Late Roman Building at the Čair-Castrum Site: Contribution to the Study of the Profane Architecture of Viminacium

Goran Stojić, Milica Marjanović
2020 Arheologija i prirodne nauke  
Late roMan BUILdInG at tHe ČaIr-CastrUM siTe: conTribuTion To The sTudy of The profane archiTecTure of viMinaciuM absTracT A late Roman horizon comprised of multiple units was investigated in the area of a defensive ditch during the excavations of the western gate zone of Viminacium's legionary camp in 2018. The subject of this paper, marked as building 7 in the internal documentation, was among them. Building 7 was located to the southwest of the gate, and it is oriented parallel to the
more » ... rampart of the camp. It was built after the filling of the defensive ditch, over the layers of its filling, using different techniques and materials. According (mostly) to coins, the building is dated to the fourth century. Small finds in the building point to everyday and economic activities, except for several finds of weaponry. In a broader context and in relation to other structures discovered in the extramuros zone of the western rampart, building 7 can be interpreted as an economic structure that was part of a larger craftsmanship complex. keywords: laTe anTiQuiTy, fourTh cenTury, Moesia priMa, viMinaciuM, laTe ro-Man archiTecTure, sMall finds.
doi:10.18485/arhe_apn.2020.16.3 fatcat:mqz5kz2rlve7viyzizebfz5gwe