![]() ![]() ![]() This approach will show the same exchanges between the Greeks and the Romans in the East, but from the western perspective and at an earlier chronological stage. ![]() This article will present different examples of this type of house within the territorial context of ancient Magna Graecia under the influence of the Roman dominion. This type of house, with its variants, has not been sufficiently analysed in the Roman domestic architecture studies. The house, tentatively termed ‘the tetrastyle courtyard house’, has been observed in different Roman cities with a Greek past, but in different geographical contexts and chronologies. As a result of this cultural symbiosis, it is possible to observe Roman distribution areas within housing built following Greek structural conceptions and the combination of very different architectural influences between both cultures. The structural scheme of this domus joins, in the first place, the developmental concept of the Greek dwelling with the use of the Roman atrium as the central distribution area of the house. In the recent decades, some studies have found a particular type of Roman house in different parts of the Empire. This typological item is the result of the hybridisation of a house scheme drawn from the Greek and Roman conceptions of housing. This project is designed to create the scientific basis for the identification and definition of a new type of Roman domus. It was for the Rome 1960 Games that the relay was televised for the first time.This article presents an analysis that is being carried out within the framework of the ‘Tetrastylon project’ (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellowship). The torch designer, Amedeo Maiuri, was an archaeologist famous for his studies of the Roman site of Pompeii. It bears the inscription: “Giochi della XVII Olympiade”.ĭesigner / Manufacturer: Amedo Maiuri / Curtisa (IOC) Did You Know? Slender grooves decorate and refine the body of the torch. To do this, tests were carried out in schools and sports clubs.ĭistance: 1,863km (leg by boat from Athens to Syracuse excluded): 330km in Greece, 1,533km in ItalyĬountries visited: Greece, Italy Torch Detailsĭescription: Reflecting the classical touch which characterised this edition of the Games, the shape of the torch was inspired by those featured on ancient monuments. Recruitment of torchbearers: The Ministries of the Interior, Education and Defence collaborated with the provincial sub-committees of the Italian National Olympic Committee to select the torchbearers from among young men aged 18 to 23 of all social classes. Number of torchbearers: 1,529: 330 in Greece, 1,199 in Italy Start date: 12 August 1960, Olympia (Greece)Įnd date: 25 August 1960, Olympic Stadium, Rome (Italy)įirst torchbearer: Panayotis “Takis” Epitropoulos, Olympic participant in athletics (1960) That evening, the flame was welcomed with great pomp on the Capitoline Hill where it spent the night, and the next day it was taken to the Opening Ceremony at the Olympic Stadium. En route for Rome, a flame was left in Naples, where the sailing competitions were held, and in Castel Gandolfo, host of the rowing and canoe events.Ģ4 August: The relay entered the province of Rome on the Via Appia Nuova. The same evening it set sail on the Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian navy training ship.ġ8 August: The flame reached Italian soil in Syracuse near the Arethusa fountain, a monument that refers to an ancient legend. Notably, the relay travelled through the coastal region of Italy in the south, known in Antiquity as Great Greece (Magna Graecia), where Greek colonies such as Metapontum and Tarento were located.ġ3 August 1960: After a relay in Greece via Pyrgos, Patras, Corinth, Megara and Eleusis, the flame reached Athens at the end of the day. ![]() In order to recall the relationship between the ancient and modern Games, it passed through numerous ancient sites and birthplaces of athletes who excelled at the ancient Olympic Games. The relay highlighted Athens and Rome, the two poles of classical civilisation. Rome 1960The Torch (GETTY IMAGES) Route Design and Details ![]()
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