The Epigraphic and Funerary Monuments of Pula (Finds 1996-1998 )

Abstract

New finds are discussed of Roman epigraphic and funerary monuments of the colony of Pola discovered in the period from 1996 to 1998. Most of the monuments come from excavations near the city walls, at the Triumphal Arch of the Sergii and the Gate of Hercules. Altars were dedicated to Hercules and Fons, while the other epigraphic monuments were funerary. Most of the sepulchral monuments were fragments of arae and monumental funerary structures of square or circular plan, while there were less of other types of monuments such as pyramidal cippi. Such a composition corresponds to the proportions of individual types of funerary monuments at Pola in the period from the second half of the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD.