01-08-2021, 12:42 PM
Emona was originally laid out as a standard Augustan urbs quadrata, with grid plan of insulae protected by a rectangular wall with towers. This wall (which still survives in places today) was repaired at intervals up to the late 4th century, and while suburbs seem to have spread beyond it in the 1st-2nd century, by the 3rd century the town had shrunk in population and the urban fabric was almost certainly fully enclosed by the wall circuit.
The grid layout of insulae within the walls may have become a littel less regular over time, with several blocks being combined into larger structures, and the walls and defences would have become rather run-down at intervals, but otherwise the general plan appears to have remained the same over the centuries.
The pdf has a lot more information, with detailed plans and illustrations: Emona: Portrait of a City
The grid layout of insulae within the walls may have become a littel less regular over time, with several blocks being combined into larger structures, and the walls and defences would have become rather run-down at intervals, but otherwise the general plan appears to have remained the same over the centuries.
The pdf has a lot more information, with detailed plans and illustrations: Emona: Portrait of a City
Nathan Ross
