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476 BCE
Dioniso
Dionysus is a bronze statuette, found in the rooms of a domus in Veleia. Represents a young man standing identifiable with young Dionysus. The head is turned to the right and framed by thick hair crowned with ivy and bunches of grapes.
158 BCE
Nascita Veleia
Nascita Veleia
Veleia, a city founded in 158 b.C. after Romans subdued Ligures, was a prosper Roman town and an important administrative capital. Veleia
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158 BCE
Veleia birth
Veleia, a city founded in 158 b.C. after Romans subdued Ligures, was a prosper Roman town and an important administrative capital. -
100 BCE
Beba Basilia statue
The portrait, found on the 28th to open in Veleia, depicts a young woman with very accurate facial features. The eyes are made of chalcedony bulbs. The hair is combed back and stopped on the forehead with a band (as was the fashion of the time). The detail of short hair suggests that the woman had a religious role. She was a noble and wealthy woman who gave her city the chalcidum, so as to identify herself as an important person in the city. -
89 BCE
Veleia becomes a Latin colony
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49 BCE
Veleia becomes town hall
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100
Tabula Alimentaria
It was written between 100 and 114 A.D., it is 1,38 m high and 2,86 m long. Is written on two bronze tables. We can find it in a museum in Parm. -
200
disappearance of the Ligurian population
The Ligurian population disappeared in the III century without leaving traces until 1747, when the Tabula Alimentaria Traianea re-emerged in the area near the church and when systematic excavations brought to light the structure of the ancient city with all its finds thanks to Filippo di Borbone. -
1580
design of the Parma museum
This museum was built in 1580 but only around the middle of the 1700s was used for the function that still plays. Currently houses all the findings found in the city of Veleia including the Tabula Alimentaria. -
discovery of Veleia
The exploration of Veleia is due to Don Filippo di Borbone. In 1760 he started a large archaeological excavation where in 1747 the Tabula alimentaria travellea was found, a bronze inscription found near Veleia and preserved in the National Archaeological Museum of Parma. the discovery gave start to the excavations that in 1760 brought to light the ruins of Veleia. In the same period the archaeological museum of Parma was inaugurated. The last excavations were carried out in 1966 and in 1975. -
the statues of the Giulio-Claudia family
The statues represent members of the Giulio-Claudia family, originally aligned along a wall of the basilica of the forum of Veleia. It is believed that they were carried out in three different phases, between the reign of Tiberius and Claudius (14-54 AD).
The statues represent members of the Julius-Claudia family, originally aligned along a wall of the basilica of Veleia's forum.It is believed that they were carried out in three different phases, between the reign of Tiberius and Claudius . -
Lex rubria de Gallia Cisalpina
It's an inscription that contains the text of five articles of law, identified as part of the content of the Lex Rubria de Gallia Cisalpina, a public law, applied in Gallia Cisalpina. http://www.archeobo.arti.beniculturali.it/mostre/pr_giu2014.htm -
Determination of the "Tabula Alimentaria"
Happened when the priest of the church pictured above, trying to expand his garden, found the Tabula Alimentaria, even if, at the beginning, not understanding its importance, he tried to melt it to make a new bell. following excavations revealed the Roman city -
Foundation of the Parma Museum
The museum of Parma was founded by don Filippo di Borbone in 1760. From the first half of the 19th century it occupied the south-west wing of Palazzo della Pilotta -
Ercole ebbro
The bronze statuette was found under the marble table of the canteen. It represents Ercole ebbro, the god is depicted with the naked body and is drunk, the eyes and the nipples are inlaid with silver. The face, the hair and the beard are very accurate. -
Vittoria Alata
Bronze statuette in bronze found in the NO corner of the monumental portico entrance to the forum. On the face has silver eyes, the statue recalls a Greek female figure; next to the statue two bronze wings were found. -
opening ''Antiquarium''
"Antiquarium" is a small museum in Veleia opened in 1975. Here we can found Veleia's finds and reproductions of them. -
Completion of construction
