RaLaTh2 PROGRAM

Second International Roman and Late Antique Thrace Conference

"Roman Thrace": “Sanctuaries, Cities and Their territorries under Roman Rule in Provincia Thracia”

Perinthos-Herakleia

Tekirdağ/Marmara Ereğlisi

27-28 October 2017

27. 10. 2017

9.00-9.30: Registration

9.30-10.00: Opening ceremony

Chair: Lyudmil Vagalinski

10.00-10.15: Maguelone Bastide (Paris/France)

Archaeology of cult in Ancient Thrace: The Transition from Hellenistic to Roman Period

10.15-10.30: Diljana Boteva (Sofia/Bulgaria)

Cities in Roman Thrace and the sanctuaries in their territories

10.30-10.45: Nicolay Sharankov (Sofia/Bulgaria)

 Founders of sanctuaries in Roman Thrace

10.45-11.00: Milena Raycheva (Sofia/Bulgaria)

The Roman state cult outside the cities of Thrace

11.00-11.15: Discussion

11.15-11.30: Coffee break

Chair: Diljana Boteva

11.30-11.45: Maria Gabriella Parissaki (Athens/Greece)

Weaving ties with power: Roman negotiatores, imperial cult and the client kingdom of Thrace

11.45-12.00: Martin Gyuzelev (Burgas/Bulgaria)

The Bosporus strait and Byzantion: changes after conversion of Thrace into a Roman province

12.00-12.15: Michael Alexander Speidel (Zürich/Bern/Basel/Switzerland)

Caracalla and Thrace

12.15-12.30: Fritz Mitthof (Vienna/Austria)     

On the capture of Philippopolis by Cniva in 250 or 251 CE: New evidence from the Scythica Vindobonensia

12.30-12.45: Discussion

12.45 -14.00 Lunch

14.00-15.00: Perinthos-Herakleia; sightseeing.

Chair: Maria Gabriele Parissaki

15.00-15.15: Marina Tasaklaki (Komotini/Greece)    

The metrology of the provincial coinage of Plotinopolis

15.15-15.30: Miroslava Dotkova (Sofia/Bulgaria)

Hoard of Roman coins from Popovo village, Southeastern Bulgaria

15.30-15.45: Ulrike Peter (Berlin/Germany)

 Die Götterwelt auf den Münzen von Philippopolis

15.45-16.00: Discussion

16.00-16.15: Coffee break

Chair: Ulrike Peter

16.15-16.30: Oya Yağız (Istanbul/Turkey)    

Numismatic evidence from early Roman Thrace; Coins of the last kings of Thrace

16.30-16.45: Lily Grozdanova (Sofia/Bulgaria)

Some specifics of the religious imagery in the coinage of Pautalia

16.45-17.00: Hristina Ivanova ( Berlin/Germany, Sofia/Bulgaria)

The coinage of Apollonia in Roman Imperial time

17.00-17.15: Discussion

17.15-17.30: Coffee break

Chair: Fritz Mitthof

17.30-17.45: Polyxeni Adam – Veleni (Thessaloniki/Greece)

Hellenistic and Roman reliefs with horsemen from the collection of Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum

17.45-18.00: Vania Popova (Sofia/Bulgaria)

The Roman and late antique portraits of Augusta Traiana/Beroe

18.00-18.15: Viktoria Čistakova (Prague/Czech Republic)

Manufacturing activities during Roman and Early Byzantine period on the site of Yurta-Stroyno, Bulgari

18.15-18.30: Discussion

18.30-18.45: Coffee break

Chair: Nikolai Sharankov

18.45-19.00: Svetla Petrova (Sofia/Bulgaria)

A monumental Statue of Zeus from Nicopolis ad Nestum

19.00-19.15: Elif Kırçın (Edirne/Turkey)

Excavation in Demirköy/Edirne

19.15-19.30: Şahan Kırçın (Edirne/Turkey)

Roman Sarcophagus in Hıdırlık entrenchment near Hadrianopolis

19.30-19.45: Discussion        

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28. 10. 2017

Chair: Polyxeni Adam-Veleni

10.00-10.15: Lyudmil Vagalinski (Sofia/Bulgaria)

 Antique setlement near village of Slivarovo, Malko Tarnovo district, SE corner of Bulgaria    

10.15-10.30: Hristo Preshlenov (Sofia/Bulgaria)

 Dorian architecture in Odessos – the case of Apollo’s temple

10.30-11.00: Ivo D. Cholakov (Sofia/Bulgaria)- Krasimira Kostova (Sredets/Bulgaria)

The Necropoleis of the Roman Colony Deultum

11.00-11.15: Discussion

11.15-11.30: Coffee break

Chair: George Velenis

11.30-11.45: Kostadin Rabadjiev (Sofia/Bulgaria)

 Heracles, the mythical founder of Perinthos

11.45-12.00: Mustafa H. Sayar (Istanbul/Turkey)

Perinthos, Propontis and Hadrian

12.00-12.15: Zeynep Koçel Erdem (Istanbul/Turkey)

 Rock cut tombs of Perinthos/Herakleia

12.15-12.30: Discussion

12.30-14.00: Coffee break

Chair: Michael Alexander Speidel

14.00-14.15: George Velenis (Thessaloniki/Greece)

Marble sarcophagus of Perinthus, made by local or by Thessalonikian craftsmen?

14.15-14.30: Zdravko Dimitrov (Sofia/Bulgaria)

 Anatolian influences in the architecture of Roman Thrace – Aphrodisian handworks on the Corinthian capitals from Perinthos

14.30-14.45: Stephan Westphalen (Heidelberg/Germany)

 Some thoughts on the Fortifications of Herakleia Perinthos

14.45-15.00: Discussion

15.00-15.15: Coffee break

Chair: Kostadin Rabadjiev

15.15-15.30: Neşe Atik (Tekirdağ/Turkey)    

Acropolis of Heraion Teichos during the Roman Time

15.30-15.45: Mete Aksan (Sinop/Turkey)        

Ancient City in Barbaros

15.45-16.00: Discussion

16.00-16.15: Coffee Break

Chair: Stephan Westphalen

16.15-16.30: Sait Başaran (Istanbul/Turkey)        

Ainos under Roman Rule

16.30-16.45: Şengül Aydıngün – Mustafa H. Sayar (Kocaeli/Turkey- Istanbul/Turkey)

Thracian territory of Byzantium under Roman Rule. A case study of landscape archaeology in Southeastern Thrace

16.45-17.00: Discussion

17.00-18.00: POSTERS:

Maria Chrysaphi (Xanthi/Greece)

 Important Lamps from Molyvodi

Chryssa Karadima (Komotini/Greece)

 The ancient theatre of Maroneia: the Roman modifications

Ivan Valchev (Sofia/Bulgaria)

Peak and Rock Sanctuaries of Zeus and Hera in Roman Thrace

Maya Martinova-Kyutova (Plovdiv/Bulgaria), Galina Pirovska (Sofia/Bulgaria)

Lodge for honorable persons at the northern entrance of the Ancient theatre of Philippopolis (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)