City of Tarragona, Tarraconensis

[Lothia]

Ave Civitas,

I am in a crink again.

I have Kulikowski's book, "Late Roman Spain and its Cities," and in it is a map of Tarragona. I can see that it sits on the coast (the ampitheater is only 50 meters from the shore line), but nowhere do I read, nor see on the map, that the city had a port.

Being that it was the capital of Terraconensis I would think it would, but I would like to confirm its existance.

Further, does anyone have a reference to what might be a street map of the city?

I can see by Kulikowski's map where the forum, circus, and imperial temple were, and the via Augusta, but nothing else.

I have two atlases and a reference book too. No help there.

Thanks again for your help.

Tom

[GALLA PLACIDIA]

I'm Carme. I'm from Tarragona.

I can show you some photos of Tarraco's Roman model that it is possible to find nowadays in the city.

This is a reconstruction of the Roman city of Tarraco, S II A.D, like you can see in the photo, existed a port . Nowadays is digging by Avitianus (one RAT member) and in a few places you can see structures of the Roman port.

[GALLA PLACIDIA]

City of Tarragona . La TARRACONENSIS

This one is a photo where it is possible to see the provincial forum

[GALLA PLACIDIA]

Sight of the Roman city, " if your you come from the sea "

[Lothia]

Ave Galla Placidia,

You are an angel. I'm writing the Pope. The map in Kulikowski's book does not provide nearly the information these three photos did.

Thank you very much.

[GALLA PLACIDIA]

Thank you very much!!!!




Her you can see, the Theater and some domus.
Now I will hang more information if you are interested in it.

[FAVENTIANVS]

TARRACO = The city
TARRACONENSIS = The province



Surprisingly I've found many maps in English wrongly saying Terraconensis instead of Tarraconensis! hock: :?

[GALLA PLACIDIA]

http://tarracovirtual.turincon.com/

http://www.spanisharts.com/arquitectura ... rraco.html

http://www.mnat.es/eng/tarraco/index.html

Here you can found some information about the roman city.
If you need something, please, send something.

It is a pleasure to show the city where I live.

[Lothia]

Ave GALLA PLACIDIA,

Do you never sleep?

Thank you again for the pictures and the links. It will take me some days to look at them and get a good feeling of what it would be like to walk down Tarraco's streets.

The links you provided are great. Fortunate for me I live near Albuquerque, (80 KM) and know several people who can read Spanish. The sites will be a great help to me.

You are wonderful.

Et Salve FAVENTIANVS,

Yes, I know it is spelled with an A, :oops: but our word Terra (is that your word too?) is so close to it that my fingers often make that mistake while my brain is somewhere else. Now I must go through my manuscript and double-check my spelling.

Thanks for pointing that out.

Me.

[LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS]

Hello,

I'm from Tarragona, too.

The pictures showed by Carmen Placidia are from the city at second century AD. But the city have a evolution, and it's very different the urban configuration of each period.

The roman city was installed in 218 bC at the upper part of a hill, where latter was the imperial cult "forum". Near, at the coast where a iberian settlment dedicated at trade and fishing. In fact, that the romans installed was a military camp, first with probably a wooden wall, latter with a earth core and opus quadratum surface (stone facing). The roman city was growing between the old iberian settlement, absorbed by the new roman port, and the military camp.

At 72/73 AD, was erected a huge new urbanistic project consisted in a 3 terraces project. The upper was religious, presided by a great templum, dedicated at the personification of the emperor as Jupiter Amon.
The second terrace was ocuped by the biggest square at the roman empire. We called it “representation placeâ€

[Robert Vermaat]

Carmen Placidia

Our Empress has a new name?

[LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS]

:lol: 8)
It's a word's joke.

[GALLA PLACIDIA]

Carmen Placidia

It's a word's joke....
hock: hock: hock:

Aelia Carme Placidia y OLÉEEEEEEEEEEEEE



:lol:

[FAVENTIANVS]

Yes, I know it is spelled with an A, but our word Terra (is that your word too?) is so close to it that my fingers often make that mistake while my brain is somewhere else. Now I must go through my manuscript and double-check my spelling.

Not your fault, look here:
http://content.answers.com/main/content ... re_Map.png
http://www.gemina.nl/images/Rizisepics/romrijk_2.jpg

[Lothia]

Ave LUCIUS ALFENUS AVITIANUS,

Thank you for the additional information.

You wrote:

That configuration was practically inaltered until IV/ V century. Then, with the fall of the imperial cult, and a lack of political and administrative control, all the imperial complex was ocuped by houses, turning to a more defensive upper position.

I am researching / writing a novel set in AD 336, would the imperial complex have already been occupied by houses by then?

And the lower city, the colonia, that would not have changed? It is still residential?

The photos sent by your Empress were very helpful. If you see her, :wink: thank her again.

A question about the harbor. I have a satellite photo of Tarragona. In it is a large harbor. That does not seem to match the photos with the break-water. And, having so long a pennsula, it looks man-made.

Was that harbor pennsula there in the 3rd century?

Thanks again for your help.

Me.