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

一个占地至少25英亩的罗马城镇的遗迹位于Neuenstadt am Kocher(LKR)附近。海尔布隆，巴登-符腾堡州)。罗马城镇的建立是有针对性的基础设施措施的结果，这些措施与上德国的罗马酸橙的运输在公元160年左右同时进行。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，甚至其特定建筑的部分。这些发现使建筑遗迹与著名铭文之间的关联成为可能，这些铭文记录了金色西维塔斯(-)的存在及其主要中心位置。随后的调查，包括地球物理勘探、几次试掘和对阿波罗·格兰努斯圣地的系统挖掘，提出了公元2世纪城市化进程的重要问题。出色的考古保存状态使Neuenstadt成为具有高度典范潜力的首要研究地点和国家利益。拟议的跨学科项目涉及中世纪罗马帝国后期动态空间中罗马城市化进程的主要问题。将考古学家和古代史学者聚集在一起的团队将在以下问题上取得相当大的成果：在多大程度上将经过验证的城市规划模式应用于帝国边缘边境地区的定向城市化措施？这些措施是否考虑到具体的当地情况和具体的时间要求？如果是这样的话，它们在城市地形中是如何表现的？就该省的历史和一般政治史而言，城市发展的动力如何？军队和驻军在多大程度上参与或负责了城市的地基和中心代表性建筑的安装？“城市计划”Neuenstadt会不会与晚些时候的城市化计划有关，这个计划超越了省界，可能会蔓延到整个罗马帝国，特别是它的边境地区？不光是在建国时期，尤其是在塞维兰晚期，阿波罗·格兰纳斯纪念性圣地的更深层次的含义是什么？它能在多大程度上是帝国促进甚至倡议的结果？本申请中的项目旨在以跨学科的方法回答涉及安东宁和塞维兰时期城市化进程的核心问题。它典范地将罗马帝国各省的田野考古学和古代史研究联系在一起，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.