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22/05/2014Conference presentations, National Conferenceconference, Deva, magic, national conference, religionadmin

Religion and Magic

Two team members took part at the The 2^nd International Symposium on Representations, Signs and Symbols. Religion and Magic, organized in Deva by the Museum of Dacian and Roman Civilization between the 27^thand the 29^th of March 2014. One presentation focused on aspects of military cult practices in Roman Dacia, based on a case study from the auxiliary fort barracks. The second one (Pouring the Water, Offering the Wine. Instrumenta Sacra Depicted on Votive Altars from Roman Dacia) analysed another aspect of religion, namely the representations of instrumenta sacra on votive altars from Roman Dacia.

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22/05/2014event, Newscastle, children activity, event, exhibition, Gurghiu, Mureș County Museum, open day, workshopadmin

Open Day at the Gurghiu Castle (Mureș County)

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The Gurghiu Department in collaboration with the Roman Limes Research Centre organised the Open Day event which took place in the Rákóczi–Bornemisza castle from Gurghiu on the 3^rd of May 2014. During this event the rehabilitation project of the Rákóczi–Bornemisza castle has been presented and an exhibition, Identity and culture. Three topics, eleven projects. Thoughts on the heritage of the Roman limes, was accessible for the public. On this occasion special guided tours in the castle and interesting interactive activities for the children were organized as well.

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FIROKONF

Four members of our team participated at one of the most prestigious international forum of Roman archaeologists, organized annually in Hungary. The VIII. Fiatal Római Korosok Konferenciája (The 8^th Conference of the Young Roman Archaeologists), organized by the Centre for National Cultural Heritage of the Hungarian National Museum, held this year in Budapest, between the 24^th and the 26^th of April, hosted many interesting papers dealing with a variety of subjects on Roman culture, history, archeology. Our team held two presentations: one focused on problems related to the location of the auxiliary units in the forts from Mureș County and their connection with the stamped ceramic building material, while the other presented the old and the recent data concerning the Roman fort from Brâncovenești, stressing on its complexity.

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Conference on Roman Military History

Between the 11^th and the 12^th of April the Department of Antiquity from the University of Szeged (Hungary) was the host and organizer of an international conference II. Ókori Hadtörténeti és Fegyvertörténeti Konferencia (The 2^nd Ancient Military History and Military Equipment Conference) focusing on problems related to the Roman army and weapons, military equipment. The project team was represented by four colleagues who held two presentations. One of the papers presented the Roman weapons and military equipment discovered in Mureș County. The other presentation offered a preview on theoretical and practical problems regarding the distribution of finds (bone bow laths) in Roman forts in general and in particular.

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School in a different way

Promoting the heritage of the Roman culture, as well as its achievement in the territory of nowadays Romania represents a priority for the education of the future generation. Therefore, the Roman Limes Research Centre organized an educational workshop for pupils from the Bethlen Gábor School from Odorheiu Secuiesc on the occasion of the event Școala altfel / Iskola másként (School in a different way), organized nationwide between the 7^th and the 11^th of April 2014. The educational event in the form of an open day, offers an alternative teaching and learning approach. Our workshop entitled Ancient Rome, offered a very interactive insight into the Roman culture and the everyday life of the soldiers. A short general presentation, about the Roman culture, the army and its impact on our daily life and culture, was held for the pupils. For their own delight, children could dress both like a Roman civilian and soldier, they could play puzzle (made from photos of the Roman forts from Mureș County) and Roman board games, paint colouring pages.

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TRAC

The 24^thedition of the prestigious international meeting: the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference (TRAC) was organised in Reading (UK), between the 27^th and the 30^th of March 2014. One of our team members participated at the conference with a poster analysing the communication networks on the eastern limes of Dacia.

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Provincialia Romana

Between the 29^th and 31^st of January 2014, an international conference organized by the University of Pécs (Hungary), entitled Provincialia Romana. A római tartományok történeti forrásai – hadsereg, vallás, társadalom (ProvincaliaRomana. The historical sources of the Roman provinces – army, religion, society), took place in Pécs, Hungary. As the title suggests, the conference focused on general and particular problems related to the army, religion, and material culture in the Roman era. Five members of the Roman Limes Research Centre attended the conference with three presentations on various subjects: the general methodology applicable for Roman pottery coming from Roman military forts, general problems related to the use of space in forts, and old and recent data concerning the Roman site of Sărățeni from Mureș County.

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Scented Palace, Enchanted Visitors: Ars Unguentaria

The Ars Unguentaria workshop organized by the RLRC and the Gurghiu Department of the Mures County Museum with the occasion of the European Night of the Museums benefited from a huge interest from the public and was a real success with more then 4000 visitors. The event, which evoked the famous Via Piperatica market from Rome, offered the public an interactive insight into the ancient make-up and body care techniques, fragrances and hairdo fashion etc. The visitors were received at the entrance by a Roman patrician who showed them the way to the famous market. Making small fragrance sacks, similar to those worn around the neck by the Romans in order to exclude bad smells, was one of the most successful activities of the workshop. Both children and adults were excited to create their own, individual fragrance sacks. Guessing the ancient herbs, spices or fragrances hidden in blank sacks was another popular activity. Visitors could also smell and inspect the common and exotic spices used by the Romans and they had the possibility of smelling and trying a series of perfumes and creams created by the organizers according to the ancient receipts. The colourful and perfumed workshop enchanted and refreshed not only the Small Hall from the Palace of Culture, but both children and adults, as well as the young and old generation.

20/05/2014Newsadmin

ETDK

Promoting the Dacian eastern limes sector with all its aspects (daily life, military life) is considered by The Digitizing the Roman Limes project one of its main targets. Thus, encouraging future researcher generation by implying them in a multidisciplinary project like ours is also a very important aspect of the grant. Dorottya Nyulas, a student from the 3^rd year of studies on Archaeology, specialized in Roman iron tools, was credited to analyze the Roman iron objects recovered from the Roman fort from Brâncovenești. Her paper entitled The analyze of the complete iron material from Brâncovenești, won the first prize at the 17^th Transylvanian Students’ Scientific Conference, the most prestigious national student conference, held in Cluj-Napoca, between the 15^th and 18^th of May 2014. Our project team was also involved in the scientific evaluation of student papers since one project member was one of the judges from the conference jury.

Congratulations!

14/05/2014Newsadmin

Ars Unguentaria Workshop

The Gurghiu Department and the Roman Limes Research Centre of the Mureş County Museum is kindly inviting you to the Ars unguentaria workshop on the 17^th of May 2014.

Opening hours at the Palace of Culture from Târgu Mureş: 13:00-02:00

Ars unguentaria is an event organized by Mureș County Museum with the occasion of the Night of the Museums. The visitors will have the possibility of experiencing the atmosphere of Via Piperatica, the greatest spice market of ancient Rome, in an ambient recreated with this occasion in the Small Hall of the Palace of Culture from Târgu Mureș. The activities will focus on three main aspects: an exhibition area dedicated to body care during Roman times, which will present the main categories of artefacts used for cleaning the body, and two interactive workshops dedicated to the production on the spot of different creams and perfumes popular during the period, based on original recipes. During the process, replicas of original ceramic, glass and bone utensils will be used and the visitors will be able to test the different flavours and perfumes. The interactive workshops will be accompanied by information regarding the popular spices of the time, the Roman spice trade with the Orient, as well as the perception of luxury in the Roman society.

Digitizing the Roman Limes. Sector:Brâncovenești-Sărățeni

This work was supported by a grant of the Ministry of National Education, CNCS – UEFISCDI, project number PN-II-ID-PCE-2012-4-0618,
contract no. 66 from 02/09/2013