Courses on Latin epigraphy
Dear Students, we would like to invite you to the classes “Introduction to Latin epigraphy” which will be held by Dr Florian Matei-Popescu – a specialist on Latin and Greek epigraphy, an archaeologist and historian dealing with the history and archaeology of the Roman army, especially in the Balkans and the Black Sea region. Dr Matei-Popescu is an author of almost 100 publications and the co-editor of “The Journal of Epigraphic Studies” (Pisa & Roma), “Acta Musei Napocensis”, “Studies and Researches of Ancient History and Archaeology (Studii și Cercetări de Istorie Veche și Arheologie).
The online classes will be partly held from the museum where the inscribed stones are preserved in a special lapidarium – the open air exhibition. Good knowledge of Latin is not needed. During the course the students will be shown the type of epigraphic document and its material support and how to work with inscription in a field, how to read, translate and interpret the basic formulas on the standard inscriptions from the early Roman period.
The classes will be held within the University’s Integrated Development Programme (ZIP), co-funded by the European Social Fund within PO WER, Action 3.5.

Zajęcia z epigrafiki łacińskiej
Szanowni Studenci, zachęcam do udziału w zajęciach z epigrafiki łacińskiej na poziomie podstawowym i średniozaawansowanym: Introduction to Latin epigraphy (poziom podstawowy) oraz Latin epigraphy in English (poziom średniozaawansowany). Zajęcia na poziomie podstawowym nie wymagają zaawansowanej znajomości łaciny.
Zajęcia będzie prowadził dr Florian Matei-Popescu, specjalista w zakresie epigrafiki łacińskiej i greckiej, historyk, archeolog specjalizujący się w historii i archeologii Bałkanów oraz armii rzymskiej. Część zajęć będzie prowadzona na żywo z lapidarium Instytutu Archeologii w Bukareszcie.
Zajęcia oferowane są w ramach Zintegrowanego Programu Rozwoju Uczelni (ZIP), współfinansowanego przez Europejski Fundusz Społeczny w ramach PO WER, Działanie 3.5.

Offer of classes – Charles University in Prague
Dear Students, Charles University in Prague presented the offer of classes under the 4EU + programme, Students and PhD candidates can register for classes by filling in the table attached on the website and sending it directly to the programme coordinator at the Charles University in Prague. You can find courses unddr the link below. 4EU+ in Prague
Novae – sculptural and epigraphic landscape of the central part of the legionary fortress
Principal investigators: prof. dr hab. Tadeusz Sarnowski†, dr hab. Agnieszka Tomas
Name of the site: Novae
Country: Bulgaria
Partner institutions: Faculty of Archaeology University of Warsaw and the National Institute of Archaeology Bulgarian Academy of Sciences with the Museum
Type of the site: Roman legionary camp (castra legionis), civil settlement (canabae legionis) and late Roman town.
Chronology: 1st-6th century AD

The large project “Novae – the heart of the legion. Socialization and exhibition of the Roman military camp and late Antique town of Novae” (situated on the lower Danube in modern northern Bulgaria), co-financed by the European Commission within the Operational Programme Regional Development, was proceeded in 2012-2013 by engineering earth and construction works accompanied by a small rescue excavation campaign in the central part of the legionary fortress, on the site of the headquarters building (principia) of the 1st Italic legion, stationed at Novae from about AD 72 to the first half of the 5th century AD. During these works and excavations of 2013 there were found more than twenty statue bases with Greek and Latin inscriptions dated to the 2nd to 5th century AD and some Latin building inscriptions. At our disposal there are at the moment also about thirty other inscribed stones, mostly published, and more than one hundred, published and unpublished fragmentary statue bronzes.
The main objective of this project is to complete documentation of newly discovered inscriptions, to improve the documentation of older finds according to current standards and to prepare their publication. It has to provide maximum information about the palaeography of inscriptions and dedication formulae, time, place, circumstances, reasons of setting up statues of gods and emperors, and sometimes even financing the monument, altars, building or its dependencies, most probable material used to create statues, their size, types of sculptural representation and in some cases even the statue’s physical appearance, names, origin, social status and rank of the dedicators, place and role of the represented deity in the camp religion and in religious cults practiced in the province of Lower Moesia and in the whole lower Danubian region.
Project title/financial support: “In medio castrorum. Sculptural and epigraphic landscape of the central part of the legionary fortress at Novae”, NCN, OPUS 11, nr UMO-2016/21/B/HS3/00030, planned period of realization 02.02.2017 – 01.02.2021.
Publications:
- Tadeusz Sarnowski, Novae und die legio I Italica unter Trajan und Hadrian, Archeologia 67, 2018, 57-71
- Tadeusz Sarnowski, Statio publici portorii in Novae (Niedermoesien) und eine neue Statuenbasis aus dem Stabsgebäude der 1. Italischen Legion, Studia Europaea Gnesnensia 16, 2017, 77-86 (DOI 10.14746/seg.2017.16.5)
- Tadeusz Sarnowski, Building the Early Christian Episcopal Complex with Inscribed Stones from the Roman Legionary Headquarters, Sacrum et profanum, Novae. Studies and Materials, vol. VI, Poznań 2018, 77-86
- Tadeusz Sarnowski, Komendantura rzymskiego legionu w Novae. Od odsłoniętych ruin do pełnowymiarowej wizualizacji w terenie, in: Donum Cordis. Księga poświęcona pamięci Jerzego Kolendo, J. Jakubiak (ed.), Warszawa, 2019, 335–345 (org/10.31338/uw.9788323538554.pp.335-345)
- Tadeusz Sarnowski, In medio castrorum legionis I Italicae at Novae. Preserved Remains, 3D Virtual Modelling and Full-size Visualisation on the Original Site, in: Limes XXIII. Roman Frontier Studies, Mainz 2018, 350-359
- Tadeusz Sarnowski, udział w Międzynarodowej Konferencji Naukowej XIII. Limes Congress 2015 – Germany, 12th-23rd September 2015. Tytuł wystąpienia: Das Stabsgebäude des Legionslagers Novae. Baubestand virtuelle Idealrekonstruktion und Nachbau in Originallage.
- Tadeusz Sarnowski, udział w Międzynarodowej Konferencji Naukowej „Roman Empire: A 21st Century Perspective… In Memoriam Geza Alföldy (1935-2011), 8-10.11.2016, Gniezno. Tytuł wystąpienia: Neues aus Novae in Niedermoesien zum illyrischen Zollbezirk.
- Adam Łajtar, udział Międzynarodowej Konferencji Naukowej „3rd Conference on the Roman Danubian Provinces. Society and Economy, 10-15th November 2017, Wien”. Tytuł wystąpienia: New Inscriptions from Novae Referring to the Institution of pastus militum.
Other research project realised in Novae by the Faculty (former Institute) of Archaeology University of Warsaw:
Novae 2012-2015. Research on settlement structures near the Roman legionary camp at Novae (Lower Moesia) using non-destructive prospection methods (A. Tomas, completed)
Novae 2009-2011. The headquarters building and the fortifications (T. Sarnowski, completed)
Winter session 2020/21
Dear Students, please find below a file with the winter session schedule. Agnieszka Tomas, Vice-dean for students’ affairs.
Student rights
Dear Students, I have a pleasure to inform you that you can find on our website more information about student rights and rules of equality at the University. The website where you can read the detailed information and download the guidebook is available now here. Agnieszka Tomas
Museum practice
Dear students! According with the Rector’s Ordinances No. 233 and 234 on the functioning of the University of Warsaw during the epidemic, the classes which must be held in classrooms (not online) are allowed only in the buildings of the University of Warsaw. Therefore, field exercises are canceled and the equivalents of excavations carried out in museums can only take place in the Museum of the University of Warsaw. This rule is valid until further notice.
Praktyki realizowane w muzeach
Szanowni Studenci! Pragnę wyjaśnić, że w związku z Zarządzeniami Rektora nr 233 i 234 w sprawie funkcjonowania Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego w okresie stanu epidemii, zajęcia o charakterze praktycznym, które muszą odbywać się stacjonarnie powinny odbywać się na terenie Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. W związku z tym, ćwiczenia terenowe są odwołane, a ekwiwalenty wykopalisk realizowane w muzeum oraz zajęcia warsztatowe (praktyki muzealne) mogą obywać się wyłącznie w Muzeum UW, po uprzednim uzgodnieniu z Prodziekan ds. studenckich. Zasada ta obowiązuje do odwołania lub odpowiednich nowelizacji ww. zarządzeń. Dr hab. Agnieszka Tomas
Online meeting with the 1st year BA students
Dear Students, we are pleased to welcome you to the meeting with the Vice-Dean for Students Affairs and the Head of Studies in English in our Faculty which will be held online here: meet.google.com/tqz-gozf-kii
To remember, you can join the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/358692985345859/
Dr hab. Agnieszka Tomas and Dr Elżbieta Jaskulska