Archaeoastronomy in the Roman World

Abstract

Pernigotti: Contribution to the study of the orientation of Etruscan temples -- Bagnasco, Pernigotti: Materials for the study of an Etruscan cosmology: the case of the Tumulus of the Broomsat Cerveteri -- DeSantis: Orientation and planning of Roman Albingaunum (Albenga) -- Hatz: How Roman is the layout of the colonial town of Augusta Raurica? -- Gonzalez-Garcia, Rodriguez-Anton, Espinosa, Quintela, Belmonte: Establishing a New Order: Current Status on the Orientation of the Roman Towns Founded under Augustus -- Rodriguez-Anton, Gonzalez-Garcia, Belmonte: The varatio and its possible use in the Roman urban planning to obtain astronomical orientations -- Rosada: Ut ad orientem spectet -- Polcaro, Scuderi, Burgio: The socalled Neo-Pythagorean Basilica of Porta Maggiore in Rome: the most mysterious Roman monument -- Magli: The temple of Jupiter at Baalbek: astronomical and architectural analysis -- Belmonte, Gonzalez-Garcia, Rodriguez-Anton: Arabia Adquisita: the Romanization of the Nabataean cultic calendar and the Tannur Zodiac paradigm -- DeFranceschini, Veneziano: The symbolic use of light in hadrianic architecture and the kiss of the sun -- Rossi, Magli: Wind, Sand and Water: the Orientation of the Late Roman Forts in the Kharga Oasis (Egyptian Western Desert) -- Carnevale, Monaco: The Mausoleum of Santa Costanza in Rome: a survey of the light phenomenathrough the centuries -- Incerti, Lavorati, Iurilli: relief, geometry, archaeoastronomy of the Mausoleo di Teodorico (Ravenna) -- Spinazze: Baptistery and font: an interpretation of the medieval baptistery s orientation in Friuli (Northeast Italy) -- Frischer: Simpiricism comes to archaeoastronomy. The use of interactive 3d interfaces for exploratory research of astronomical of ancient Roman buildings -- Hannah: The choreography of time in ancient and medieval buildings -- Papamarinopoulos, Preka-Papadema, Gazeas, Nastos, Kiriakopoulos: Red droplets and Red clouds described in Iliad -- Zotti, Schaukowitsch, Wimmer: Virtual Archaeoastronomy: The State of Stellarium for Research and Outreach.