La metrologia negli edifici pubblici e privati della Sicilia romana: i casi di Agrigentum, Lilybaeum e Tyndaris

This paper analyses the metrology of some of the most representative buildings, both public and private, of Agrigentum, Lilybaeum and Tyndaris in the timespan II century B.C. to IV century A.D. This research proves that pre-Roman measures survived for a long period in the first two cities, while they disappeared quite soon in the third city after the Roman conquest. Either way, these survivals do not mean that the Roman system was not used at all, as it seems to have been employed for buildings which were particularly symbolic of the new dominant culture. Relying on these records, this paper aims to reconstruct a specific aspect of Roman Sicily’s society: the workforce cultural belongings.