated by Alfonsina Russo, Francesca Guarneri, Stefano Borghini and Massimilliana Pozzi. A catalogue with the same title was published by Artem.
61 Joseph. AJ 18.3.4.
62 ‘La Colonna Traiana. Il racconto di un simbolo’ (22 December 2023–30 April 2024) was curated by Alfonsina Russo, Federica Rinaldi, Angelica Pujia and Giovanni Di Pasquale.
63 ‘Building a Masterpiece: Trajan's Column’ (20 June–5 October 2019) was curated by Giovanni Di Pasquale and Fabrizio Paolucci. An accompanying catalogue – Giovanni Di Paquale (ed) The Art of Building a Masterpiece: Trajan's Column – was published by Giunti.
65 ‘La Colonna Traiana’ at the Colosseum, the Museo Nazionale Romano put on ‘Dacia. L'ultima frontiera della Romanità’ (21 November 2023–21 April 2024), which was curated by Ernest Oberlander and Stéphane Verger.