Marjeta Šašel Kos

E-mail: mkos@zrc-sazu.si

Telphone: + 386 1 47 06 383

Education and Qualifications:
MSc in archaeology 1980, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
PhD in classical philology 1989, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana

Education abroad:
Post-graduate student at the British School at Athens 1974-1976.

Present position:
Senior research fellow

Research interests:

Greek and Roman Literary Sources for the western Balkans and southeastern Alpine area
Roman Inscriptions of Slovenia (Celeia, Emona)

Research programme:

• Roman inscriptions of Slovenia
• Greek and Roman literary sources for the eastern Alpine area and the western Balkans
• Roman History of the present-day Slovenian territory

Research projects:
The role of Nauportus in the Romanization process in the Southeastern Alpine region

Editing:

• Editor-in-chief of the Arheološki vestnik
• member of the Editorial Committee of Keria.

Other activities:

• member of the Association Internationale d'Epigraphie Grecque et Latine.
  (http://www.aiegl.org/ )
  
• Since 2005, membership in the Scientific Management Committee of the European Project “History and Archaeology of the Balkans”, directed by Jean Luc Lamboley of the University of Lyon 2.

Bibliography:
Personal bibliography is available at COBISS, Bibliography of Researchers.

Selected bibliography:

Monographs

• Inscriptiones Latinae in Graecia repertae. Additamenta ad CIL III (Epigrafia e antichità 5), Bologna 1979.
• A Historical Outline of the Region between Aquileia, the Adriatic, and Sirmium in Cassius Dio and Herodian / Zgodovinska pdoba prostora med Akvilejo, Jadranom in Sirmijem pri Kasiju Dionu in Herodijanu, Ljubljana 1986.
• The Roman Inscriptions in the National Museum of Slovenia / Lapidarij Narodnega muzeja Slovenije (Situla 35), Ljubljana, 1997.
• Pre-Roman Divinities of the Eastern Alps and Adriatic (Situla 38), Ljubljana 1999.
• Appian and Illyricum. (Situla 43), Ljubljana 2005.

Articles (selection)

• The Roman conquest of Dalmatia and Pannonia under Augustus - some of the latest research results. In: MOOSBAUER, Günther 8ed.), WIEGELS, Rainer 8ed.). Fines imperii-imperium sine fine? : römische Okkupations- und Grenzpolitik im frühen Principat : Beiträge zum Kongress "Fines imperii-imperium sine fine?" Osnabrück vom 14. bis 18. september 2009, (Osnabrücker Forschungen zu Altertum und Antike-Rezeption, Bd. 14)., 2011, 07-117
• A Latin epitaph of a Roman legionary from Corinth, Journal of Roman Studies 68 (1978) 22-25.
• Nauportus: antični literarni in epigrafski viri (Nauportus: Literary and Epigraphical Sources), v: Jana Horvat, Nauportus (Vrhnika), Ljubljana 1990, 17-33 (pp. 143-159).
• Draco and the Survival of the Serpent Cult in the Central Balkans, Tyche 6, 1991, 183-192, Taf. 13.
• Cadmus and Harmonia in Illyria (Kadmos in Harmonija v Iliriji), Arh. vest. 44, 1993, 113-136.
• The Embassy of Romulus to Attila. One of the last citations of Poetovio in classical literature, Tyche 9, 1994, 99-111 (Romulovo poslanstvo pri Atilu. Ena zadnjih omemb Petovione v antični literaturi, Zgod. cas. 48, 1994, 285-295, v slov. s povzetkom).
• The 15th Legion at Emona - Some Thoughts, Zeitschr. Pap. Epigr. 109, 1995, 227-244, Tab. IV figs. 4, 5.
• The End of the Norican Kingdom and the Formation of the Provinces of Noricum and Pannonia, v: Akten des IV. intern. Kolloquiums über Probleme des provinzialrömischen Kunstschaffens / Akti IV. mednarodnega kolokvija o problemih rimske provincialne umetnosti. Celje 8.-12. Mai / maj 1995, ed. B. Djurić, I. Lazar (Situla 36), Ljubljana 1997, 21-42.
• The Tauriscan Gold Mine - Remarks Concerning the Settlement of the Taurisci, Tyche 13, 1998, 207-219.
• Octavian's Campaigns (35-33 BC) in Southern Illyricum, in: L'Illyrie méridionale et l'Épire dans l'antiquité (Actes du IIIe colloque intern. de Chantilly, 16-19 Octobre 1996), ed. P. Cabanes, Paris 1999, 255-264.

Selected articles (pdf):

Ddedications to divinities from the Epigraphic collection in the City museum of Ljubljana, EMONA – med A kvilejo in P anonijo / EMONA – between Aquileia and Pannonia, 2012, 105-122.

• A glimpse into stonecutters’ workshops in Scupi, Upper Moesia. – In: L’officina epigrafica romana in ricordo di Giancarlo Susini, 2012, 507–524.
• Peoples on the northern fringes of the Greek world: Illyria as seen by Strabo, L’Illyrie Méridionale et l’Épire Dans l’Antiquité 5, 2011; 617–629.
• The Roman conquest of Dalmatia and Pannonia under Augustus - some of the latest research results. V: MOOSBAUER, Günther (ed.), WIEGELS, Rainer (ed.). Fines imperii-imperium sine fine? : römische Okkupations- und Grenzpolitik im frühen Principat : Beiträge zum Kongress "Fines imperii-imperium sine fine?" Osnabrück vom 14. bis 18. september 2009, (Osnabrücker Forschungen zu Altertum und Antike-Rezeption, Bd. 14)., 2011, 07-117
• The early urbanization of Noricum and Pannonia, Roma e le province del Danubio : atti del I Convegno Internazionale, Ferrara - Cento, 15-17 Ottobre 2009, 2010, 209–230.
• Cernunnos in Slovenia? / Cernunos v Sloveniji?, Arheološki vestnik 61, 2010, 175–186.
• Pannonia or Lower Illyricum?, Tyche 25, 2010 , 123–130.
• Adsalluta and Magna Mater - is there a link? – In: Arenas-Esteban, Jesús Alberto (ed.). Celtic religion across space and time. Toledo: Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha, 2010, 242–256.
• Antinous in Upper Moesia: the introduction of a new cult. – In: Angeli Bertinelli, Maria Gabriella (ed.), Donati, Angela (ed.). Opinione pubblica e forme di comunicazione a Roma : il linguaggio dell'epigrafia : atti del Colloquio AIEGL, Borghesi 2007, (Epigrafia e antichita`, 27). Faenza: Fratelli Lega Editori, 2009, 205–21.
• Reka kot božanstvo: Sava v antiki. In: Peternel, Jože (ed.), Barachini, Jožef. Ukročena lepotica : Sava in njene zgodbe,2009, 42–50, Sevnica..
• A new altar to the Nymphs and the Magii in Dalmatia, Histria antiqua 18, 2009, 18/2, 191–202.
• Intercultural communications in Greek myths and legends : some considerations. In: ANGELI BERTINELLI, Maria Gabriella (ed.), DONATI, Angela (ed.). La comunicazione nella storia antica : fantasie e realta` : atti del III incontro internazionale di storia antica (Genova, 23-24 novembre 2006), (Serta antiqua et mediaevalia, 11), (Storia antica, 7). Roma: G. Bretschneider, 2008, 3–22
• Celtic divinities from Celeia and its territory : who were the dedicators?. – In: Sartori, Antonio (ed.). Dedicanti e cultores nelle religioni celtiche, (Quaderni di Acme, 104), 2008, 275–303
• Divinities, priests and dedicators at Emona. – In: Caldelli, Maria Letizia (ed.), Gregori, Gian Luca (ed.), Orlandi, Silvia (ed.). Atti della XVIe recontre sur l'épigraphie in onore di Silvio Panciera con altri contributi di colleghi, allievi e collaboratori, (Tituli, 9). Roma: Quasar, 2008, 2, 687-710.
• The story of the grateful wolf and Venetic horses in Strabo's Geography, Studia Mythologica Slavica 11, 2008, 9–24.
• The family of Romulus Augustulus. – In: Mauritsch, Peter (ed.). Antike Lebenswelten : Konstanz - Wandel - Wirkungsmacht : Festschrift für Ingomar Weiler zum 70. Geburtstag, (Philippika, 25). Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2008, 439–449.
• Ethnic manipulations with ancient Veneti and Illyrians. – In: Magnani, Stefano (ed.), Marcaccini, Carlo (ed.). Le identita` difficili : archeologia potere propaganda nei Balcani, (Portolano Adriatico, anno 3, n. 3). Firenze: Volo, cop. 2007, 11–18
• The Illyrian king Ballaeus - some historical aspects. – In: Berranger, Danie`le (ed.). Émpire, Illyrie, Macédoine --- : mélanges offerts au professeur Pierre Cabanes, (Collection Erga, 10). Clermont-Ferrand: Presses universitaires Blaise Pascal, Centre de recherches sur les civilisations antiques, cop. 2007, 125–138
• Centenarians in the Emona area and the adjacent Norican and Pannonian regions. – In: Angeli Bertinelli, Maria Gabriella (ed.), Donati, Angela (ed.). Misurare il tempo, misurare lo spazio : atti del colloquio AIEGL - Borghesi 2005, (Epigrafia e antichita`, 25). Faenza: Fratelli Lega, cop. 2006, 175–197
• A few remarks concerning the archaiologia of Nauportus and Emona: the Argonauts. In: Kokole, Metoda (ed.), Murovec, Barbara (ed.), Šašel Kos, Marjeta (ed.), Talbot, Michael (ed.). Mediterranean myths from classical antiquity to the eighteenth century, 2006, 13–20-
• Mythological stories concerning Illyria and its name. V: Cabanes, Pierre (ed.), Lamboley, Jean-Luc (ed.). L'Illyrie méridionale et l'Épire dans l'Antiquité - IV : actes du IVe colloque international de Grenoble (10-12 octobre 2002), 2004, 493-504.
• Emona was in Italy, not in Pannonia. – In: Šašel Kos, Marjeta (ed.), Scherrer, Peter (ed.), Kuntić-Makvić, Bruna (ed.), Borhy, László (ed.). The autonomous towns of Noricum and Pannonia, Pannonia, Situla 41, 2003, 11–19.
• The festival of Carna at Emona. Tyche 17, 2002, 129–144.
• Il confine nord-orientale dell'Italia romana riesame del problema alla luce di un nuovo documento epigrafico. Aquileia nostra 73, 2002, 246–259.
• The boundary stone between Aquileia and Emona, Arheološki vestnik 53, 2002,373–382
• Belin, Studia Mythologica Slavica 4, 2001, 9–16.
• The Tauriscan gold mine : remarks concerning the settlement of the Taurisci. Tyche 13, 1998, 207–219
• From the Tauriscan Gold Mine to the Goldenhorn and the Unusual Alpine Animal. In: Studia Mythologica Slavica 1, 1998, 169–182.
• The 15th legion at Emona – some thoughts. Z. Papyrol. Epigr., 1995, bd. 109, 227-244.
• Cadmus and Harmonia in Illyria, Arheološki vestnik 44, 1993, 113–136.
• An unusual gift for Mithras' sanctuary in Salonae,Tyche 8, 1993, 145-147.
• Draco and the survival of the serpent cult in the Central Balkans. Tyche 6, 1991, 183–192.
• Sententiae in the Agricola of Tacitus, Živa antika 40, 1990, 83–109.
• A Latin Epitaph of a Roman Legionary from Corinth. The Journal of Roman Studies 78, 1978, 21–25.

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