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Interests: Roman frontier and civil settlement in the Roman frontier zone

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PhD thesis:

"Inter Moesos et Thraces. Roman and Early Byzantine Settlement on the Yantra and Osum River Basins, Two Right Tributaries of the Danube)", Department of History, University of Warsaw, 2007, under the supervision of Prof. Tadeusz Sarnowski

The main subject of the thesis was focused on the settlment in the rural hinterland of the legionary fortress and the Late Roman town of Novae in Lower Moesia between the 1st and the 6th century A.D. The area of study which covers 5.500 sq. km is placed in the central part of Bulgaria, on the Danube. This part of the Roman province had a transitional character where Hellenistic East met Celtic West, and the barbarian North faced Mediterranean South. This specific character of the central Balkan lands was expressed in the boundary stones set up inter Moesos et Thraces, i.e. between the Moesians and the Thracians. What is interesting, today, the line of the Yantra river divides two dialects of Bulgarian language.
The catalogue of settlements was the basis for reconstruction of settlement patterns and settlement structures, such as infrastructure, places of cult or cemeteries. Settlement structures and stray finds have been analysed in chronological division, and compared to administration, ethnic and social structures giving an interesting view on the important part of the Lower Danubian limes. An updated and expanded version of the thesis was published as a monograph in Oxford in 2016.

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Field experience: Tanais (Russia) - a necropolis of the Greek colony in the Don River mouth (research by the Iinstitute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw): 1996, 1997, 1998 Balaklava (Crimea, Ukraine) - a Roman temple dedicated to Juppiter Dolichenus (research by the Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw): 1996, 1997 Ostrie Mogili (Bulgaria) - field survey of a Roman vicus near Novae: 2000 Reguły, dist. Michałowice (Poland) - a Bronze Age and Roman period settlement (research by the Museum of the Ancient Masovian Metallurgy): 2007 Novae (Bulgaria) - excavations in the military fortress and Late Roman town, research by the Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, co-heading since 2008 Novae (Bulgaria) - remote sensing surveys in the canabae legionis (heading): 2012-2014 Tibiscum (Romania) - remote sensing surveys in the military fort and civilian town (co-heading of fieldwalking surveys): 2014-2015 Pojejena (Romania) - 2018 (co-heading of fieldwalking surveys)

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Articles in magazines

3. Flasze gliniane z principia w Novae, Novensia 12, 2000, (z: L. Kovalevskaja, T. Sarnowski), 107–122.
4. Flasze gliniane z Novae, w: Materiały I Międzynarodowej Studenckiej Konferencji Archeologicznej “Europa Środkowo-wschodnia przez tysiąclecia”, Novensia 13, 2000, 49–67.
5. Flasze gliniane z budowli komendantury w Novae, Studia i materiały archeologiczne 11, 2003, 157–164.
6. Jugs from Novae. A Study on Finds from 1960-99, Novensia 14, 2003, 119–184.
7. Municipium Novensium? Report On The Field Survey At Ostrite Mogili, Veliko Turnovo District, Światowit 47/A, 2006, 115–128.
8. Inter Moesos et Thraces. A Contribution To The Studies On The Rural Hinterland Of Novae In Lower Moesia, Archeologia 58, 2007 (2009), 31-47.
9. Reading Gender and Social Life in Military Spaces, Światowit 49/A, 2009-2010 (2011), 139–152.
10. Connecting to Public Water: The Rural Landscape and Water Supply of Lower Moesia, Archaeologia Bulgarica 15/2, 2011, 59–72.
11. Canabae legionis I Italicae: state of research on civil settlements accompanying the legionary camp in Novae (Lower Moesia) compared to relevant Lower Danubian sites, Światowit L/A, 2011 (2012), 155–168.
12. A Roman site in the Sarviz River Valley (Pannonia Inferior). Preliminary results Acta Archaeologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 66/1, 2015, 203–215. (with Z. Kis)
13. A New Dedicatory Inscription from Novae (Lower Moesia), Światowit 52/A, 2013 (2014), 79–86.
14. A Six-century pottery kiln from Novae (Moesia secunda). A contribution to the local pottery manufacturing, Archaeologia Bulgarica 19/3, 2015, 63–74.
15. Life on the Frontier: Roman Military Families in Lower Moesia, Studia Europaea Gnesnensia 16, 2017, 225-257.
16. Castra et canabae legionis. Organizacja przestrzeni i administracja cywilnych osiedli przy rzymskich obozach legionowych [w] Między murami miasta a ścianami koszar – garnizony i historia miejska na przestrzeni dziejów [=Zeszyty Naukowe UJ. Prace Historyczne 145 (4)], Kraków 2018, 665–683.

17. Novae. The Roman Legionary Defences. Excavations of 2009 and 2010, Światowit 48/A, 2006-2010 (2011), 185–186 (with T. Sarnowski)
18. Novae – castra legionis, 2006-2009. Preliminary report on the excavations of the University of Warsaw Archaeological Expedition, Archeologia 59, 2008 (2010) (z: T. Sarnowski, L. Kovalevskaja), 153–172.
19. Principia et munitiones castrorum. Headquarters Building and Legionary Defences, Światowit 50/A, 2011 (2012), 189–194 (z: T. Sarnowski, L. Kovalevskaja).
20. Non-Destructive Investigations in the Extramural Area of Novae (Lower Moesia) in 2012, Światowit 51/A, 2012 (2013), 157–161.
21. Non-Destructive Archaeological Investigations in the Sárviz River Valley (Hungary), Światowit 51/A, 2012 (2013) (z: M. Jaworski), 171–176.
22. Novae 2012. Munitiones castrorum. Legionary defences, Światowit 51/A, 2012 (2013), (z: T. Sarnowski, L. Kovalevskaja, P. Zakrzewski), 145–150.
23. Non-Destructive Investigations in the Extramural Area of Novae (Lower Moesia) in 2013, Światowit 52/A, 2013 (2014), 197–206.
24. Novae 2013. Legionary Defences and Headquarters Building, Światowit 52/A, 2013 (2015), 179–188 (with T. Sarnowski, L. Kovalevskaja, P. Zakrzewski, T. Dziurdzik, E. Jęczmienowski).
25. Novae – castra legionis, 2010-1012. Preliminary report on the excavations of the University of Warsaw Archaeological Expedition (with T. Sarnowski, L. Kovalevskaja, A. Tomas, R. Chowaniec, P. Zakrzewski), Archeologia 61, 2010 (2014), 75–90.
26. Non-Destructive Investigations in the Extramural Area of Novae (Lower Moesia) in 2014, Światowit 53/A, 2014 (2015), 205–212.
27. Novae 2014. Legionary Defences and the Rear Part of the Fortress, Światowit 53/A, 2014 (2015), 185–192 (with T. Sarnowski, L. Kovalevskaja, P. Zakrzewski, T. Dziurdzik, E. Jęczmienowski)
28. Novae – castra, canabae, vicus, 2013-2015. Preliminary report on the Excavations and Prospection Surveys of the University of Warsaw Archaeological Expedition, Archeologia 65, 2016, 177–203 (with T. Sarnowski, L. Kovalevskaja, P. Zakrzewski, T. Dziurdzik, E. Jęczmienowski)
29. Novae 2015. Legionary defences and extramural settlement, Światowit 54-55/A/B, 2015-2016 (2018), 322–328 (with T. Sarnowski, L. Kovalevskaja, T. Dziurdzik, E. Jęczmienowski, P. Zakrzewski)

30. Marcus Aurelius Statianus from Lower Moesia. A Note on His Origin, Status and Business [in] The Lower Danube in Antiquity (VI BC-VI AD), Tutrakan, Sofia 2007, 231–234 (z: T. Sarnowski).
31. Extramural area [in] Novae. An archaeological Guide (T. Sarnowski ed., A.B. Biernacki, M. Lemke, P. Vladkova), Warszawa 2012, 77–92.
32. Pachnące miasta czy slumsy? Urządzenia sanitarne w cywilnych osiedlach przy rzymskich bazach wojskowych [in] Czystość i brud. Higiena w starożytności, W. Korpalska, W. Ślusarczyk [eds.], Bydgoszcz 2013, 139–154.
33. Geofizični izsledvaniâ na teritoriâta na kanabite na Novae, A. Tomas, E. Genčeva, AOR prez 2012 g., Sofia 2013, 250–251.
34. Izv”n krepostnite steni [in] Nove (Novae). Arheologičeski p”tevoditel (T. Sarnowski ed., A.B. Biernacki, P. Vladkova, M. Lemke, E. Jordanov), Sofia-Warszawa 2014, 77–89.
35. Geofizični izsledvaniâ na teritoriâta na kanabite na Novae, AOR prez 2013 g., Sofia 2014, 318–319 (z E. Genčeva).
36. Roman legion and attached civilian settlement as a factor of Romanisation and landscape changes: a case of Novae (northern Bulgaria) [in] Reading Landscape as A Factor in Creating Identity. International Conference, Jarosław, 22-24 June, 2012 (with P. Wroniecki), W. Bedyński, I. Povedàk (eds), Warszawa 2014, 49–61.
37. Geofizični proučvanija i obhoždanija v okolnostite na Nove [in] AOR prez 2014 g., Sofia 2015, 409–410.
38. Non-destructive survey in Novae (Lower Moesia) [in] Limes XXII. Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies Ruse, Bulgaria, September 2012, L. Vagalinski, N. Sharankov [eds.], Sofia 2015, 881–888.
39. Dionysus or Liber Pater? The Evidence of the Bacchic Cult at Novae (castra et canabae legionis ) and in its Hinterland [in] Ad fines imperii Romani. Studia Thaddaeo Sarnowski ab amicis, collegis discipulisque dedicata, A. Tomas [ed.], Warszawa 2015, 257–275.
40. The Mithreum at Novae Revisited [in] Ad fines imperii Romani. Studia Thaddaeo Sarnowski ab amicis, collegis discipulisque dedicata, A. Tomas [ed.], Warszawa 2015, 227–247 (with M. Lemke)
41. Female family members related to soldiers and officers of the legio I Italica. A case study [in] Colonization and Romanization in Moesia Inferior. Premises of A Contrastive Approach, L. Mihailescu-Bîrliba [ed.], Kaiserlautern 2015, 93–124.
42. Tracing Civilian Settlement in the Surroundings of Novae (Lower Moesia). Sources, Investigations, Results [in] Romans and the Others in the Lower Danube Region in the First Century BC – Third Century AD. Proceedings of the International Colloquium Tulcea, 7-11 of October 2015, Cr.-G. Alexandrescu [ed.], Biblioteca Istro-Pontică. Seria Archeologie, 12, Cluj-Napoca 2016, 191–204.
43. Mitreum do rimskija legionen lager v Novae [in] AOR prez 2015 g., Sofia 2016, 443–447.
44. Arheologičeski proučvanija na ukrepitelnata sistema i sondaži v razšireneto na Nove [in] AOR prez 2016 g., Sofija 2017, 272–274.
45. Pre-Roman Settlements in the Hinterland of Novae in Lower Moesia: a re-assessment of the displacements of the conquered tribes by the Romans [in] Romans in the Middle and Lower Danube Valley: Case Studies in Archaeology, Epigraphy, and History, first century BC – fifth century AD, E. de Sena, C. Timoc (eds), B.A.R. Int. Ser. 2882, 2018, 13–22.
46. Civil settlement at Novae (Moesia inferior) [in] Limes XXIII. Proceedings of the 23rd International Congress of Roman Frontier Studies Ingolstadt, Germany, September 2015, C.S. Sommer, S. Matesić [eds.], Ingolstadt 2018, 748-755.
47. Razkopki v razširenijeto na Nove (Nove II) i v iztočnata čast na canabae legionis [in] AOR prez 2017 g., Sofija 2018, 197–199.
48. The canabae legionis in Lower Moesia. Some observations [in] Sacrum et profanum, Novae. Studies and Materials, VI, L. Klenina (ed.), Poznań 2018, 67–76.

49. Rec. Michael Doneus, Christian Gugl, Nives Doneus, Die Canabae von Carnuntum eine Modellstudie der Erforschung römischer Lagervorstädte Von der Luftbildprospektion zur siedlungsarchäologischen Synthese, Der Römische Limes in Österreich, Heft 47, Wien 2013 (Archeologia 61, 2010 (2014)), 111–113.
50. Rec. Tomasz Waliszewski, Elaion. Despre producția uleiului de măsline în Syro-Palestina romană și timpuriu bizantină… dar nu numai (Lucus. Acta Centri Lucusiensis 4A, 2016, Timişoara, 78–80.
51. Rec. O perspectivă asupra Moesiei inferior prin prisma fundamentelor sale militare. Rec. Michał Duch, Economic Role of the Roman Army in the province of Lower Moesia (Moesia inferior), Acta Humanistica Gnesnensia, XVI, 5 maps, 4 figures, Gniezno 2017, 284 pp. (edition in Polish: Gospodarcza rola armii rzymskiej w prowincji Mezja Dolna (Moesia inferior), Studia Europaea Gnesnensia, XXIV, Poznań – Gniezno 2016, Lucus. Acta Centri Lucusiensis 5B, 2017, 105­­–108.
52. Rec. Szilvia Biró, Die zivilen vici in Pannonien, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Monographien, 131, Mainz 2017, Bonner Jahrbücher 217, 2018, 546-550.