Sant'Omobono Project

23/05/2023

What was Rome like before it became one of the biggest cities in the ancient world? How did its early inhabitants adapt to the threat of flooding, and change the landscape to suit their needs? Dr. Andrea Brock of the University of St. Andrews is an expert on the archaeology of Rome's first few centu...

09/06/2022

The results of some extensive environmental investigations at and around Sant'Omobono!

In order to build the Eternal City, the ancient Romans had to modify their landscape and respond to unforeseen challenges.

04/04/2018

ed ecco qui un bell'articolo sulla ricerca della nostra squadra, in particolare Laura Motta ed Andrea Brock!

ANN ARBOR—Rome wasn't built in a day—but the land that gave the city its economic advantage may have been birthed over a very short period of time, geologically speaking. A team of researchers, in

02/04/2018

Congratulations to the authors of this comprehensive look at Holocene sedimentary history and human-environment interactions in the area around Sant'Omobono, which has just been published in PLoS ONE! Open access at the link below.

The Tiber valley is a prominent feature in the landscape of ancient Rome and an important element for understanding its urban development. However, little is known about the city’s original setting. Our research provides new data on the Holocene sedimentary history and human-environment interactio...

15/05/2017

If you're in Rome next Monday, May 22, be sure to check out this book launch! It features a contribution by our co-directors Paolo Brocato and Nic Terrenato, "The Archaic Temple of S. Omobono: New Discoveries and Old Problems," as well as an article by Anna Mura Sommella, "Arianna ritrovata! Un nuovo gruppo acroteriale dall’Area Sacra del Foro Boario."

10/01/2017

Congratulations to Dan Diffendale, who won the AIA's "Best Poster Designed Entirely by Students" award in Toronto for his poster titled "Further Research on the Roman Republican Temples under Sant'Omobono." (photo credit: Jason Farr)

26/12/2016

Buon Natale a tutti!

If you will be attending the annual meeting of the AIA in Toronto, January 5-8, 2017, be sure to check out the Poster Session to see the poster "Further Research on the Roman Republican Cult-Place under Sant’Omobono" by Project topographer Dan Diffendale.

You may also be interested the work of the team doing archival work on the Regia, presented in Session 6F: "The Regia Reconsidered: A New Interpretation of the American Excavations Results":
The Re-Analysis of Brown's Excavation at the Regia
Nicola Terrenato, University of Michigan, and Paolo Brocato, Università della Calabria

The Regia: Stratigraphic and Functional Analysis of Scompartimento 4
Vincenzo Timpano, Università della Calabria

A “regal” Structure in its Italian Context: The Early Phases of the Roman Regia
J. Troy Samuels, University of Michigan

A Mid-Life Crisis? Architectural Change in the Second Phase of the Roman Regia
Matt Naglak, University of Michigan

The Third Phase of the Regia: An Architectural Revolution?
Arianna Zapelloni Pavia, University of Michigan

The Life of the Roman Regia after Augustus: A Review of the Available Evidence
Paolo Maranzana, University of Michigan

The Imported Greek ceramics from the Regia
Carlo Regoli, Università di Roma La Sapienza

Ceramic Production and the Roman Regia
Mattia D'Acri, Università della Basilicata

The Architectural Decoration of the Regia
Desirè Di Giuliomaria, Scuola Italiana di Atene

23/07/2016

15/06/2016

Una nuova stagione di studio è cominciata sul sito, con un piccolo gruppo di studiosi. Ieri abbiamo ospitato un gruppo del programma estivo di archeologia dall'Accademia Americana.

A new study season has begun at the site with a small group of scholars. Yesterday we had a visit from the summer program in archaeology at the American Academy in Rome.

29/12/2015

If you're attending the Archaeological Institute of America's 117th Annual Meeting next week in San Francisco, January 6-9, 2016, be sure to check out these presentations by Sant'Omobono Project members:

Thursday, January 7:
(SESSION 3F, The Economics and Logistics of Roman Art and Architecture, 1:45 p.m.–4:45 p.m. Plaza Room A, Lobby Level)

1:45 "Pigment Prices: Costs, Fraud, and the Concerns of Roman Pigmentarii"
Hilary Becker, University of Mississippi

Friday, January 8:
(SESSION 4I, Change and Continuity in Italy and Sicily from the Republic to the Middle Ages, 8:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m. Plaza Room A, Lobby Level)

9:10 "Recent Research on the Republican Phases of the Roman Sanctuary at Sant’Omobono"
Daniel P. Diffendale, University of Michigan (10 min.)

9:30 "Recent Discoveries from a Mechanized Coring Survey of Rome’s Forum Boarium"
Andrea L. Brock, University of Michigan (20 min.)

25/11/2015

"Il 26 Ottobre si è svolto all'American Academy in Rome il convegno "Regia Revisited" che ha raccontato il progetto di riconsiderazione complessiva del sito, basata sulla creazione di un modello e di un archivio stratigrafico, avviata nel 2014 e frutto della collaborazione tra l’American Academy in Rome, l’Università della Calabria e la University of Michigan. Il convegno “Nuova luce sulla Regia”ha presentato lo stato attuale dei lavori a Roma e a Gabii per promuovere un ampio dibattito sulle importanti prove prodotte dai due siti. Qui pubblichiamo un articolo con alcune riflessioni post -evento. Buona lettura!" http://www.aarome.org/news/features/regias-revisited