In the Beginning There Was a Timber Construction... The Wooden Amphitheatre of Viminacium
Abstract
This article presents a study of the results of recent excavations of the Viminacium amphitheatre and its relation to the Column of Trajan. Based on archaeological data, it was possible to determine the existence of the primary wooden structure that dates back to the Trajanic period. Timber amphitheatres are known from literary sources and they were detected on numerous sites especially along the frontiers, while their pictorial depiction is extremely rare. The best known representation of a wooden-frame amphitheatre is depicted on the XV spiral, in scene XCIX–C on Trajan’s Column. In this paper, we will compare the discovered parts of the construction with similar structures excavated on other sites, and also with the amphitheatre shown on Trajan’s Column, in order to understand and reconstruct the appearance of the Viminacium wooden amphitheatre.
Keywords:
Moesia Superior / Viminacium / Amphitheatre / Amfiteatar / arhitekturaSource:
Columna Traiani – Traianssäule Siegesmonument und Kriegsbericht in Bildern, 2017, 87-94Publisher:
- Wien : Holzhausen der Verlag
Funding / projects:
- IRS - Viminacium, roman city and military legion camp - research of material and non-material of inhabitants by using the modern technologies of remote detection, geophysics, GIS, digitalisation and 3D visualisation (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-47018)
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Археолошки институт / Institute of ArchaeologyTY - CHAP AU - Nikolić, Snežana AU - Bogdanović, Ivan PY - 2017 UR - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1616 AB - This article presents a study of the results of recent excavations of the Viminacium amphitheatre and its relation to the Column of Trajan. Based on archaeological data, it was possible to determine the existence of the primary wooden structure that dates back to the Trajanic period. Timber amphitheatres are known from literary sources and they were detected on numerous sites especially along the frontiers, while their pictorial depiction is extremely rare. The best known representation of a wooden-frame amphitheatre is depicted on the XV spiral, in scene XCIX–C on Trajan’s Column. In this paper, we will compare the discovered parts of the construction with similar structures excavated on other sites, and also with the amphitheatre shown on Trajan’s Column, in order to understand and reconstruct the appearance of the Viminacium wooden amphitheatre. PB - Wien : Holzhausen der Verlag T2 - Columna Traiani – Traianssäule Siegesmonument und Kriegsbericht in Bildern T1 - In the Beginning There Was a Timber Construction... The Wooden Amphitheatre of Viminacium EP - 94 SP - 87 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1616 ER -
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Nikolić, S.,& Bogdanović, I.. (2017). In the Beginning There Was a Timber Construction... The Wooden Amphitheatre of Viminacium. in Columna Traiani – Traianssäule Siegesmonument und Kriegsbericht in Bildern Wien : Holzhausen der Verlag., 87-94. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1616
Nikolić S, Bogdanović I. In the Beginning There Was a Timber Construction... The Wooden Amphitheatre of Viminacium. in Columna Traiani – Traianssäule Siegesmonument und Kriegsbericht in Bildern. 2017;:87-94. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1616 .
Nikolić, Snežana, Bogdanović, Ivan, "In the Beginning There Was a Timber Construction... The Wooden Amphitheatre of Viminacium" in Columna Traiani – Traianssäule Siegesmonument und Kriegsbericht in Bildern (2017):87-94, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1616 .