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The first walls of Astorga,from high-imperial age, gave way to another wall, more ambitious and still preserved nearly in full. Its construction happens at the same time as a moment...
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Rome took the control of the nearby gold-bearing exploitations and of their transport into the metropolis, which explains this first military settlement and the following decision to establish the capital of the Roman administrative demarcation in Asturica ...
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occupied a central position in the town planning of the city and they were one of its most impressive public buildings. They were placed in the intersection of the two most important road networks and in direct connection with two of the main sewers...
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Romans conceived of the public baths as spaces intended for the personal cleanliness and social relationships. Their organization corresponds to a functional structure, of linear way ...
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In the centre of the western side of the forum of Astorga, a room or chamber was built , preceded by an entry with columns and ended in an apse. This arrangement and the sumptuous paving of marble sheets (optus sectille) creating geometric by-chromatic motifs have led to identify it ...
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In the highest place of the city, the forum of Astorga was a vast space around which the public buildings were arranged, scenery and epicentre of the city life. It was a large quadrangle close to 30,000 m2, defined by a monumental portico, that ended in...
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In the centre of the old Roman forum, opposite the temple dedicated to Emperor Augustus (Aedes Augusti), one of the best preserved buildings of the Roman Astorga is sited. It is the Ergastula, a big vaulted gallery ...
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The Domus is one of the first preserved relics as a result of the modern archaeological excavations. The preserved part may have been arranged around a large columned courtyard or peristyle ...
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The Romans laid the foundations of their empire around the predominance of the cities and focus of power. The life in the Roman metropolis demanded to take a wide range of health measures. The sewers went round inside these cities and under the pavement of their streets and roads, which enabled the removal of sewage waters towards the rivers ...
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