Second International Roman and Late Antique Thrace Conference PROGRAM Perinthos-Herakleia Tekirdağ/Marmara Ereğlisi 27-29 October 2017

27. 10. 2017

9.00-9.30: Registration 9.30-10.00: Opening ceremony

Chair: Lyudmil Vagalinski

10.00-10.15: Maguelone Bastide (Paris/France) Archaeology of cult in Ancient Thrace: The Transition from Hellenistic to Roman Period

10.15-10.30: Diljana Boteva (Sofia/Bulgaria) Cities in Roman Thrace and the sanctuaries in their territories

10.30-10.45: Nicolay Sharankov (Sofia/Bulgaria) Founders of sanctuaries in Roman Thrace

10.45-11.00: Milena Raycheva (Sofia/Bulgaria) The Roman state cult outside the cities of Thrace

11.00-11.15: Discussion 11.15-11.30: Coffee break

Chair: Diljana Boteva 11.30-11.45: Maria Gabriella Parissaki (Athens/Greece) Weaving ties with power: Roman negotiatores, imperial cult and the client kingdom of Thrace

11.45-12.00: Martin Gyuzelev (Burgas/Bulgaria) The Bosporus strait and Byzantion: changes after conversion of Thrace into a Roman province

12.00-12.15: Michael Alexander Speidel (Zürich/Bern/Basel/Switzerland) Caracalla and Thrace

12.15-12.30: Fritz Mitthof (Vienna/Austria) On the capture of Philippopolis by Cniva in 250 or 251 CE: New evidence from the Scythica Vindobonensia

12.30-12.45: Discussion 12.45 -14.00 Lunch Chair: Maria Gabriele Parissaki

14.00-14.15: Marina Tasaklaki (Komotini/Greece) The metrology of the provincial coinage of Plotinopolis

14.15-14.30: Miroslava Dotkova (Sofia/Bulgaria) Hoard of Roman coins from Popovo village, Southeastern Bulgaria

14.30-14.45: Ulrike Peter (Berlin/Germany) Die Götterwelt auf den Münzen von Philippopolis

14.45-15.00: Discussion 15.00-15.30: Coffee break

Chair: Ulrike Peter 15.30-15.45: Oya Yağız (Istanbul/Turkey) Numismatic evidence from early Roman Thrace; Coins of the last kings of Thrace

15.45-16.00: Lily Grozdanova (Sofia/Bulgaria) Some specifics of the religious imagery in the coinage of Pautalia

16.00-16.15: Hristina Ivanova ( Berlin/Germany, Sofia/Bulgaria) The coinage of Apollonia in Roman Imperial time

16.15-16.30: Discussion 16.30-17.00: Coffee break

Chair: Fritz Mitthof 17.00-17.15: Polyxeni Adam – Veleni (Thessaloniki/Greece) Hellenistic and Roman reliefs with horsemen from the collection of Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum

17.15-17.30: Vania Popova (Sofia/Bulgaria) The Roman and late antique portraits of Augusta Traiana/Beroe

17.30-17.45: Viktoria Čistakova (Prague/Czech Republic) Manufacturing activities during Roman and Early Byzantine period on the site of Yurta- Stroyno, Bulgari

17.45-18.00: Discussion 18.00-18.15: Coffee break

Chair: Nikolai Sharankov 18.15-18.30: Svetla Petrova (Sofia/Bulgaria) A monumental Statue of Zeus from Nicopolis ad Nestum

18.30-18.45: Elif Kırçın (Edirne/Turkey) Excavation of Demirköy Tumulus in Edirne

18.45-19.00: Şahan Kırçın (Edirne/Turkey) Roman Sarcophagus in Hıdırlık entrenchment near Hadrianopolis

19.00-19.15: Discussion

28. 10. 2017

Chair: Polyxeni Adam-Veleni 10.00-10.15: Lyudmil Vagalinski (Sofia/Bulgaria) Antique setlement near village of Slivarovo, Malko Tarnovo district, SE corner of Bulgaria

10.15-10.30: Elena Klenina (Poznan/Poland) Roman Municipal Baths in the North-Western Black Sea Region. Architecture and Function

10.45-11.00: Andrzej B.Biernacki (Poznan/Poland) The Architectural Styles of the Roman Camp and City of Novae (Moesia Inferior)

11.00-11.15: Discussion 11.15-11.30: Coffe break

Chair: George Velenis 11.30-11.45: Zdravko Dimitrov (Sofia/Bulgaria) Anatolian influences in the architecture of Roman Thrace – Aphrodisian handworks on the Corinthian capitals from Perinthos

11.45-12.00: Hristo Preshlenov (Sofia/Bulgaria) Dorian architecture in Odessos – the case of Apollo’s temple

12.00-12.15: Ivo D. Cholakov (Sofia/Bulgaria)- Krasimira Kostova (Sredets/Bulgaria) The Necropoleis of the Roman Colony Deultum

12.15-12.30: Discussion

12.30-14.00: Lunch

Chair: Andrzej B.Biernacki

14.00-14.15: Kostadin Rabadjiev (Sofia/Bulgaria) Heracles, the mythical founder of Perinthos

14.15-14.30: Mustafa H. Sayar (Istanbul/Turkey) Perinthos, Propontis and Hadrian

14.30-14.45: George Velenis (Thessaloniki/Greece) Marble sarcophagus of Perinthus, made by local or by Thessalonikian craftsmen?

14.45-15.00: Zeynep Koçel Erdem (Istanbul/Turkey) Rock cut tombs of Perinthos/Herakleia

15.00-15.15: Stephan Westphalen (Heidelberg/Germany) Some thoughts on the Fortifications of Herakleia Perinthos

15.15-15.30: Discussion 15.30-15.45: Coffee break

Chair: Kostadin Rabadjiev

15.45-16.00: Neşe Atik (Tekirdağ/Turkey) Acropolis of Heraion Teichos during the Roman Time.

16.00-16.15: Mete Aksan (Sinop/Turkey) Ancient City in Barbaros

16.15-16.30: Sait Başaran (Istanbul/Turkey) Ainos under Roman Rule

16.30-16.45: Discussion 16.45-17.00: Coffee Break

Chair: Stephan Westphalen

17.00-17.15: Şengül Aydıngün (Kocaeli/Turkey) New Findings from the Territory of Byzantion

17.15-17.30: Ivo Topalilov (Shumen/Bulgaria) Constantinople & Philippopolis – two cities in Thrace

17.30-17.45: Łukasz Różycki (Poznan/Poland) The first Balkan campaign of Peter, and the attempts to restore the Roman reign on the Danubian limes in the final decades of the 6th century.

17.45-18.00: Discussion

18.00-19.00: POSTERS:

Maria Chrysaphi (Xanthi/Greece) Imported lamps discovered in Molyvoti

Chryssa Karadima (Komotini/Greece) The ancient theatre of Maroneia: the Roman modifications

Ivan Valchev (Sofia/Bulgaria) Peak and Rock Sanctuaries of Zeus and Hera in Roman Thrace

Maya Martinova-Kyutova (Plovdiv/Bulgaria), Galina Pirovska (Sofia/Bulgaria) Lodge for honorable persons at the northern entrance of the Ancient theatre of Philippopolis (Plovdiv, Bulgaria)

19.00: Closing Remarks 20.00: Dinner

29.10. 2017: Excursion Day