Usually we associate the image of the Greek god Dionysus and the Latin Bacchus with the world of wine; It is, in fact, one of its most prominent facets, but it is not the only one ... Like many other divinities, Bacchus is multifaceted, and this can be related to the chance life of the […]
Bacchus was a god with many names and origins that embraced multiple traditions. This Olympic god, with its obscure and uncertain past, is one of the most controversial divinity of the classical era. Its history is full of enigmas, many related to the wine but also, surprisingly, with the beer! Come discover the fascinating, and […]
We will discover the beginnings of cultivating the vineyard in our land from the study of seeds, especially those that appeared in the Iberian settlement of the Font de la Canya in the Penedès. This site was a merchandise center of antiquity that provides the archaeological evidence of wine production and vineyard cultivation in the […]
We will explore the symbolic, iconic and, above all, textual role of the vine and wine, from ancient times to the present, with a special emphasis on the representation of the passage of seasons and their value. By Joan Gómez Pallarès, Professor at the UAB. In occasion of the exhibition about Bacchus that can be […]
For 16 years the Museum has been advocating the importance of Roman legacy in Badalona with the celebration of Magna Celebratio, a festival of historical reenactment, a must for all Roman-era fans. In the last weekend of April you will have a new opportunity to discover the crafts, customs and rituals of everyday life in […]
The Roman architect, engineer and treatise writer of the 1st century BC, Marc Vitruvius describes in his work De architectura, an ideal model of a Roman house for the elites of the time of Augustus: the atrium and peristyle house. In Baetulo we have two clear examples of this constructive style such as the House […]
Roman civilization gave great importance and prominence to cities, enlarging the existing ones and creating many new ones in all the territories the Romans conquered. These newly built cities basically all followed the same model both in plan and in the approach of the public and private buildings. In this lecture we will discover what […]
The figure of Vitruvius and his work resurfaced strongly during the Renaissance. Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) with his famous drawing, The Vitruvian Man, made around 1492 and preserved, with various anatomical annotations, in one of his diaries, managed to forever associate Vitruvian work - and by analogy Roman architecture - to an ideal […]
Lecture: Dressing the Roman house: the fabric that surrounds you. By Laia de Frutos (UB). The Roman house is understood as a container whose architecture, decoration, evolution and sometimes its contents are studied. Research on the Roman house is on archaeological finds, but there are a number of objects that leave no trace, such as […]
Lecture: Ovid and fashion. By Herbert González Zymla (UCM).
Presentation of the book Ahir Roma, avui nosaltres by Isabel Rodà, epigraphist, archaeologist and professor emeritus at the UAB. The cultural heritage of the Roman world is still very much alive in the 21st century. Seemingly contemporary concepts such as interculturality, interbreeding, currency and the single market, vehicular language, waste management or recycling are aspects […]
Lecture: Let's get dressed to take the photo! Vestiges of personal identities in Roman sculpture and painting. By Montserrat Claveria Nadal, professor of UAB. It is true indeed that in the Greek and Roman times photography did not exist, but there was the intention of commissioning an image of oneself, dressed in a certain way, […]
Lecture: Ecology year 0. By Jordi Catalán (CSIC) and Enric Cahner (Badalona City Council). Although we cannot speak, in Roman times, of an ecological consciousness, a way of thinking was created in relation to the fact that, for the first time, it was humanity that dominated nature and put it at its service. The Romans […]
Lecture: Spolia: reuse and recycling in Roman construction. By Josep Anton Remolà, archaeologist and curator of Collections and Research of the National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona (MNAT) and the Catalan Agency for Cultural Heritage (ACdPC). Examples of reuse and recycling within the scope of Roman architecture are frequent. Based on several examples from Tarraco, we […]
Lecture: A sustainable economy? The life cycle of Roman ceramics, from manufacture to recycling. By Víctor Revilla (University of Barcelona). One of the traits that have accompanied European societies since the beginning of the industrial revolution is the intensive exploitation of natural resources - some of which are difficult to regenerate - and the massive […]
Lecture: Ceramics in Roman construction. News about Baetulo. By Esther Gurri, archaeologist and curator of the Museum of Badalona. Since Greek times, the constructions of temples and some public buildings were made of stone, but the roofs and some of their crowns were made of ceramic. The same thing happened in the houses, despite having […]
