The roman thermal complex from Curinga (Calabria - Italy)

Abstract

Since ancient times, the Calabrian territories were affected continuously and in different dominations: first Magna Greece civilisation and after the Roman domination. The latter influenced strongly some areas of the Calabrian territory, where we witnessed a gradual replacement of small farmer properties with plants of the first Roman villas. An example of Roman thermal plant was in the city of Curinga (CZ), where in 1966 were found the remains of a thermal building dating to late-Roman period, probably a part of a much more complex structure identifiable as a large Roman villa. In this context are exposed the results of a first scientific aim to study the thermal complex of Curinga, with the development of a specific diagnosis protocol and its next application to the artefact itself, to get a general but exhaustive survey of its conditions, its conservation and degradation state, essential for the execution of future maintenance projects.

Keywords:

• Curinga
• thermal complex
• diagnostic plan
• SEM