https://cgmr.carleton.edu/files/original/5e9697779ea1297d65c02903c152ed18.jpg bb82c9cdb021945fdd9edc8f153c665c Place A location with a street address or larger region. Examples include building, statue, piazza, fountain, port, neighborhood, paintings, sculptures, frescoes, floors. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Monte Testaccio: A Place of Memory and Festivity Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Francesca Arcidiacono (2016) Description An account of the resource <p><span style="font-weight:400;">Monte Testaccio is an ancient port along the Tiber. In the medieval period, the hill was part of the disabitato within the walls of the city. It was used partially as land for cultivation and partially for the celebration of games and ceremonies. In particular, the hill was the scene of the Ludi di Testaccio, games held as part of the Roman carnival during the Lenten season. These games involved running bulls and pigs down from the top of the hill to the bottom where an armed mob waited to tear the animals to pieces. Before being killed, the animals were paraded through the city in red cloth to symbolize the earthly desires of the Roman people. This sacrifice symbolically cleansed the city of its sins before Easter. In the medieval period, Monte Testaccio was also used during Lent for a procession of crosses to the top of the hill to commemorate Christ's crucifixion.</span></p> Abstract A summary of the resource. Monte Testaccio is essentially a trash heap from antiquity composed entirely of discarded amphorae (called testae) unloaded from ships at the ancient port along the Tiber. In the medieval period, the hill was part of the disabitato within the walls of the city and was used partially as land for cultivation and partially for the celebration of games and ceremonies. In particular, the hill was the scene of the ludi di Testaccio which were games held as part of the Roman carnival which took place during the Lenten season. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context montetestaccio_2015 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <p>Brentano, Robert. <em>Rome before Avignon: A Social History of Thirteenth-Century Rome</em>. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990. p 63.</p> <p>Burroughs, Charles. "The Demotic Campidoglio: Ritual, Social Unrest, and a Case of Wizardry." <em>RES: Anthropology and Aesthetics</em>, no. 49/50 (2006): 171-87. Ramieri, A.M. "Monte Testaccio." Sign at Via Nicola Zabaglia entrance.</p> Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. 00153 Rome, Metropolitan City of Rome Type The nature or genre of the resource Place Daily Life Unsure on details