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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
Fifteen years of Studies on the Roman Danubian
13.30 – 13.50 Livio Zerbini Provinces
Lyudmil Vagalinski, The Danube Limes in Bulgaria. Nomination for a
13.50 – 14.10 Silva Sabkova, Kalin UNESCO World Heritage Site. Current stage
Dimitrov
Rural settlements in the surroundings of the military
Cristina
14.10 – 14.30 centers Sacidava, Axiopolis and Troesmis: a
Alexandrescu
methodological overview
Gergana Archaeological Research of Ulpia Oescus in the Last
14.30 – 14.50
Kabakchieva Two Decades
The topography of the legionary fortress of Brigetio:
14.50 – 15.10 David Bartus
surveys, excavations, models

A historical overview of the development of Moesia

15.10 – 15.30 Dilyana Boteva
and Lower Moesia during 1st -3rd century AD

15.30 – 15.50 Coffee break

Session II
Danubian Landscapes
Chair: Lyudmil Vagalinski

Lucrețiu Bîrliba, Ana Mapping the rural landscape of Histria: the case of the
15.50 – 16.10
Honcu villae
Road building activities in Pannonia, Dacia and Moesia
Florin-Gheorghe
16.10 – 16.30 during Maximinus Thrax’s reign reflected through
Fodorean
milestones
Il ruolo dell’esercito e dei soldati nel cambiamento del
16.30 – 16.50 Davide Redaelli paesaggio delle province di Mesia e Pannonia: la
costruzione di edifici pubblici e infrastrutture
A Possible Road Route from Novae and Nicopolis ad
16.50 – 17.10 Kalin Chakarov
Istrum to Sostra through the Rositsa River Gorge
 Alina Streinu, Marius
Beyond the city walls: mapping the rural landscape in
17.10 – 17.30 Streinu, Bogdan
Scythia minor
Șandric
Iva Ciglar, Mojca
17.30 – 17.50 Poetovio at the crossroads of important trade routes
Vomer Gojkovič
Black Sea Coast as geo-infrastructure and economic
17.50 – 18.10 Hristo Preshlenov
zone of Moesia Inferior

Valentin-Victor
Bottez, G. Granier, A. A Roman rural settlement and its tumular funerary
Șerbănescu, I. Iliescu, space in the territory of Istros/Histria (Romania).
18.10 – 18.30
E. Caserta, A. Țârlea, Interdisciplinary research in the Beidaud
R.O. Stănescu, A. Archaeological Microzone
Dumitru

18.30 – 18.50 Nikolay Sharankov Governors of Moesia Inferior: New epigraphic evidence

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

Session IV
Religion and cults
Chair: Vladimir Petković
Milica Tapavički- The idea of souls’ immortality through archaeological
15.50 – 16.10
Ilić evidence
Der süd-östliche Friedhof von Napoca (Dakien) – heutiger
16.10 – 16.30 Radu Ardevan
Forschungsstand
The Cult of Minerva in Novae, based on archaeological
16.30 – 16.50 Victoria Videvska
and epigraphical data
Mihajlo The First Recorded Inscription with a Dedication to Terra
16.50 – 17.10
Džamtovski Mater in Sirmium
Danubian connections and beyond – a case study of
Radu-Octavian
17.10 – 17.30 funerary spaces and grave goods from Noviodunum-
Stanescu
Isaccea, Romania
Funerary Banquet In The Province Of Pannonia And A
17.30 – 17.50 Katarina Šmid Rather Unique Depiction From Črnomelj, Pannonia
Superior
The hymn-singers of Nicopolis ad Istrum: revisiting some
17.50 – 18.10 Milena Raycheva
aspects of the imperial cult in the city
Esperienze religiose transfrontaliere: il caso dei Gothi
18.10 – 18.30 Lavinia Frisone
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
9.10 – 9.30 Stefano Magnani the Palmyrene diaspora in Dacia, between belonging and
innovation
9.30 – 9.50 Ivo Topalilov The sanctuaries on the territory of Ratiaria

Christianity in the former Roman province of Dacia

9.50 – 10.10 Radu Florescu between the late 3rd and 5th century AD:
historiographical challenges and archaeological evidence

Ingrid Petcu Levei, A statuette of Thanasos discovered in the suburbs of Tomis

10.10 – 10.30
Radu Petcu (Palazu Mare)
10.30 – 10.50 Coffee break

Session VI
Numismatics
Chair: Elena Klenina
Late Roman monetary hoards (4th century AD) discovered
10.50 – 11.10 Nicoleta Demian along the Danube in southern Banat (SW of Romania and
NE of Serbia)
Poetovio, a city in the Roman province of Pannonia in the
11.10 – 11.30 Alenka Miškec
light of numismatic finds
Anca-Maria Hoarding amid unsettling times – analyzing a cluster of
11.30 – 11.50
Dumitru hoards in the lower Danube area
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
About one newfound coin hoard from 2nd century from
13.30 – 13.50 Dimitrov, Varbin
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)
Sri Lankan imitation of Late Roman bronze coin from Kale
14.30 – 14.50 Deyan Dragoev
Shirokovo, NE Bulgaria

New discoveries and studies

So where is this praetorium? Recent Excavations in retentura

14.50 – 15.10 Agnieszka Tomas
sinistra in the legionary fortress of Novae
A Roman Religious Rite Scene On A Bronze Find From The
15.10 – 15.30 Marin Marinov
Buildings Extra Muros West Of Novae
Andrzej B. The fluted capitals from Novae (Moesia Inferior / Moesia
15.30 – 15.50
Biernacki Secunda). Provenance and application
Transformations of Latera Pretorii in Roman military camp
15.50 – 16.10 Elena Klenina
of Novae (Moesia Inferior / Moesia Secunda)
Petya Andreeva,
Walter
Prochaska, A New Approach to Marble Distribution Patterns to the
16.10 – 16.30
Vasiliki North of Haemus Mons: A Case Study of Marcianopolis
Anevlavi,
Sabine Ladstätter
16.30 – 16.50 Coffee break

Session VIII
New discoveries and studies
Chair: Agnieszka Tomas

Zdravko New Vision of the Roman Danubian Landscapes in the

16.50 – 17.10
Dimitrov Eastern Upper Moesia
The fifth πόλις of Dacia Ripensis: the lost Castra Martis.
17.10 – 17.30 Ivan Gargano
Reflections for its Identification

17.30 – 17.50 Ivan Bogdanović Location of the amphitheatre in Viminacium

Mirjana Vojvoda, The golden finger-ring in the form of a two-nozzled lamp

17.50 – 18.10
Saša Redžić from Viminacium

18.10 – 18.40 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
8.50 – 9.10 Tudor Hila, Eduard Archaeological Discoveries Along the Teleajen Valley
Ghinea, Emil Corridor
Grigorescu
Observations on the military presence in the region of
9.10 – 9.30 Kalin Stoev Ratiaria and the neighboring lands (according to epigraphic
evidence)
Evidence of the use of the mineral spring at Varshets,
9.30 – 9.50 Mariya Avramova
Bulgaria in the Roman period

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

Alexander Manev,
En route to Ratiaria: a Late Antique fortified settlement near
10.10 – 10.30 Alexander
modern-day Dimovo, Vidin region
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
Carmina for the Nymphs: the verse inscriptions from Aquae
11.10 – 11.30 Chiara Cenati
Iasae
Kristina Džin,
11.30 – 11.50 Simulacrum Solis cum quadriga by the Danube limes
Vesna Lalošević

Francus ego… A top-ranking officer of late Roman

11.50 – 12.10 Harl Ortolf
Aquincum: His ethnical, social and cultural background
 Martina Garibotti,
Usurping the Prophercy: Imperial Claimants from the
12.10 – 12.30 Antonio Romano,
Danube Regions?
Lorenzo Boragno
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch break
Session XI
New discoveries and studies
Chair: Livio Zerbini

Physical and formal borders of the customs districts in

13.30 – 13.50 Lyuba Radulova
Antiquity
The Roman army from the northern Limes of the Danube,
13.50 – 14.10 Adrian Ardeţ from the former Roman Province of Dacia in the 4th
century AD
“Civiltà di frontiera”: paesaggi danubiani nelle Res Gestae di
14.10 – 14.30 Rosalba Arcuri
Ammiano Marcellino
Women on the frontier. Southern Pannonia through
14.30 – 14.50 Melinda Szabó
women’s eyes

The Danubian legions as a career factor for the Roman

14.50 – 15.10 Iliyan Lupov
soldiers of a Thracian origin (late 2nd – 3rd century 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
Quale rapporto tra miliari e presenza dei Soldatenkaiser
15.50 – 16.10 Mongardi, Mattia
nelle province danubiane? Alcuni casi di studio
Vitelli Casella
Onur Sadık Integration and Identities: Some Considerations on the
16.10 – 16.30
Karakuş Anatolian Peoples in Roman Dacia and Moesia
Marius-Tiberiu
16.30 – 16.50 Salinae Daciae: épigraphie, ethnoarchéologie et linguistique
Alexianu
Roxana-Gabriela Extra-linguistic and linguistic factors of Romanization in
16.50 – 17.10
Curcă Moesian territories
Varbin
17.10 – 17.30 Varbanov, Georgi The earliest fort of Transmarisca
Mitev
Elements of horse harness from the Lower Danubian limes
17.30 – 17.50 Symeon Angelov
(between Novae and Тransmarisca)
Stefan Georgescu, Preventive archaeological research in the western
17.50 – 18.10
Ana Hamat necropolis of Tomis
Georgi Atanasov,
A Late Antique Brick Kiln from Durustorum (modern day
18.10 – 18.30 Alexander
Silistra)
Harizanov,
 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
The Legal Activity of Ovinius Tertullus as a provincial
8.30 – 8.50 Chakarova-
governor of Lower Moesia
Prisoeva

Argamum fortress in the 4th -7th century AD in the light of

8.50 – 9.10 Stefan Honcu
archaeological discoveries from Small Gate sector

Adriana Panaite, Aspects regarding late Roman urbanism. The results of

9.10 – 9.30 Gabriel recent archaeological research at Tropaeum Traiani
Talmațchi (Adamclisi, Constanța county)
Agricultural implements on the 6th century Lower Danube
Ioan Opriș,
9.30 – 9.50 Limes. The finds from the southern quarter of the castellum
Alexandru Rațiu
in Capidava

Jews and Proselytes in the Danubian Provinces and the

9.50 – 10.10 Iulian Moga
Bosporan Area during the Roman Imperial Period

Iulia Iliescu, Irina

Iconographic language on Late Roman tableware from
10.10 – 10.30 Achim, Dragoș
Histria: repertoire, influences and chronological 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
18.10 – 18.40

Roman and Late Antique pottery from the territory of

Nikol Blagoeva
Bononia
Valentin Vitanov Aqueducts of Ratiaria
Saša Redžić, The Roman Coin Hoards along the via Danubiana: from
Mirjana Vojvoda Singidunum to Ratiaria
Darko
Angjelkovski, Roman gold rings from RIM-Vidin
Nikol Blagoeva

Amphorae from the site near Sinagovtsi village, Vidin district

Nikolay Rusev
(Site No. 6 on the route of E79 motorway)

The Archaeological Evidence of the Late Roman City of

Călin Timoc
Dierna (Orșova) from the Danube Gorge
Ana Hamat,
Glyptic art from Durostorum
Dan Elefterescu
Transmarisca in the second half of the 5th century – the
Lyuba Traykova beginning of the 7th century (according to archaeological
data)
Piotr Dyczek About the Roman "refrigerators" from Novae
27th
September Poster session II
18.20 – 18.50

Bianca Vassileva Lower Moesia and the Antonine plague

The Civil Settlement at the Late Roman Limes Fort Iatrus

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

Alexandra Clara Travelling light to the underworld. Grave goods found in

Țârlea, Iulia Iliescu, Tumulus 1 of the funerary space belonging to the Roman
Anca Dimitru rural settlement from Beidaud (Romania)
Lyudmil
Vagalinski, Dilyana
Boteva, Krassimira
Kostova, Lyuba
From defenders of the Lower Danube to colony founders –
Traykova, Hristina
The legio VIII Augusta veterans in the Perspective of
Ivanova-Anaplioti,
DigiDeultum
Nikolay Dimitrov,
Lily Grozdanova,
Atanas Georgiev,
Iliyan Lupov
Simona Regep, Archaeological researches regarding the defensive system of
Victor Bunoiu the Roman forth of Praetorium-Mehadia

Máté Szabó Late Roman villa landscape behind the Pannonian frontier