Abstract:

SUMMARY

The discovery of the forum of Iulia Libica (Llívia, Girona) and the initial excavations
undertaken there allow us to appreciate the meaning of this monument located in
the Pyrenees valley of Cerdanya. The aim of this paper is to present a new forum in
the Hispania Citerior, disclose the chronological framework of its construction, and
evaluate in value the scarce but significant marble sculpture fragments discovered
so far. An archaeometric study of the sculpture fragments is presented, together
with a first iconographic interpretation, which allows us to contextualize to the initial
moment of the forum. It is hoped that future excavations will complete the remaining
forum buildings, confirm dating and provide new data on the sculpture’s iconography,
marble origins and their representative functions.