The Stones of Felix Romuliana (Gamzigrad, Serbia)

Felix Romuliana, an Imperial retreat palace located in Gamzigrad, Serbia, reveals a sophisticated use of diverse building materials. The palace and its fortifications primarily employ local hornblende andesite, volcaniclastic sandstone from Magura Hill, and regional Sarmatian sandy limestone, alongside Mediterranean marbles for decorative elements like column shafts and capitals. This study highlights the strategic selection of materials, including silty-marly limestone for the first fortification and lithic wacke for the tetrapylon on Magura Hill, reflecting both practical and aesthetic considerations in Roman architectural design.

Djurić, B. (2018). The Stones of Felix Romuliana (Gamzigrad, Serbia). ASMOSIA XI, Interdisciplinary Studies on Ancient Stone, Proceedings of the XI International Conference of ASMOSIA, 523–536. https://doi.org/10.31534/xi.asmosia.2015/03.02