The row houses at Oplontis

• John R. Clarke ^[3] ; Ivo van der Graaff ^[1] ; Regina Gee ^[2] ; Jennifer L. Muslin ^[2]
  1. [1] University of New Hampshire

     University of New Hampshire

     Town of Durham, Estados Unidos

     
  2. [2] University of Montana

     University of Montana

     Estados Unidos

     
  3. [3] University of Texas

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• Localización: Journal of Roman archaeology, ISSN 1047-7594, Vol. 33, Nº. 1, 2020, págs. 113-128
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In the spectrum of the cities buried by Vesuvius, studies of humble dwellings have suffered from poor preservation, a lack of documentation and a general disinterest. Small commercial spaces frequented by non-élites, such as tabernae, thermopolia, cauponae, popinae and cenacula, remain difficult to identify as they often doubled as domestic spaces and Latin terminology does not always match the architectural remains. A few studies have focused on the place of such spaces within Roman architecture as well as on the economic rôles of tabernae and/or rental accommodations.1 This paper expands on these approaches by offering the preliminary results of research at Oplontis B (Torre Annunziata) by the Oplontis Project, one of the few sites where a series of row houses sheds light on the domestic aspects of tabernae and their rôle in urban development along the Bay of Naples.2