At the time of the Roman conquest of Agrigento, the systems of government in cities of Greek and Latin origin had fundamental differences. Ancient Greece, Athens specifically, is the cradle where the first seeds of [approfondimenti id="5096" testo_link="democracy"] were sown, which gave all citizen...

The arrival of the Romans in Akragas upset the use of some public buildings, in particular those dedicated to political activities, which differed greatly between the two cultures. In fact, while in the Greek polis it was normal for all citizens entitled to vote to come together to discuss decision...

The places of Akragas that suffered most from the arrival of the Latin conquerors were those where the city’s political life took place, because of the cultural differences between the ancient Romans and Greeks: the advent of the Romans marked a new era for the politics of Agrigentum; the changes ...

In all Roman cities the [approfondimenti id="5036" testo_link="forum"] was certainly the public place par excellence. The city’s centre of social, economic and political exchanges, it was usually located in the centre of the settlement, at the crossroads between the [approfondimenti id="5040" tes...

When the Romans arrived in Agrigentum in 210 BC, many citizens settled there, together with people from other parts of Sicily. Archaeological evidence from the settlement clearly shows that in Roman times, the perimeter of the city was reduced considerably, while maintaining the Hellenistic urban or...