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in advance of the construction of a new reinforced concrete floor. Within days it became clear that the remains of the Castra Nova existed in good condition just below the floor level and that the excavation was including a large part of the
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as its two strong rooms were very well preserved as were several office rooms. On the completion of the investigation the remains were preserved beneath the basilica (along with the remains of the
Constantinian cathedral and a Neronian
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was uncovered within one of the headquarters rooms (room “ε” on plan above), lying beside a short granite column that was still set into the floor. Upon the capital two inscriptions had been carved on behalf of an association of
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It is probable, however, that detachments of the singulares
Augusti did return to Rome several times between 197 and the return of the emperor in 203. For example see CIL 6.225 = 30730 dedicated by a turma in 200
118:(Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano). However, it was identified definitively by excavations between 1934 and 1938 undertaken by Enrico Josi. Josi had obtained permission to explore the area of the basilica’s
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The toppling of the capital furthermore provided historical evidence attesting to the destruction of the Castra Nova by
Constantine’s forces and providing a
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were known to have served at the Battle of Lyon on the 19 February, though evidently these men did not. The inscription records the dedication of the
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The Castra Nova was so-called because it was the newer of the two forts, built to house an enlargement of the cavalry guard. Their previous fort
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Colini, A. M. 1944. ‘Storia e
Topografia del Celio nell’antichità’ (APA (3rdseries) 7). Vatican: Tipografia Poliglotta Vaticana.
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The remains are under the custodianship of the
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A large two-storey storage building and two barracks were also uncovered, but the greatest interest centred around the
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Coulston, J. 2000. ‘Armed and belted men: the soldiery in imperial Rome’, in J. Coulston and H. Dodge (eds.),
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Coulston, J. 2000. ‘Armed and belted men: the soldiery in imperial Rome’, in J. Coulston and H. Dodge (eds.),
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itself had only recently become in possession of an official meeting room that they could consecrate.
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i.e. on the return of the guards to Rome following their escorting of the imperial family. The
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which lay not far away to the north had been built earlier, possibly under the emperor
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Equitum Singularium’, in E. M. Steinby (ed),
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Josi, E. 1934. ‘Scoperte nella
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The camp site was always speculated as being beneath the cathedral of
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Topografia del Celio nell’antichità (
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Plan of the archaeological remains of the fort. After Collini 1944
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Ionic capital carrying the two inscriptions from the curatores
363:(3rdseries) 7). Vatican: Tipografia Poliglotta Vaticana.
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ob reditum ab expeditione felicissima in urvem sacram
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