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Monday, 23th September 2024

Sofia, National Archaeological Institute and Museum – Central Hall

1, Al. Burov square
10.00 – 12.00 Registration
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch break (1 hour)
13.00 – 13.30 Opening Ceremony
Ass. Prof. Dr. Hristo Popov, Director of the National Institute of Archaeology and Museum by the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
(NAIM-BAS)
Session I
Main Speeches
Chair: Florian Matei-Popescu

13.30 – 13.50 Livio Zerbini Fifteen years of Studies on the Roman Danubian Provinces

Lyudmil
Vagalinski, Silva
13.50 – 14.10 The Danube Limes in Bulgaria. Nomination for a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Current stage
Sabkova, Kalin
Dimitrov

Cristina Rural settlements in the surroundings of the military centers Sacidava, Axiopolis and Troesmis: a
14.10 – 14.30
Alexandrescu methodological overview

Gergana
14.30 – 14.50 Archaeological Research of Ulpia Oescus in the Last Two Decades
Kabakchieva

14.50 – 15.10 David Bartus The topography of the legionary fortress of Brigetio: surveys, excavations, models

15.10 – 15.30 Dilyana Boteva A historical overview of the development of Moesia and Lower Moesia during 1st -3rd century AD

15.30 – 15.50 Coffee break

 Session II
Danubian Landscapes
Chair: Lyudmil Vagalinski

Lucrețiu Bîrliba,
15.50 – 16.10 Mapping the rural landscape of Histria: the case of the villae
Ana Honcu

Florin-Gheorghe Road building activities in Pannonia, Dacia and Moesia during Maximinus Thrax’s reign reflected through
16.10 – 16.30
Fodorean milestones

Il ruolo dell’esercito e dei soldati nel cambiamento del paesaggio delle province di Mesia e Pannonia: la
16.30 – 16.50 Davide Redaelli
costruzione di edifici pubblici e infrastrutture

16.50 – 17.10 Kalin Chakarov A Possible Road Route from Novae and Nicopolis ad Istrum to Sostra through the Rositsa River Gorge

Alina Streinu,
17.10 – 17.30 Marius Streinu, Beyond the city walls: mapping the rural landscape in Scythia minor
Bogdan Șandric
Iva Ciglar, Mojca
17.30 – 17.50 Poetovio at the crossroads of important trade routes
Vomer Gojkovič

17.50 – 18.10 Hristo Preshlenov Black Sea Coast as geo-infrastructure and economic zone of Moesia Inferior

Valentin-Victor
Bottez, G. Granier,
A. Șerbănescu, I.
A Roman rural settlement and its tumular funerary space in the territory of Istros/Histria (Romania).
18.10 – 18.30 Iliescu, E. Caserta,
Interdisciplinary research in the Beidaud Archaeological Microzone
A. Țârlea, R.O.
Stănescu, A.
Dumitru
Nikolay
18.30 – 18.50 Governors of Moesia Inferior: New epigraphic evidence
Sharankov
Cocktail of the Director of NAIM-BAS
19.30 – 21.30
Venue: Art Club Museum, Sofia, 2 Saborna Street
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Tuesday, 24th September 2024
Vidin, Municipal cultural institute
Venue: Synagogue of Vidin
27, Baba Vida, str.
7.00 Departure from Sofia to Vidin
7.00 – 10.30 Trip: Sofia – Vidin (3,5 hours)
11.00 – 12.30 Free time, lunch break and trough of the luggage
Session III
Danubian Landscapes
Chair: Zdravko Dimitrov

12.30 – 12.50 Livio Zerbini Landscapes along the Danube in the Greco-Roman sources

Robert Iveković Run to the hills, run for your lives! Refuges (refugia) in the NW part of Pannonia Savia and in the SE part of
12.50 – 13.10
Misirača Noricum Mediterraneum during Late Antiquity
Vladimir Petrović,
13.10 – 13.30 Roman Fort on Danube Limes in Serbia : Ćetaće (Laccoburgus)
Gordan Janjić
13.30 – 13.50 Vanya Stavreva Roman sites along the Danube in Vidin District
The significance of archaeology in International relations: cultural diplomacy through the case study of
13.50 – 14.10 Beatrice Harrach
Ulpia Traiana Ratiaria
Julij Emilov,
14.10 – 14.30 Almus in the Fourth century
Vladislav Zhivkov
Cătălin Dîscă,
Bogdan Ciupercă,
At the Crossroads of Political Agreements and Military Actions: Roman Policies in Muntenia Reflected in
14.30 – 14.50 Tudor Hila, Eduard
Archaeological Discoveries
Ghinea, Emil
Grigorescu
Kalin Chakarov,
Geophysical Survey in the Vicinity of Nicopolis ad Istrum – Reinterpretation of the Fortified site in the
14.50 – 15.10 Nikola Tonkov,
Lako Area near the Village of Samovodene
Anton Atanasov
Márton Szabó,
15.10 – 15.30 A new view on fortified villae beyond the Pannonian Limes
Máté Szabó
15.30 – 15.50 Coffee break
Session IV
Religion and cults
Chair: Vladimir Petković

Milica Tapavički-
15.50 – 16.10 The idea of souls’ immortality through archaeological evidence
Ilić

16.10 – 16.30 Radu Ardevan Der süd-östliche Friedhof von Napoca (Dakien) – heutiger Forschungsstand

16.30 – 16.50 Victoria Videvska The Cult of Minerva in Novae, based on archaeological and epigraphical data

Mihajlo
16.50 – 17.10 The First Recorded Inscription with a Dedication to Terra Mater in Sirmium
Džamtovski
Radu-Octavian Danubian connections and beyond – a case study of funerary spaces and grave goods from Noviodunum-
17.10 – 17.30
Stanescu Isaccea, Romania

Funerary Banquet In The Province Of Pannonia And A Rather Unique Depiction From Črnomelj, Pannonia
17.30 – 17.50 Katarina Šmid
Superior

17.50 – 18.10 Milena Raycheva The hymn-singers of Nicopolis ad Istrum: revisiting some aspects of the imperial cult in the city

18.10 – 18.30 Lavinia Frisone Esperienze religiose transfrontaliere: il caso dei Gothi minores

18.30 – 18.50 Nelly Dakova A remarkable relief of God Mithras from Lower Moesia

Cocktail of the Mayor of Vidin

19.30 – 22.30
Venue: Vidin Danubian Port Restaurant
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wednesday, 25th September 2024
Vidin, Municipal cultural institute
Venue: Synagogue of Vidin
29, Baba Vida, str.
Session V
Religion and cults
Chair: Vladislav Zhivkov
Ana Hamat,
8.30 – 8.50 The fate of the gods from Tomis
Stefan Georgescu
8.50 – 9.10 Ivan Valchev The Capitoline Triad in Moesia Inferior

Religiosity and identity processes in the communities of the Palmyrene diaspora in Dacia, between
9.10 – 9.30 Stefano Magnani
belonging and innovation

9.30 – 9.50 Ivo Topalilov The sanctuaries on the territory of Ratiaria

Christianity in the former Roman province of Dacia between the late 3rd and 5th century AD:
9.50 – 10.10 Radu Florescu
historiographical challenges and archaeological evidence

Ingrid Petcu Levei,

10.10 – 10.30 A statuette of Thanasos discovered in the suburbs of Tomis (Palazu Mare)
Radu Petcu
10.30 – 10.50 Coffee break
Session VI
Numismatics
Chair: Elena Klenina

Late Roman monetary hoards (4th century AD) discovered along the Danube in southern Banat (SW of
10.50 – 11.10 Nicoleta Demian
Romania and NE of Serbia)

11.10 – 11.30 Alenka Miškec Poetovio, a city in the Roman province of Pannonia in the light of numismatic finds
 Anca-Maria
11.30 – 11.50 Hoarding amid unsettling times – analyzing a cluster of hoards in the lower Danube area
Dumitru
11.50 – 12.10 Lajos Juhász The coin hoard of Mesterszállás

12.10 – 12.30 Marija Jović The monetary circulation along the Dacia Ripensis’ Limes

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch break

Session VII
Numismatics
Chair: Ivo Topalilov
Zdravko
13.30 – 13.50 Dimitrov, Varbin About one newfound coin hoard from 2nd century from Upper Moesia
Varbanov
13.50 – 14.10 Silviu I. Purece Three hoards or one in time of crisis
14.10 – 14.30 Renata Ciołek Funde von Provinzmünzen in Novae (Bulgarien)

14.30 – 14.50 Deyan Dragoev Sri Lankan imitation of Late Roman bronze coin from Kale Shirokovo, NE Bulgaria

New discoveries and studies

14.50 – 15.10 Agnieszka Tomas So where is this praetorium? Recent Excavations in retentura sinistra in the legionary fortress of Novae

15.10 – 15.30 Piotr Dyczek About the Roman "refrigerators" from Novae
Andrzej B.
15.30 – 15.50 The fluted capitals from Novae (Moesia Inferior / Moesia Secunda). Provenance and application
Biernacki

15.50 – 16.10 Elena Klenina Transformations of Latera Pretorii in Roman military camp of Novae (Moesia Inferior / Moesia Secunda)

Petya Andreeva,
Walter
Prochaska, A New Approach to Marble Distribution Patterns to the North of Haemus Mons: A Case Study of
16.10 – 16.30
Vasiliki Marcianopolis
Anevlavi, Sabine
Ladstätter
16.30 – 16.50 Coffee break
 Session VIII
New discoveries and studies
Chair: Agnieszka Tomas

16.50 – 17.10 Marin Marinov A Roman Religious Rite Scene On A Bronze Find From The Buildings Extra Muros West Of Novae

Zdravko
17.10 – 17.30 New Vision of the Roman Danubian Landscapes in the Eastern Upper Moesia
Dimitrov

17.30 – 17.50 Ivan Gargano The fifth πόλις of Dacia Ripensis: the lost Castra Martis. Reflections for its Identification

17.50 – 18.10 Ivan Bogdanović Location of the amphitheatre in Viminacium

Mirjana Vojvoda,
18.10 – 18.30 The golden finger-ring in the form of a two-nozzled lamp from Viminacium
Saša Redžić

18.30 – 19.00 Poster session I

Cocktail of the Director of Regional Museum of History - Vidin

19.50 – 22.00
Venue: The Medieval Castle of Baba Vida

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THURSDAY, 26th September 2024
Vidin, Municipal cultural institute
Venue: Synagogue of Vidin
29, Baba Vida, str.
8.00 Departure from Vidin
8.30 – 11.00 Ratiaria tour
12.00 – 15.00 Castra Martis tour and lunch
15.30 – 16.30 Bononia Estate
17.30 – 18.30 Bononia tour
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FRIDAY, 27th September 2024
Vidin, Municipal cultural institute
Venue: Synagogue of Vidin
29, Baba Vida, str.
Session IX
New discoveries and studies
Chair: Radu Ardevan
Bogdan Ciupercă,
Cătălin Dîscă,
The Roman Presence North of the Lower Danube: New Archaeological Discoveries Along the Teleajen
8.50 – 9.10 Tudor Hila,
Valley Corridor
Eduard Ghinea,
Emil Grigorescu

Observations on the military presence in the region of Ratiaria and the neighboring lands (according to
9.10 – 9.30 Kalin Stoev
epigraphic evidence)

Mariya
9.30 – 9.50 Evidence of the use of the mineral spring at Varshets, Bulgaria in the Roman period
Avramova

9.50 – 10.10 Radmila Zotović Ceramic product supplies to the fort Boljetin upon Danube

Alexander
Manev,
10.10 – 10.30 En route to Ratiaria: a Late Antique fortified settlement near modern-day Dimovo, Vidin region
Alexander
Harizanov
10.30 – 10.50 Coffee break
Session X
New discoveries and studies
Chair: Piotr Dyczek

Dorel Bondoc,
10.50 – 11.10 Beneficiarii From Southern Dacia
Gabriela Filip

11.10 – 11.30 Chiara Cenati Carmina for the Nymphs: the verse inscriptions from Aquae Iasae
 Kristina Džin,
11.30 – 11.50 Simulacrum Solis cum quadriga by the Danube limes
Vesna Lalošević

11.50 – 12.10 Harl Ortolf Francus ego… A top-ranking officer of late Roman Aquincum: His ethnical, social and cultural background

Martina Garibotti,
12.10 – 12.30 Antonio Romano, Usurping the Prophercy: Imperial Claimants from the Danube Regions?
Lorenzo Boragno
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch break
Session XI
New discoveries and studies
Chair: Livio Zerbini

13.30 – 13.50 Lyuba Radulova Physical and formal borders of the customs districts in Antiquity

The Roman army from the northern Limes of the Danube, from the former Roman Province of Dacia in
13.50 – 14.10 Adrian Ardeţ
the 4th century AD

14.10 – 14.30 Rosalba Arcuri “Civiltà di frontiera”: paesaggi danubiani nelle Res Gestae di Ammiano Marcellino

14.30 – 14.50 Melinda Szabó Women on the frontier. Southern Pannonia through women’s eyes

The Danubian legions as a career factor for the Roman soldiers of a Thracian origin (late 2nd – 3rd century
14.50 – 15.10 Iliyan Lupov
AD)

Florian Matei-
15.10 – 15.30 Army in the civilians in the Lower Danube area
Popescu
15.30 – 15.50 Coffee break
 Session XII
New discoveries and studies
Chair: Adrian Ardeţ

Manuela
15.50 – 16.10 Mongardi, Mattia Quale rapporto tra miliari e presenza dei Soldatenkaiser nelle province danubiane? Alcuni casi di studio
Vitelli Casella
Onur Sadık
16.10 – 16.30 Integration and Identities: Some Considerations on the Anatolian Peoples in Roman Dacia and Moesia
Karakuş
Marius-Tiberiu
16.30 – 16.50 Salinae Daciae: épigraphie, ethnoarchéologie et linguistique
Alexianu
Roxana-Gabriela
16.50 – 17.10 Extra-linguistic and linguistic factors of Romanization in Moesian territories
Curcă
Varbin
17.10 – 17.30 Varbanov, Georgi The earliest fort of Transmarisca
Mitev

17.30 – 17.50 Symeon Angelov Elements of horse harness from the Lower Danubian limes (between Novae and Тransmarisca)

Stefan Georgescu,
17.50 – 18.10 Preventive archaeological research in the western necropolis of Tomis
Ana Hamat
Georgi Atanasov,
Alexander
18.10 – 18.30 Harizanov, A Late Antique Brick Kiln from Durustorum (modern day Silistra)
Christian
Mikhailov

18.30 – 19.00 Poster session II

Dinner of the friends of Roman Danubian Provinces

20.00 – 24.00
Venue: Bononia restaurant in Vidin park
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SATURDAY, 28th September 2024
Venue: Hall of the vidin regional administration
6, Dunavska, STR
Session XIII
New discoveries and studies
Chair: Cristina Alexandrescu
Lyudmila
8.30 – 8.50 Chakarova- The Legal Activity of Ovinius Tertullus as a provincial governor of Lower Moesia
Prisoeva

Argamum fortress in the 4th -7th century AD in the light of archaeological discoveries from Small Gate
8.50 – 9.10 Stefan Honcu
sector

Adriana Panaite,
Aspects regarding late Roman urbanism. The results of recent archaeological research at Tropaeum Traiani
9.10 – 9.30 Gabriel
(Adamclisi, Constanța county)
Talmațchi

Ioan Opriș, Agricultural implements on the 6th century Lower Danube Limes. The finds from the southern quarter of
9.30 – 9.50
Alexandru Rațiu the castellum in Capidava

9.50 – 10.10 Iulian Moga Jews and Proselytes in the Danubian Provinces and the Bosporan Area during the Roman Imperial Period

Iulia Iliescu, Irina

Iconographic language on Late Roman tableware from Histria: repertoire, influences and chronological
10.10 – 10.30 Achim, Dragoș
frame
Hălmagi
10.30 – 11.00 Closing of the conference

12.00 Departure to Sofia

15.30-16.00 Arrival in Sofia

 Poster presentations
25th
September Poster session I
18.30 – 19.00

Nikol Blagoeva Roman and Late Antique pottery from the territory of Bononia

Valentin Vitanov Aqueducts of Ratiaria

Saša Redžić,
The Roman Coin Hoards along the via Danubiana: from Singidunum to Ratiaria
Mirjana Vojvoda
Darko Angjelkovski Roman gold rings from RIM-Vidin

Nikolay Rusev Amphorae from the site near Sinagovtsi village, Vidin district (Site No. 6 on the route of E79 motorway)

Călin Timoc The Archaeological Evidence of the Late Roman City of Dierna (Orșova) from the Danube Gorge

Ana Hamat,
Glyptic art from Durostorum
Dan Elefterescu
Transmarisca in the second half of the 5th century – the beginning of the 7th century (according to
Lyuba Traykova
archaeological data)
27th
September Poster session II
18.20 – 18.50

Bianca Vassileva Lower Moesia and the Antonine plague

Sven Konrad The Civil Settlement at the Late Roman Limes Fort Iatrus (Moesia secunda)

Silva Sabkova,
Vladimir Valchev, The Lower Danube Limes in Bulgaria – Nomination for UNESCO World Heritage. Sites “left on the bench”
Alexander Ivanov
Yordana Nikolova Grave finds of the Roman army from the Serdica's necropolises I-IV c.

Alexandra Clara
Travelling light to the underworld. Grave goods found in Tumulus 1 of the funerary space belonging to the
Țârlea, Iulia Iliescu,
Roman rural settlement from Beidaud (Romania)
Anca Dimitru

Lyudmil Vagalinski,
Dilyana Boteva,
Krassimira Kostova,
Lyuba Traykova,
Hristina Ivanova- From defenders of the Lower Danube to colony founders – The legio VIII Augusta veterans in the
Anaplioti, Nikolay Perspective of DigiDeultum
Dimitrov, Lily
Grozdanova,
Atanas Georgiev,
Iliyan Lupov
Simona Regep,
Archaeological researches regarding the defensive system of the Roman forth of Praetorium-Mehadia
Victor Bunoiu

Máté Szabó Late Roman villa landscape behind the Pannonian frontier