AN ARCHAEOBOTANICAL ANALYSIS ON CHARRED SEEDS RECOVERED FROM A ROMAN HOUSE EXCAVATED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN AREA OF MUNICIPIUM SEPTIMIUM APULENSE (ST FRANCIS OF PAOLA RAVELINE) BEATRICE CIUTĂ Universitatea "1 Decembrie 1918" Alba Iulia, ANCA TIMOFAN Muzeul NaĠional al Unirii Alba Iulia Keywords: archaeobotany, macroremains, Roman civil settlement, Roman legionary fort, archaeological excavation. Cuvinte-cheie: arheobotanică, macroresturi, așezare civilă romană, castru roman de legiune, săpătură arheologică. Introduction The aim of this study is to present the archaeobotanical results carried out on a soil sample picked during archaeological excavation in a roman house from the southeastern area of Municipium Septimium Apulense in 2009 during the Apulum – Alba Carolina Citadel (St. Francis de Paola Raveline) Project. The project aimed to highlight the archaeological and historical potential of the area around the Legio XIII Gemina's fort, given that there were no extensive archaeological investigations to restore and preserve the remains of the Roman period. During archaeological research performed in the mentioned area has been picked a soil sample containing charred seeds. Although the sample offer a short list of species included in the vegetal diet of the roman population from Apulum city, it is important in order to determine which species were cultivated for consumption in the hinterland of Apulum by people who lived in the IInd and IIIrd century in this area. Also, it is worth mentioning that urban archaeobotany hasn’t applied recently in Apulum site except sampling carried out in Liber Pater sanctuary 1 . This leak is mainly due to scarcity of soil sampling from archaeological contexts and also for the low interest of most classical archaeologists for this historical time considering written sources as exhaustive 1 The Apulum Project: Excavations at the Sanctuary of Liber Pater, Alba Iulia, Romania, 1998- 2003. During archaeological researches in 1999 and 2000 performed in Apulum I site soil samples have been picked from the Liber Pater sanctuary and part of the archaeobotanical results have been published in a study dedicated to Liber Pater deity (Ciută 2010, p. 185-194).