Large parts of the urban layout of the abandoned Roman town of Bassianae (in present-day Serbia) are still discernible on the surface today due to the deliberate and targeted quarrying of the Roman foundations. In 2014, all of the town’s intramural (and some extramural) areas were surveyed using aerial photography, ground-penetrating radar, and magnetometry to analyze the site’s topography and to map remaining buried structures. The surveys showed a strong agreement between the digital surface model derived from the aerial photographs and the geophysical prospection data. However, many structures could only be detected by one method, underlining the benefits of a complementary archaeological prospection approach using multiple methods. This article presents the results of the extensive surveys and their comprehensive integrative interpretation, discussing Bassianae’s ground plan and urban infrastructure. Starting with an overview of this Roman town’s research history, we present the details of the triple prospection approach, followed by the processing, integrative analysis, and interpretation of the acquired data sets. Finally, this newly gained information is contrasted with a plan of Roman Bassianae compiled in 1935.

The Roman site of Carnuntum was once a flourishing center on the frontiers of the Roman Empire. In its heyday as the capital of the province of Pannonia superior, Carnuntum probably covered an area of almost 9 km². The whole site was divided into a military settlement (castra and canabae legionis) and a civil town (municipium/colonia). Through a large-scale archaeological prospection project, this huge area could be investigated and analyzed in great detail using a wide variety of nondestructive prospection methods. One of the main discoveries of the project was observed in the military settlement, where it was possible to identify a previously unknown military camp, interpreted as the garrison of the governor’s guard, the castra singularium. Through the topographic analysis of the immediate surroundings, the Roman fort was determined to be embedded in a large administrative complex related to the governor’s seat in Carnuntum. This article presents these new discoveries and shows what an important part they formed in the administration of the Roman province of Upper Pannonia.

Beiträge Cristina-Georgeta Alexandrescu Zu einigen Kult- und Votivdenkmälern aus dem nördlichen Teil der Provinz Moesia inferior Werner Jobst – Rita Piras Il Tempio II del Santuario di Giove sul Pfaffenberg/Carnuntum Überlegungen zum Kult der Magna Mater und des Attis im Westen des Imperium Romanum Julia Klammer Limeswachtürme Überlegungen und Untersuchungen zu Burgusstandorten am rechten Donauufer am Beispiel der Burgi bei Mautern in Niederösterreich Wolfgang Neubauer – Mario Wallner – Christian Gugl – Klaus Löcker – Alexandra Vonkilch – Tanja Trausmuth – Erich Nau – Viktor Jansa – Julia Wilding – Alois Hinterleitner – Immo Trinks – Michael Doneus – Geert Verhoeven – Nives Doneus – Hannes Schiel – Ralf Totschnig – Roland Filzwieser – Vlad Sandici – Petra Schneidhofer – Tomáš Tencer – Manuel Gabler – Sebastian Flöry – Jakob Kainz – Matthias Kucera – Agatha Lugmayr – Lisa Aldrian – Marie Kröhl – Valeria Poscetti – Christine Markussen – Thomas Zitz – Sirri Seren – Ranko Manojlovic – Timothy Saey – Marc Van Meirvenne – Franz Humer Zerstörungsfreie archäologische Prospektion des römischen Carnuntum – erste Ergebnisse des Forschungsprojekts „ArchPro Carnuntum“ Ausgrabungen und Funde Izida Berger-Pavić Dünnwandige tongrundige weiße/cremefarbene Ware („Eierschalenware“) aus Carnuntum und Siscia Mit einem Beitrag von Z. Šimić-Kanaet (Siscia-Keramik), R. Sauer (mineralogisch-petrographische Analysen), G. Schneider und M. Daszkiewicz (RFA) Izida Berger-Pavić – Susanne Stökl Neue Schlangengefäße aus der Zivilstadt Carnuntum. Ein Beitrag zur Problematik der Schlangengefäße und ihrer Verwendung im Kult/Hauskult Mit einem Beitrag von R. Wedenig und einem Anhang von R. Sauer Lucia Clara Formato Die Grabstele des Comatus aus Leithaprodersdorf Eine bisher singuläre Darstellung eines autochthonen Auxiliarsoldaten mit Schwertbewaffnung aus dem Carnuntiner Hinterland Tafeln

A book presents new elements of the urbanistic aspects of Roman towns and minor settlements in the large area of Caput Adriae, Noricum, and Pannoniae. The result of these efforts is twenty-six contributions by 54 authors from eight countries (Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia). With this publication, we have attempted to expand the knowledge about the development of towns and some other important settlements and their integration into a larger network of urban and rural agglomerations. The initial two articles present broader but different perspectives on urbanisation. In the next part, twenty-two settlements are discussed. The extreme north-east of Regio X is represented by four settlements (Aquileia, Tergeste, Emona and Nauportus). The book includes most of the autonomous towns in Noricum as well as some other settlement areas (Celeia, Flavia Solva, Virunum, Magdalensberg, Teurnia, Aguntum, Iuvavum, Ovilava, Lauriacum, Stein). Selected towns and minor settlements are presented from the provinces of Pannonia Superior (Vindobona, Carnuntum, Strebersdorf, Savaria, Poetovio, Aquae Iasae) and Pannonia Inferior (Mursa, Bassiane). The book offers the most important results of mainly large research groups. Two research strategies stand out in particular, with which it was possible to record comprehensive data on large or even massive ancient settlements. Systematic and large-scale geophysical surveys have provided excellent insight into areas that were not built on in modern times. These surveys are combined with various other methods such as aerial photography, LiDAR images, surface surveys and archaeological excavations (e.g., Carnuntum, Flavia Solva, Stein, Teurnia). In modern, heavily built-up areas, however, researchers relied mainly on the accurate recording and mapping of all kinds of archaeological evidence, from chance finds to preventive excavations. After several decades, this tedious and laborious work led to rich results (e.g., Ovilava, Iuvavum, Celeia, Mursa, Emona, Aquileia). In most cases, however, combining all possible traditional and modern methods enabled an enormous increase in knowledge. The area is located in the contact zone between the eastern and western halves of the Empire and encompasses parts of the three geographical areas (i.e., the Mediterranean, Alpine and Continental worlds), which could make the book interesting for a broader understanding of the functioning of the Roman Empire. Knjiga predstavlja nove elemente urbanističnih vidikov rimskih mest in manjših naselij na območju Caput Adriae, Norika in Panonije. V 26 prispevkih 54 avtorjev iz osmih držav (Italije, Slovenije, Avstrije, Madžarske, Hrvaške, Srbije, Črne gore in Severne Makedonije) poskuša razširiti védenje o razvoju mest in nekaterih drugih pomembnih naselij. Prva dva članka predstavljata širše, a različne poglede na urbanizacijo. V naslednjem delu je obravnavanih 22 naselij. Skrajni severovzhod X. regije predstavljajo štiri naselja (Aquileja, Tergeste, Emona in Nauport). V knjigo je vključena večina avtonomnih mest v Noriku ter nekatera druga naselbinska območja (Celeja, Flavia Solva, Virunum, Štalenska gora, Teurnija, Aguntum, Iuvavum, Ovilava, Lauriacum, Stein). Iz provinc Panonija Superior (Vindobona, Carnuntum, Strebersdorf, Savarija, Poetovio, Aquae Iasae) in Panonija Inferior (Mursa, Bassiane) so predstavljena izbrana mesta in manjša naselja. Območje se nahaja na stičišču med vzhodno in zahodno polovico cesarstva in zajema dele treh geografskih enot (tj. sredozemskega, alpskega in celinskega sveta), zaradi česar bi lahko bila knjiga zanimiva za širše razumevanje delovanja rimskega imperija. V knjigi so zbrani najpomembnejši rezultati večinoma velikih raziskovalnih skupin. Posebej izstopata dve raziskovalni strategiji, s katerima je bilo mogoče zabeležiti izčrpne podatke o velikih antičnih naselbinah. Sistematične in obsežne geofizikalne raziskave so omogočile odličen vpogled v območja, ki v sodobnem času niso bila pozidana. Te raziskave so kombinirane z različnimi drugimi metodami, kot so aerofotografiranje, posnetki LiDAR, površinski pregledi in arheološka izkopavanja (npr. Carnuntum, Flavija Solva, Stein, Teurnija). Na sodobnih, gosto pozidanih območjih pa so se raziskovalci zanašali predvsem na natančno beleženje in kartiranje vseh vrst arheoloških sledi, od naključnih najdb do zaščitnih izkopavanj. Po več desetletjih je to naporno in zamudno delo pripeljalo do bogatih rezultatov (npr. Ovilava, Iuvavum, Celeja, Mursa, Emona, Aquileja). V večini primerov pa je kombinacija tradicionalnih in sodobnih metod omogočila izjemno povečanje védenja.

The archaeological prospection focused on a multiphase fortified settlement. It was conducted as an integrated survey using airborne laserscanning (ALS) data, aerial photography, magnetics and GPR. The results show among other things that restricted military areas provide outstanding conditions for the preservation of archaeological sites.