In the first part of this work, the author, using the data provided by the Table of Veleia from t... more In the first part of this work, the author, using the data provided by the Table of Veleia from the beginning of the second century a.C., illustrates the arrangement in Roman times of the territory including the middle Ceno valley and the basin of its tributary Cenedola. The second part of the text deals with some issues relating to the same area in the early Middle Age, starting with the rich collection of notarial deeds dating back to the VIII-X centuries, preserved in the Archivio Capitolare of the Cathedral of Piacenza. The study also illustrates, with innovative hypotheses, the etymology of current toponyms or those attested in medieval maps: Bore, Silva Arimannorum, Bardi, Lacore and Castiglione de’ Turchi.
I pagi veleiati e piacentini nella bassa Val Trebbia e nelle valli della Luretta e del Tidone, 2019
The area around Travo, very conservative of Roman toponymy, is also the area in which almost one ... more The area around Travo, very conservative of Roman toponymy, is also the area in which almost one third of the agricultural value declared in the Tabula Alimentaria of Veleia is concentrated, mostly in the pago Ambitrebio. The author, after having exposed the methodology and the criteria used for the reconstruction, goes on to analyze the patrimonies of the big and the average Roman owners of the beginning of the second century AD, with the aim of placing the individual properties in the territory and illustrating the characteristics of every patrimony. The study concludes with a chapter dedicated to the reconstruction of the border between Piacenza and Veleia and of the territory included in the pago Ambitrebio.
Il proseguimento della ricerca dopo la pubblicazione del libro ha reso necessario l'aggiornamento... more Il proseguimento della ricerca dopo la pubblicazione del libro ha reso necessario l'aggiornamento di tre voci contenute nell'analisi della Descriptio. Mi sembra utile renderlo già disponibile ai lettori, in attesa di comprenderlo in una futura edizione
La Descriptio Orbis Romani di Giorgio Ciprio e la ricostruzione storica del primo secolo del confronto fra Bizantini e Longobardi in Italia (568-668), 2018
In questo studio si affronta con un approccio linguistico l’analisi e l’interpretazione della par... more In questo studio si affronta con un approccio linguistico l’analisi e l’interpretazione della parte riferita all’Italia del testo in lingua greca del VI-VII secolo d.C., sostanzialmente un elenco di toponimi, conosciuto come Descriptio Orbis Romani, riconoscendovi una descrizione dell’organizzazione militare bizantina in Italia redatta all’inizio del 574 d.C. da Baduario, genero dell’imperatore Giustino II. La seconda parte dell’opera, più specificamente storica, utilizza i dati forniti dall’analisi della Descriptio, dalle Chronicae di Mario di Avenches e Giovanni di Biclaro e dalle Epistulae di Gregorio Magno per rivisitare la cronologia degli avvenimenti del primo secolo del confronto fra Bizantini e Longobardi in Italia e, più specificamente, del periodo che va dal 568 al 589. Conclude l’opera una breve illustrazione della toponomastica longobarda e dei criteri e delle attenzioni con cui questi toponimi possono essere utilizzati per la ricostruzione storica.
Through the etymological analysis of four toponyms, contained in important documents and still in... more Through the etymological analysis of four toponyms, contained in important documents and still in use, the study brings elements in order to specify some aspects of the historical evolution from the High Middle Age to the Modern Period in the area between the Taro river and the Appennine watershed. In the linguistic field the main results are: a) the discovery in the toponyms with the base capra of an Etruscan word passed in Latin with the meaning ‘pond’ ‘lagoon’ ‘swamp’; b) the discovery of the pre-Latin word gauta, entered in the vulgar Latin of some Gaulish-Italic areas and source of toponyms with the meaning of ‘mountain side’; c) the addition of tocherio and mira to the series of ‘border toponyms’ already studied from the author in previous works.
The study starts from the reconstruction of the areas occupied by Byzantines and Longobards in Lu... more The study starts from the reconstruction of the areas occupied by Byzantines and Longobards in Lunigiana in the 6th century with data taken from a new interpretation of Giorgio Ciprio’s Descriptio Orbis Romani, from archaeology, and from toponymy. The most important result is the evidence that a Longobardic Tigullio divided the area around Luni from the rest of Byzantine Liguria. Then, there is the illustration of the hypothesis, based both on numismatic findings and on the analysis of the written works of Fredegario and of Paolo the Deacon, that Luni was not conquered by Rothari in 642 AD, but around 668 AD by Grimoald. The last section of the work is dedicated to the arrival from France of Moderanno and Leodegar, and to their work in Berceto and in Lunigiana during the first half of 8th century, when, in the context of the alliance between Liutprand and Charles Martel, the Lunigiana section of the via Francigena was enhanced, setting the conditions for the birth, between 9th and 10th century, of the settlement of Pontremoli.
La dichiarazione dei Coloni Lucenses nella tavola di Veleia, 2005
Analisi del testo della dichiarazione dei Coloni Lucenses nella Tavola di Veleia, sia sotto l'asp... more Analisi del testo della dichiarazione dei Coloni Lucenses nella Tavola di Veleia, sia sotto l'aspetto giuridico, che dell'individuazione sul territorio delle loro proprietà.
In the first part of this work, the author, using the data provided by the Table of Veleia from t... more In the first part of this work, the author, using the data provided by the Table of Veleia from the beginning of the second century a.C., illustrates the arrangement in Roman times of the territory including the middle Ceno valley and the basin of its tributary Cenedola. The second part of the text deals with some issues relating to the same area in the early Middle Age, starting with the rich collection of notarial deeds dating back to the VIII-X centuries, preserved in the Archivio Capitolare of the Cathedral of Piacenza. The study also illustrates, with innovative hypotheses, the etymology of current toponyms or those attested in medieval maps: Bore, Silva Arimannorum, Bardi, Lacore and Castiglione de’ Turchi.
I pagi veleiati e piacentini nella bassa Val Trebbia e nelle valli della Luretta e del Tidone, 2019
The area around Travo, very conservative of Roman toponymy, is also the area in which almost one ... more The area around Travo, very conservative of Roman toponymy, is also the area in which almost one third of the agricultural value declared in the Tabula Alimentaria of Veleia is concentrated, mostly in the pago Ambitrebio. The author, after having exposed the methodology and the criteria used for the reconstruction, goes on to analyze the patrimonies of the big and the average Roman owners of the beginning of the second century AD, with the aim of placing the individual properties in the territory and illustrating the characteristics of every patrimony. The study concludes with a chapter dedicated to the reconstruction of the border between Piacenza and Veleia and of the territory included in the pago Ambitrebio.
Il proseguimento della ricerca dopo la pubblicazione del libro ha reso necessario l'aggiornamento... more Il proseguimento della ricerca dopo la pubblicazione del libro ha reso necessario l'aggiornamento di tre voci contenute nell'analisi della Descriptio. Mi sembra utile renderlo già disponibile ai lettori, in attesa di comprenderlo in una futura edizione
La Descriptio Orbis Romani di Giorgio Ciprio e la ricostruzione storica del primo secolo del confronto fra Bizantini e Longobardi in Italia (568-668), 2018
In questo studio si affronta con un approccio linguistico l’analisi e l’interpretazione della par... more In questo studio si affronta con un approccio linguistico l’analisi e l’interpretazione della parte riferita all’Italia del testo in lingua greca del VI-VII secolo d.C., sostanzialmente un elenco di toponimi, conosciuto come Descriptio Orbis Romani, riconoscendovi una descrizione dell’organizzazione militare bizantina in Italia redatta all’inizio del 574 d.C. da Baduario, genero dell’imperatore Giustino II. La seconda parte dell’opera, più specificamente storica, utilizza i dati forniti dall’analisi della Descriptio, dalle Chronicae di Mario di Avenches e Giovanni di Biclaro e dalle Epistulae di Gregorio Magno per rivisitare la cronologia degli avvenimenti del primo secolo del confronto fra Bizantini e Longobardi in Italia e, più specificamente, del periodo che va dal 568 al 589. Conclude l’opera una breve illustrazione della toponomastica longobarda e dei criteri e delle attenzioni con cui questi toponimi possono essere utilizzati per la ricostruzione storica.
Through the etymological analysis of four toponyms, contained in important documents and still in... more Through the etymological analysis of four toponyms, contained in important documents and still in use, the study brings elements in order to specify some aspects of the historical evolution from the High Middle Age to the Modern Period in the area between the Taro river and the Appennine watershed. In the linguistic field the main results are: a) the discovery in the toponyms with the base capra of an Etruscan word passed in Latin with the meaning ‘pond’ ‘lagoon’ ‘swamp’; b) the discovery of the pre-Latin word gauta, entered in the vulgar Latin of some Gaulish-Italic areas and source of toponyms with the meaning of ‘mountain side’; c) the addition of tocherio and mira to the series of ‘border toponyms’ already studied from the author in previous works.
The study starts from the reconstruction of the areas occupied by Byzantines and Longobards in Lu... more The study starts from the reconstruction of the areas occupied by Byzantines and Longobards in Lunigiana in the 6th century with data taken from a new interpretation of Giorgio Ciprio’s Descriptio Orbis Romani, from archaeology, and from toponymy. The most important result is the evidence that a Longobardic Tigullio divided the area around Luni from the rest of Byzantine Liguria. Then, there is the illustration of the hypothesis, based both on numismatic findings and on the analysis of the written works of Fredegario and of Paolo the Deacon, that Luni was not conquered by Rothari in 642 AD, but around 668 AD by Grimoald. The last section of the work is dedicated to the arrival from France of Moderanno and Leodegar, and to their work in Berceto and in Lunigiana during the first half of 8th century, when, in the context of the alliance between Liutprand and Charles Martel, the Lunigiana section of the via Francigena was enhanced, setting the conditions for the birth, between 9th and 10th century, of the settlement of Pontremoli.
La dichiarazione dei Coloni Lucenses nella tavola di Veleia, 2005
Analisi del testo della dichiarazione dei Coloni Lucenses nella Tavola di Veleia, sia sotto l'asp... more Analisi del testo della dichiarazione dei Coloni Lucenses nella Tavola di Veleia, sia sotto l'aspetto giuridico, che dell'individuazione sul territorio delle loro proprietà.
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The last section of the work is dedicated to the arrival from France of Moderanno and Leodegar, and to their work in Berceto and in Lunigiana during the first half of 8th century, when, in the context of the alliance between Liutprand and Charles Martel, the Lunigiana section of the via Francigena was enhanced, setting the conditions for the birth, between 9th and 10th century, of the settlement of Pontremoli.
The last section of the work is dedicated to the arrival from France of Moderanno and Leodegar, and to their work in Berceto and in Lunigiana during the first half of 8th century, when, in the context of the alliance between Liutprand and Charles Martel, the Lunigiana section of the via Francigena was enhanced, setting the conditions for the birth, between 9th and 10th century, of the settlement of Pontremoli.