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lombar d weapons from fiesole, tuscan y (6th–7th century c.e.) ... 69
Figure 1. Plan of the city of Fiesole between the 5th and the 8th century C.E. (plan: Andrea Biondi).
the 7th century C.E. (von Hessen 1971b; Aleardi light: they had no funeral equipment, were ori-
1990; Biondi 2019a). ented east-west and were located between the
northern area of the transept and the crypt of
The area of the temple was investigated by E. the Cathedral of S. Romolo (De Marinis 1995).
Galli between 1910 and 1924 and it returned late According to the archeologist and Superintend-
ancient and early medieval deposits with a ne- ence functionary G. De Marinis, under the cur-
cropolis of 27 tombs of the Lombard phase data- rent Cathedral of S. Romolo were to locate the
ble between the end of the 6th and the middle of remains of the city capitolium, while the forum
the 7th century C.E. (von Hessen 1971b; Biondi had to be identified in the area of the current Pi-
2019a). The burials had homogeneous characters azza Mino da Fiesole (De Marinis 1995). Also in
from an organizational (east-west oriented, exca- 1955, an isolated tomb was found at the site of the
vated respecting the volumes of the 1st century seminary of Fiesole: it was oriented south/west-
C.E. temple), stratigraphic, structural, and dep- north/east, it had no funeral equipment and
ositional point of view. Furthermore, the tombs limited bone remains of the deceased. There-
contained sets of weapons, belt elements, ceram- fore, the central area of t he city would have been
ics, and ornaments from the end of the 6th to the de-functionalized as early as the 5th-6th century
mid of the 7th century C.E. (von Hessen 1971b). C.E. and from the 7th century C.E. some buri-
als without funeral equipment would have been
In the central area of the city, the Cathedral implanted, suggesting a necropolar destination
of S. Romolo and Piazza Mino da Fiesole were of the entire northern side of the urban ancient
places of excavations between 1955 and 2004 forum (Biondi 2019a).
(Aleardi 1990; De Marinis 1995; Biondi 2019a).
Between 1955 and 1990, 7 graves were brought to
lombar d weapons from fiesole, tuscan y (6th–7th century c.e.) ... 69
Figure 1. Plan of the city of Fiesole between the 5th and the 8th century C.E. (plan: Andrea Biondi).
the 7th century C.E. (von Hessen 1971b; Aleardi light: they had no funeral equipment, were ori-
1990; Biondi 2019a). ented east-west and were located between the
northern area of the transept and the crypt of
The area of the temple was investigated by E. the Cathedral of S. Romolo (De Marinis 1995).
Galli between 1910 and 1924 and it returned late According to the archeologist and Superintend-
ancient and early medieval deposits with a ne- ence functionary G. De Marinis, under the cur-
cropolis of 27 tombs of the Lombard phase data- rent Cathedral of S. Romolo were to locate the
ble between the end of the 6th and the middle of remains of the city capitolium, while the forum
the 7th century C.E. (von Hessen 1971b; Biondi had to be identified in the area of the current Pi-
2019a). The burials had homogeneous characters azza Mino da Fiesole (De Marinis 1995). Also in
from an organizational (east-west oriented, exca- 1955, an isolated tomb was found at the site of the
vated respecting the volumes of the 1st century seminary of Fiesole: it was oriented south/west-
C.E. temple), stratigraphic, structural, and dep- north/east, it had no funeral equipment and
ositional point of view. Furthermore, the tombs limited bone remains of the deceased. There-
contained sets of weapons, belt elements, ceram- fore, the central area of t he city would have been
ics, and ornaments from the end of the 6th to the de-functionalized as early as the 5th-6th century
mid of the 7th century C.E. (von Hessen 1971b). C.E. and from the 7th century C.E. some buri-
als without funeral equipment would have been
In the central area of the city, the Cathedral implanted, suggesting a necropolar destination
of S. Romolo and Piazza Mino da Fiesole were of the entire northern side of the urban ancient
places of excavations between 1955 and 2004 forum (Biondi 2019a).
(Aleardi 1990; De Marinis 1995; Biondi 2019a).
Between 1955 and 1990, 7 graves were brought to
