Settling in dynamic spaces: Neuenstadt on the Kocher ant the Cicitas Aurelia G(...) as a model for urbanization processes in Roman border zones of the 2nd century AD

一个罗马城镇的遗迹，占地至少25英亩，位于Kocher （Lkr）附近的Neuenstadt。海尔布隆，巴登州（符腾堡州）。罗马城镇的基础是有针对性的基础设施措施的结果，这些措施与公元160年罗马帝国在上德意志地区的发展同时发生。自20世纪90年代以来，对航空照片的系统分析揭示了罗马遗址的完整延伸，甚至是其特定建筑的一部分。这些发现使建筑遗迹与著名的铭文之间的联系成为可能，记录了一个Civitas Aurealia G（-）的存在及其主要中心位置。随后的调查，包括地球物理勘探，几次试验挖掘和对阿波罗格兰努斯神庙的系统挖掘，提出了公元2世纪城市化进程的重要问题。杰出的考古保存状态使纽恩施塔特成为一个具有高度范例潜力的重要和国家利益的研究地点。拟议的跨学科项目涉及后期中罗马帝国动态空间中罗马城市化进程的主要问题。这些团队汇集了考古学家和古代史学者，将为以下问题提供可观的结果：在帝国边缘的边境地区，经过验证的城市规划模型在多大程度上适用于有针对性的城市化措施？这些措施是否考虑到当地的具体情况和时间要求？如果是这样，它们在城市地形中是如何表现的？城市发展的动态与该省的历史和一般政治史有何关系？军队和边防军在多大程度上参与或负责城市的基础建设和中央代表性建筑的安装？纽恩施塔特的“城市计划”是否可以与后期的城市化计划联系起来，这种计划超越了省界，可能蔓延到整个罗马帝国，尤其是其边境地区？阿波罗·格兰努斯纪念性神庙的深层含义是什么，不仅在奠基时期，尤其是在塞维兰时代晚期，它在多大程度上可能是帝国推动甚至倡议的结果？该项目旨在以跨学科的方式回答安东尼和塞维兰时期城市化进程的核心问题。它将罗马帝国行省的田野考古学和古代史研究结合起来，重点关注边境地区的动态空间。

The remains of a Roman town covering an area of at least 25 acres, are situated near Neuenstadt am Kocher (Lkr. Heilbronn, state of Baden-Württemberg). The foundation of the Roman town is the result of targeted infrastructural measures that took place simultaneously with the forwarding of the Roman limes in Upper Germany ca. 160 AD. The systematic analysis of aerial photographs since the 1990s revealed the complete extension of the Roman site and even parts of its specific architecture. These discoveries enabled the correlation between the architectural remains with well-known inscriptions, documenting the existence of a Civitas Aurealia G(---) and its principal central place. The following investigations including geophysical prospection, several test excavations and systematic excavation of the sanctuary of Apollo Grannus, gave rise to the important question of the processes of urbanization in the 2nd century AD. The outstanding archaeological state of preservation makes Neuenstadt a research site of primary importance and national interest with high paradigmatic potential. The proposed interdisciplinary project deals with the main questions of Roman urbanization processes in dynamic spaces of the later Middle Roman Empire. The teams, bringing together archaeologists and scholars of Ancient History will deliver considerable results to the following questions: to what extent proven models of city planning were applied to directed urbanization measures in the frontier zone on the fringe of the Empire? Did the measures take into account specific local conditions and time specific demands? If so, how are they represented in the urban topography? How was the dynamic of the urban development in regard to the history of the province and the general political history? In how far the army and the garrisons at the limes were involved or responsible for the foundation of the city and the installation of central representative buildings? Can the „city project“ Neuenstadt be connected with a late urbanization program that exceeded provincial borders and possibly spread over the whole Roman Empire and especially its border zones? What was the deeper meaning of the monumental sanctuary of Apollo Grannus, not only in the foundation period but especially in late Severan times and how far could it have been the result of an imperial promotion or even initiative?The project in this application aims to answer central questions referring to urbanization processes in the Antonine and Severan period in an interdisciplinary approach. It paradigmatically connects field archaeology and Ancient History Studies in the provinces of the Roman Empire with a focus on dynamic spaces in the border zones.