This bachelor’s thesis examines Atrans, or ancient Trojane, one of the key archaeological sites in Slovenia. Due to its location along the Roman road via publica, which connected Aquileia with Emona and continued through Trojane to Celeia and Poetovio, the settlement played an important role in connecting the Italian peninsula with the interior of the Roman Empire. The earliest mentions of archaeological finds date back to the 16th century, when Avguštin Tyffernus reported seeing stone monuments with inscriptions. In 1507 an altar dedicated by Gaius Antonius Julianus was discovered. In the 18th century English antiquarians and travellers Richard Pococke and Jeremiah Milles reported on inscribed stones, while Janez Vajkard Valvasor described walls, ruins, and a large quantity of Roman coins. Most information about finds and excavations has been recorded since the mid-19th century, but it was not until the 20th century that archaeological research led to a more thorough understanding of the settlement. During excavations in 1966, 1970, and 1975, fragments of Roman wall paintings were discovered in Houses I, X, XI, and XII. The central focus of the thesis is dedicated to these fragments. It includes a catalogue of 226 wall painting fragments, housed in the Intermunicipal Museum of Kamnik. The catalogue is accompanied by photographs of all fragments and a concluding commentary summarizing the main findings related to the wall paintings and comparisons with Roman wall paintings from the territory of present-day Slovenia and other parts of the Roman Empire.
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