The Archaeology of Early Italian Churches in Context, 313–569 CE
Alexandra Chavarría Arnau
Abstract The archaeology of early Christian churches has made important advancements in recent decades Italy thanks to a large number new excavations and scientific meetings, as well the development project CARE (Corpus Architecturae Religiosae Europeae (IV–X saec.)), which most Italian specialists are involved. This chapter suggests lines research, thus contributing revised historiography between fourth century end sixth century. It surveys some ecclesiastical complexes that have been reanalyzed or recently discovered through archaeological excavations.
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