Funerary monuments from western civitas Treverorum
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The monuments from the early Roman period (1st cent. AD) are in the center of this study. They are particularly instructive, as they date from a period of profound societal changes, i.e. the period immediately after the Roman conquest. The monuments from that period indicate how the local populations reacted to the culture of the conquerors, how they adapted, transformed or rejected the new cultural influences. Recent studies have shown that as from the early first century AD on large scale mausolea inspired by Mediterranean public and memorial architecture were built in this area (Bartringen, Faverolles, Orange, etc.). Parallels to the fragments from Arlon indicate that similar structures must have existed in the ancient vicus, thus indicating the level of wealth and familiarity with Roman-Greek architectural forms, that must have existed at that time in the area.