Roman Towns Oriented to Sunrise and Sunset on Solstices

6 Pages Posted: 10 May 2016

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Amelia Carolina Sparavigna

Polytechnic University of Turin - Department of Applied Science and Technology

Date Written: May 8, 2016

Abstract

Many of the modern towns that had their origin from a Roman colonia are still showing in their urban planning traces of the original layout made according to a regular pattern. This layout consisted in a chessboard of parallel streets, the main of them being the Decumanus Maximus, crossed at the center of the town by the Kardo Maximus. In this paper we discuss the orientation of the Decumanus and show examples of towns having it oriented to sunrise and sunset on solstices.

Keywords: Solar Orientation, Satellite Images, Roman Centuriation, Roman Town Planning

Suggested Citation

Sparavigna, Amelia Carolina, Roman Towns Oriented to Sunrise and Sunset on Solstices (May 8, 2016). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2777118 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2777118

Amelia Carolina Sparavigna (Contact Author)

Polytechnic University of Turin - Department of Applied Science and Technology ( email )

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