Living with Seismic Phenomena in the Mediterranean and Beyond Between Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Proceedings of Cascia (25-26 October, 2019) and Le Mans (2-3 June, 2021) Conferences

In a Mediterranean area characterised by strong seismic activity, the earthquake that struck central Italy in 2016 caused considerable damage to the archaeological and historical heritage. This catastrophic event, as well as recent archaeological fieldwork and palaeoseimological research in the same area, led to the organisation in 2019 of the first International Conference Living with seismic phenomena in the Mediterranean from Antiquity to the Middle Ages in Cascia (Italy). In 2021, a second Conference, devoted to the same topic, was held at Le Mans University (France). The articles collected in this work constitute a selection of the oral presentations or posters presented during the two Conferences. In the first two sections of the book, the reader will find contributions ranging from different ways of understanding seismic phenomena to strategies of post-disaster management, adaptation and resilience employed by societies and political authorities. From the third part onwards, palaeoseimological and archaeological data (for the most part previously unpublished) are presented on various sites in the Italian peninsula and the wider Mediterranean world and its frontiers. The final section is devoted to the emerging field of multidisciplinary studies on the specific characteristics of reconstruction and post-seismic building techniques. As a whole, using a multidisciplinary approach, the contents of the book aim to push forward knowledge on human/environment relations in the longue durée, contribute to the protection of the architectural and cultural heritage, and promote a culture of risk management in territories exposed to potential seismic activity.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Rita Compatangelo-Soussignan1 -- Francesca Diosono2 -- Frédéric Le Blay3 -- Part I. Interpreting and Living with Seismic Phenomena in Antiquity: Myth, Religion and Science -- 1. Séismes, divination et rationalité(s) en Grèce ancienne : l'oracle grec comme mode d'appréhension du phénomène sismique -- Kevin Bouillot -- 2. Façonné par le feu ou comment les phénomènes volcaniques construisent les récits mythologiques -- Loredana Lancini -- 3. Les séismes dans les Météorologiques de Théophraste -- Antoine Régnier -- 4. Terremoti 'cristiani', tra ortodossia, eresia e... 'ragion di stato' -- Gualtiero Rota -- Part II. How to Confront Seismic Phenomena: Political and Social Responses -- 10. Empereurs chrétiens, tremblements de terre et reconfiguration du pouvoir impérial à Constantinople depuis la fin du IVe siècle après J.-C.* -- 11. Introducing the RiskRes Project. The Study of Historic Responses to Earthquakes in Preindustrial Europe (AD 1200-1755) -- María Teresa Chicote Pompanin1 -- Paolo Forlin2 -- Christopher Gerrard1 -- 9. Il terremoto del 191 d.C. a Roma e la ricostruzione di Settimio Severo -- 7. Tremblement de terre et lutte politique : Cicéron, Clodius et les événements prodigieux de 56 av. J.-C.* -- Paolo Garofalo -- 5. Lessons from Catastrophe: Risk Management in Oral Societies -- Patrick Nunn 1 -- Loredana Lancini 2 -- Rita Compatangelo-Soussignan 2 -- 6. Waiting for the Catastrophe… The Interaction between Humans and Nature in Akrotiri of Thera* -- Elli Papazoi -- 8. Alle radici della cura urbis post terrae motus. Fonti giuridiche e testimonianze epigrafiche. Diritto romano e Sismologia Storica -- Maria Vittoria Bramante -- Part III. Earth Sciences and Archaeological Sciences.

Part III. Earth Sciences and Archaeological Sciences for the Study of Ancient Earthquakes -- 14. The Impact and the Effects of the Colli Albani Volcanic Activity on a Settlement Close to Rome -- Agnese Livia Fischetti1 -- Arnaldo Angelo De Benedetti2 -- Guido Giordano3 -- 13. Paleosismologia e archeosismologia: terremoti sepolti e ritrovati -- Paolo Galli -- 12. La recherche des séismes du passé proche et lointain par l'apport combiné des sciences de la nature et des sciences historiques -- Bruno Helly1 -- Riccardo Caputo2 -- 15. Eruzioni, sismi e bradisismo nei Campi Flegrei in epoca romana tra fonti storiche ed evidenze archeologiche e geologiche -- Antonio Jesús Talavera Montes -- Part IV. Building and Rebuilding: Ancient Settlements after the Earthquake -- 20. Il tempio di Nocette di Pale (Foligno, Umbria): evidenze di una scelta pericolosa* -- 21. Evidenze di attività sismica in epoca tardoantica nelle terme meridionali della villa del Casale di Piazza Armerina (Sicilia) -- 16. Tracce di cinematismi per i sismi di V secolo d.C. a Roma: dati a confronto per Testaccio e Palatino* -- Fulvio Coletti1 -- Alessia Contino2 -- 23. Abitare una terra che si muove: distruzione e ricostruzione nel territorio di Cascia in età romana -- 22. Tracce di terremoti in contesti archeologici di Rieti e Cittaducale -- 19. A Possible Earthquake in the Roman Phase of the Settlement of Los Castillejos de Teba (Malaga, Spain): Notes on Ancient Seismicity in the Provincia Baetica* -- Juan Manuel Martín Casado -- 24. Un 'Porto in Pinna Cerrani'. Tracce di un luogo scomparso tra fonti, cartografia e mutamenti del paesaggio -- Davide Mastroianni -- 18. Eventi sismici a Cirene (Libia): il contributo dell'archeologia* -- Oscar Mei -- Lorenzo Cariddi -- 17. Terremoti e riuso: nuovi dati da una città romana dell'Appennino centrale -- Luisa Migliorati.

Part V. Archeoseismology, Architecture and Analysis of Building Techniques -- 26. Archeosismologia, terremoti e architettura storica. Alcune recenti esperienze nel sud della Toscana -- Andrea Arrighetti -- 25. Identification et caractérisation des phénomènes sismiques : la forteresse ourartéenne d'Erebuni au cours du premier quart du VIIe siècle av. J.-C. (Arménie) -- Stéphane Deschamps1, François Fichet de Clairfontaine2, Bruno Helly3, Alain Rideaud4, Michel Badalyan5, Ara Avagyan6 -- 28. Conséquences des séismes en Calabre. L'histoire d'un réemploi particulier dans l'église castrale d'Akerentia -- Aurélie Terrier -- 27. Archeosismologia e architettura: il patrimonio architettonico come fonte di storia dei terremoti. L'esempio dei campanili di Venezia -- Margherita Ganz -- Part VI. Prevention and Anti-Seismic Measures in Ancient Architecture -- 31. 'Seismic shield' Properties of Foundations and Podiums of Roman-Italic Temples in Central Italy: the Case Study of Temple B in Pietrabbondante* -- Francesca Diosono1, Aguinaldo Fraddosio2, Alberto La Notte2, Nicola Pecere2, Mario Daniele Piccioni2 -- 34. Effects of Earthquakes on the Development of the Construction Techniques in a Rural Community in Northern Jordan between the Byzantine and the Mamluk Periods -- 30. Charpentes et sollicitations sismiques dans les monuments antiques : remarques méthodologiques* -- 33. Memorie da interrogare. I presidi antisismici delle strutture abitative e fortificate della Campania interna fra il medioevo e la prima età moderna -- 32. Terrae motus: Repair and Prevention in Ostia, the Harbour City of Ancient Rome -- Laura Pecchioli -- 29. Indices sur la sismicité et l'existence de mesures parasismiques dans les premières cités-états du Levant sud à l'âge du Bronze ancien (3600-2400 avant J.-C.) -- Deborah Sebag.