Lecture: The Roman Sarcophagi of Poetovio and their Trade in Pannonia
A professional lecture by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bojan Djurić on the stone monuments of Poetovio, marking the publication of the new academic monograph Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani. Poetovio I.1.
The figure of a naked, winged young man holding an untied flower garland is likely the genius of Spring. The Seasons are a popular motif on Poetovio's sepulchral monuments, and this relief belongs to a late 2nd or early 3rd-century sarcophagus.
A professional lecture by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Bojan Djurić. The event celebrates the release of a new academic monograph, co-published by the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ljubljana, the Ptuj – Ormož Regional Museum, and the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SAZU). As the first volume in a prestigious international series, the book offers an in-depth analysis of the stone monuments of Poetovio, exploring them within the broader context of Norican and Pannonian stonemasonry, while also examining their iconography and materials.
Archaeology, Roman history, Sarcophagi, Poetovio, Cultural heritage und Monograph
