Spolia y jerarquía eclesiástica: El desmontaje de la arquitectura altoimperial para la construcción de la iglesia extramuros de Segobriga en el siglo V
The Christianisation process in late antique Segobriga manifests itself in the construction of a martyr’s church situated in the northern suburban necrópolis and today known mainly as the ›basílica visigoda‹. Large quantities of building materials were needed for its construction, taken from the pub...
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| Format: | article |
| Publication Date: | 2024 |
| Country: | España |
| Institution: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repository: | Docta Complutense |
| Language: | Spanish |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/103849 |
| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/103849 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | 902 Late Antiquity Church Spolia Architectural decoration Forum Humanidades 55 Historia 5505 Ciencias Auxiliares de la Historia 5505.01 Arqueología |
| Summary: | The Christianisation process in late antique Segobriga manifests itself in the construction of a martyr’s church situated in the northern suburban necrópolis and today known mainly as the ›basílica visigoda‹. Large quantities of building materials were needed for its construction, taken from the public centre of the Roman city. The identification of origin of a series of architectural elements, discovered during the excavations in the the late antique church, and archaeological evidence on their extraction, above all in the Forum area, attest to the timing of spolia dismantling in the 5th century AD. Nothing is known about the sponsors of the new major architectural project, however, it is obvious that the building reflects the incipient power of the Christian Church in Segobriga, a prelude to the later definitive shaping of a prevalent late antique urban image. |
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