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I.S.B.N.9782130517221
224 pages
p. 37 à 92
doi: 10.3917/arch.011.0037
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n° 31 2001/1
Le Palatin entre le IIe et le VIe siècle apr. J.-C. : évolution topographique
Manuel Royo
L’A. se place dans la perspective des conclusions livrées par A. Augenti sur le Palatin du VIe au XIIIe s. Ces conclusions l’invitent à rechercher l’origine de la situation mise en évidence dans l’évolution des ensembles monumentaux du Palatin dès le IIe s. apr. J.- C., période où le palais impérial acquiert sa forme définitive. Son enquête s’appuie ainsi sur les conclusions d’Augenti sur l’occupation du Palatin aux Ve-VIe s., puis s’arrête sur le phénomène de la présence de sépultures à la périphérie du palais. À travers la confrontation des sources littéraires et des données archéologiques, il reprend la définition du Palatium et en montre les multiples facettes, démontre la complexité de l’identification de ses espaces intérieurs. Il parvient à conclure que la colline du VIe s. apr. J.-C. hérite en grande part de constantes qui émergent dès le Ier s. apr. J.-C. – topographie, environnement proche, périphérie. Le Palatium paraît être un véritable « bloc » dont l’étendue se lit dans le maintien, à l’époque médiévale, des principales voies antiques. Objet symbolique par excellence, le Palatium tire sa cohérence d’une fonction et des rites qui s’y attachent et que consacre la divinité du souverain. Tant que cet espace incarne la fonction impériale, il n’y a pas de véritable rupture avec l’aspect primitif de l’ensemble monumental.
The Topographical Evolution of the Palatine between the 2nd and 6th Century AD
The A. resumes the conclusions reached by A. Augenti on the Palatine from the 6th to the 13th century. These conclusions lead him to look for the origin of the situation noted in the evolution of the monumental units of the Palatine from the 2nd century AD onward, when the imperial palace took its final shape. Thus in his survey he adopts Augenti’s conclusions on the occupation of the Palatine during the 5th and 6th centuries, then he studies the phenomenon of the presence of tombs at the periphery of the palace. Through the confrontation of the litterary sources and archaeological data, he revises the definition of the Palatium and shows its multiple facets and the complexity of identification of its inner spaces. He comes to the conclusion that the hill of the 6th century AD partly inherits permanent features which emerge as early as the 1st century AD – topography, nearby environment, periphery. The Palatium seems to be a real « block » whose size clearly appears in the survival of the main ancient ways in the Medieval period. The Palatium, a perfect symbolic object, draws its consistency from a specific function and from the rights linked to it, and which are consecrated by the divine nature of the sovereign. As long as the space embodies the imperial function, there is no real break with the primitive aspect of the monumental unit.
The A. resumes the conclusions reached by A. Augenti on the Palatine from the 6th to the 13th century. These conclusions lead him to look for the origin of the situation noted in the evolution of the monumental units of the Palatine from the 2nd century AD onward, when the imperial palace took its final shape. Thus in his survey he adopts Augenti’s conclusions on the occupation of the Palatine during the 5th and 6th centuries, then he studies the phenomenon of the presence of tombs at the periphery of the palace. Through the confrontation of the litterary sources and archaeological data, he revises the definition of the Palatium and shows its multiple facets and the complexity of identification of its inner spaces. He comes to the conclusion that the hill of the 6th century AD partly inherits permanent features which emerge as early as the 1st century AD – topography, nearby environment, periphery. The Palatium seems to be a real « block » whose size clearly appears in the survival of the main ancient ways in the Medieval period. The Palatium, a perfect symbolic object, draws its consistency from a specific function and from the rights linked to it, and which are consecrated by the divine nature of the sovereign. As long as the space embodies the imperial function, there is no real break with the primitive aspect of the monumental unit.
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