^{#smrgKİTABEVİ} Basilica Iulia 1 : Gli Scavi di Laura Fabrini (1960 - 1964) - Strutture Stratigrafie e Materiali dalla Prima eta Repubplicana alla Costruzione Augustea - 2022

The volume presents the results of the Basilica Iulia Project, focused on the excavations conducted between 1960 and 1964 beneath the huge Augustan building. The archive documentation, new survey and geophysical prospecting, and the study of archaeological materials allow a thorough analysis of the transformations of the southern side of the Roman Forum between the 5th century BC and the modern rediscovery of the Basilica Iulia.

The first part of the volume offers a vivid reconstruction of the administrative, political, and economic functions of the building during the imperial age and late antiquity. The research extends to the transformations of the medieval and Renaissance periods, focusing on the central role played by the Basilica Iulia in the history of the archaeological investigation of the Roman Forum.

In the second part, the republican phases of the area beneath the Augustan monument are analysed. Significant new data concern the first occupation of the area in the 5th century BC, the mid-republican reorganisation of the district, with the creation of the house later belonged to Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, and the construction of the Basilica Sempronia (169 BC). New insights concern the connection between Caesar's Basilica and the underground galleries of the Forum, and the construction site of the Augustan Basilica. Finally, the most innovative methods, from surveying to geophysical prospecting, are investigated in depth, along with the systematic study of the material culture, which is essential not only for defining the long diachrony of the area, but also for evaluating consumption and food practices.

Texts in Italian with detailed English summaries.