CLAUSTRA ALPIUM IULIARUM – PROTECTING LATE ROMAN ITALY

• Authors: Peter Kos
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Claustra Alpium Iuliarum is a late Roman linear defence system that consisted of walls, towers, and fortresses, and was intended to defend against incursions into Italy from the eastern and northeastern parts of the Empire. In contrast to the outer borders of the Roman Empire, it was constructed in the late third/early fourth centuries inside the borders of the Roman state, along the geographical line dividing northeastern Italy from Illyricum. It lies in the mountainous area of the Julian Alps (uninhabited even in modern times), extending from the northern Adriatic (Rijeka in Croatia) to the Soča valley in Slovenia. The most important via publica between Aquileia and Emona was defended by three linear defence lines. The author presents literary sources and numismatic evidence, as well as the results of archaeological excavations, and points out the chronological problems connected with the construction of this late Roman defence structure.

Keywords

EN

CLAUSTRA ALPIUM IULIARUM; JULIAN ALPS; ROMAN DEFENCE SYSTEM

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Studia Europaea Gnesnensia
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 233-261

Dates

published

2013-01-01

Contributors

author

Peter Kos

• National Museum of Slovenia, Muzejska ulica 1, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

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