The Roman second century gate at Perge and its literary associations.

This article intends to explain how the Roman second century Gate at Perge belongs to a harmonious architectural complex, built up according to a broad artistic program. The several elements of the Gate (courtyards, niches and scultures, colonnades) are analysed in the light of their possible associations with the different wall painting styles and with literary compositions, acquiring thus a unique coherency

The Augustan temple and forum of the colony of Barcino: a 90 degree turn

The Augustan Roman temple at Barcino has been a key element during the last 60 years in the research of the colony's urban development. Its peculiar elongated and narrow plan, first proposed in 1835, and its location at the highest point of the ancient city have dictated our understanding of the urban layout of Barcino by conditioning the shape of the city's forum and affecting the interpretation of the archaeological excavations carried out in the area since then. This paper proposes an alternative plan of the temple, based on data drawn from recent archaeological excavations, topographical analysis, typological comparisons, and the study of written sources. Our alternative hypothesis for the temple permits an in-depth reinterpretation of the plan of the forum and the evolution of the urban plan