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Dragana Mladenović

My research focuses on various aspects of Roman archaeology, particularly looking at cultural responses to the Roman conquest, the subject peoples' experience of the empire, issues of identity and imperialism. I am also interested in the interconnectedness of the Roman empire, in particular viewed through ports and their associated communities. Archaeoastronomy and its possible application to the study of Roman Mithraism is another of my interests.  

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Insula dell’Ara Coeli

The 2nd c. AD Insula dell’Ara Coeli, which stands five floors high at the foot of the Capitoline Hill, is the only surviving extant example of a Roman apartment building in Rome, although such structures must have once dominated the cityscape. Yet the insula has never been studied in full: a small-scale excavation and some basic consolidation work were carried out in the 1960s, but much of the building remains uninvestigated. Continue reading →