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Under Septimius Severus, as in all other provinces of the Roman Empire, Syria Palaestina experienced a phase of significant building activity, marked by the completion of major construction or reconstruction projects, such as those at Antipatris and Samaria-Sebaste. Numerous cities were granted the status of colonia <\/em>or municipium<\/em>, accompanied by ambitious urbanization programs.<\/p>\n This wave of development, however, often appears uneven, perhaps reflecting the desire to meet diverse imperial ambitions and ideological tendencies rather than a coherent regional plan. Nevertheless, cities were enriched with imposing monumental structures, including temples, basilicas, and theatres, which transformed the urban landscape and articulated the Severan presence in the region.<\/p>\n From the perspective of architectural decoration, Severan stylistic features blended with local traditions, giving rise to highly elaborate forms that might be described as a kind of baroque ante litteram<\/em>. Among the most distinctive traits are moldings with particular ornamental profiles, the so-called syrische Bogen<\/em>; pedestals decorated with acanthus, carved from a single block together with the lower shaft of the columns; the Blattkelchkapitelle<\/em> or lotus-leaf capitals; and the so-called \u201cpeopled scrolls\u201d.<\/p>\n The aim of this research is therefore to reconsider materials already known from selected sites through a renewed stylistic analysis in light of the methodological framework proposed in this project.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bibliography<\/strong><\/p>\n L. Fischer, Das korintische Kapitell im Alten Israel in der hellenistischen und r\u00f6mischen period<\/em>, Mainz am Rhein 1990.<\/p>\n A. Jimenez, What is a province?<\/em>, in S. Alcock (ed.) Beyond Boundaries: Connecting Visual Cultures in the Provinces of Ancient Rome. Getty Publications, Los Angeles, 2015, pp. 16-30.<\/p>\n G. Mazor, W. Atrash, The Severan theatre of Nysa-Scythopolis. Constructing its scaenae frons in the “marble style”<\/em>. Marmora 14 (2018)[2019] pp. 77-111.<\/p>\n G. Mazor, Nysa-Scythopolis. The Caesareum and the odeum. Israel Antiquity Authority Reports<\/em>, 33. Jerusalem 2007.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Under Septimius Severus, as in all other provinces of the Roman Empire, Syria Palaestina experienced a phase of significant building activity, marked by the completion of major construction or reconstruction projects, such as those at Antipatris and Samaria-Sebaste. Numerous cities were granted the status of colonia or municipium, accompanied by ambitious urbanization programs. This[…]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1070,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-321","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.usp.br\/prarch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.usp.br\/prarch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.usp.br\/prarch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.usp.br\/prarch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1070"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.usp.br\/prarch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.usp.br\/prarch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435,"href":"https:\/\/sites.usp.br\/prarch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/321\/revisions\/435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.usp.br\/prarch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}