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1 online resource (615 pages)
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1st ed.
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9781118325148
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Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World Series
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Intro -- A Companion to Roman Architecture -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Contributors -- Maps/General Images -- Introduction -- 1 Italic Architecture of the Earlier First Millennium BCE -- Introduction -- 1. Early Domestic Architecture -- 2. Civic Architecture -- 3. Defensive Architecture -- 4. Sacred Architecture -- 5. Conclusions -- Guide to Further Reading -- 2 Rome and Her Neighbors: Greek Building Practices in Republican Rome -- Introduction -- 1. The Rise of Individualism -- 2. Engaging in a Hellenistic Koine : The Effects of Greek Conquest -- 3. 146 BCE and After: The Age of Hermodorus -- 4. The Slow Triumph of Monarchism -- Guide to Further Reading -- 3 Creating Imperial Architecture -- Introduction -- 1. Functions Served by the New Architecture -- 2. Religious Functions: Public Cults and Imperial Cults -- 3. The Domus Augusti and Augustus ' s Buildings on the Campus Martius -- 4. Entertainment -- 5. Hygiene, Sport, and Education -- 6. Conclusion: From Hellenistic and Italic Architecture to Roman Imperial Architecture -- Guide to Further Reading -- 4 Columns and Concrete: Architecture from Nero to Hadrian -- Introduction -- 1. Structure and Construction -- 2. Artifice and Reality -- 3. Designing in Section -- 4. Columns and Concrete -- 5. Conclusion -- Guide to Further Reading -- 5 The Severan Period -- Introduction -- 1. Rome and Ostia -- 2. Eastern and Western Provinces -- 3. Architectural Ornament and the "Marble Style" -- 4. Changing Relations between East and West -- Guide to Further Reading -- 6 The Architecture of Tetrarchy -- Introduction -- 1. Rome and Romans outside Rome -- 2. Rome away from Rome: New Imperial Cities -- 3. "The Emperor Builds for his People": Baths and Circuses -- 4. Imperial Palaces and Political Communication -- 5. Palace Architecture -- 6. Imperial Tombs outside Rome
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2. The Development of Roman Architecture in the Western Provinces -- 3. Regionality in Provincial Architecture -- 4. A Different Approach to Provincial Architecture -- 5. Conclusions -- Guide to Further Reading -- 21 Streets and Facades -- Introduction -- 1. The Layout of Streets -- 2. The Surface and the Width of Streets -- 3. Facades of Buildings and Streets -- 4. Crossroads, Street Furniture, and Signage -- 5. The Monument and the Street -- 6. Changing Streets or the Architecture of Movement in the Roman City -- Guide to Further Reading -- 22 Vitruvius and his Influence -- Guide to Further Reading -- 23 Ideological Applications: Roman Architecture and Fascist Romanità -- Introduction -- 1. Forging a Fascist Style: The Theoretical Debate -- 2. Il Stile Littorio in Practice: The Via dell' Impero 1931-1938 -- 3. Conclusions -- Guide to Further Reading -- 24 Visualizing Architecture Then and Now: Mimesis and the Capitoline Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus -- Introduction: Theorizing Architectural Representation -- 1. Analyzing Ancient Images of Temple Facades -- 2. Debating Plans -- 3. Reconstructing Urban Contexts -- 4. Visualizing Possibilities -- Guide to Further Reading -- 25 Conservation -- Introduction -- 1. The Aesthetics of Roman Architectural Conservation -- 2. Time, Fidelity, and Identity -- 3. Conclusion -- Guide to Further Reading -- Glossary -- References -- Index
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3. The Nature and Planning of Balnea and Thermae -- 4. Water Needs of Thermae -- 5. Administration and Services of Thermae -- 6. Thermae as Educational and Intellectual Institutions -- 7. High Costs of Building the Thermae -- 8. Thermae of Rome -- 8.1. Thermae of Agrippa and the Thermae of Nero -- 8.2. Thermae of Trajan -- 8.3. Thermae of Caracalla and the Thermae of Diocletian -- 9. Display of Art in Thermae -- 10. Thermae in North Africa -- 10.1. Hadrianic Baths, Lepcis Magna -- 10.2. Antonine Thermae, Carthage -- 11. Bath-Gymnasia in Asia Minor -- 11.1. Harbor Bath-Gymnasium, Ephesus -- 11.2. Vedius Bath-Gymnasium, Ephesus and Imperial Bath-Gymnasium, Sardis -- 11.3. Baths and Thermae of Constantinople -- 12. Baths and Thermae in Antioch and Roman Syria -- 13. Baths and Thermae in Late Antique and Christian Worlds -- Guide to Further Reading -- 17 Courtyard Architecture in the Insulae of Ostia Antica -- Introduction -- 1. Representative Examples -- 1.1. Caseggiato dei Triclini (Ostia I, XII, 1, original construction circa 120 CE) -- 1.2. Horrea Epagathiana (I, VIII, 3, 137-138 CE -- Figure 17.4) -- 2. Distribution of Insulae by Time and Place -- 3. Notes on the Origin of the Insula with a Cortile Porticato -- Guide to Further Reading -- 18 Domus/Single Family House -- Introduction -- 1. Form and Function in the Traditional Domus (circa 300-150 BC) -- 1.1. Evidence from Pompeii -- 2. Form and Function in the Domus -with- Peristyle (circa 150 BC -350 CE) -- 2.1. Post-Pompeian versions of the domus -- 3. Systems of Decoration -- Guide to Further Reading -- 19 Private Villas: Italy and the Provinces -- Introduction -- 1. What is a Roman Villa? -- 2. Designing the Villa -- Guide to Further Reading -- 20 Romanization -- Introduction: Interpreting Cultural Change and Material Culture -- 1. The Evidence: Potentials and Problems
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7. A Retirement Palace -- 8. An Imperial Villa for a Military Emperor -- 9. The Tetrarchic Paradigm and Rome -- 10. Epilogue: Constantine and the TetrarchicTradition -- Guide to Further Reading -- 7 Architect and Patron -- Introduction -- Guide to Further Reading -- 8 Plans, Measurement Systems, and Surveying: The Roman Technology of Pre-Building -- Introduction -- 1. Models and Plans -- 2. Scale Planning and the Shape of Order -- 3. Measure and Commensuration -- 4. The Shaping of Ordered Space -- Guide to Further Reading -- 9 Materials and Techniques -- Introduction -- 1. Geography and Chronology: The Environment of Rome and Italy -- 2. The Development of Materials in Central Italy -- 3. Materials by Type: Timber -- 4. Materials by Type: Brick and Tile -- 5. Materials by Type: Stone and Marble -- 6. Materials by Type: Mortar and Concrete -- 7. Materials by Type: Stucco -- 8. Materials by Type: Metal -- 9. Materials by Type: Glass -- 10. Selecting the Right Material -- 11. Foundations, Footings, and Substructures -- 12. Floors: Contignatio and Suspensurae -- 13. Walls - Special Techniques -- 14. Spanning Spaces: Trabeated Architecture -- 15. Spanning Spaces: Arches and Vaulting -- 16. Integration of Diverse Materials and Structural Components -- 17. Building Techniques Characteristic of the Roman Provinces: Greece and Asia Minor -- 18. Building Techniques Characteristic of the Roman Provinces: Egypt -- 19. Building Techniques Characteristic of the Roman Provinces: North Africa -- 20. Building Techniques Characteristic of the Roman Provinces: Europe and Britain -- 21. Summary: Roman Contributions -- Guide to Further Reading -- 10 Labor Force and Execution -- Introduction -- 1. Off-Site Labor -- 1.1. Bricks and roof tiles -- 1.2. Prestige marbles -- 2. On-Site Labor -- 2.1. Military building -- 3. Process -- 3.1. Modeling construction projects
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Guide to Further Reading -- 11 Urban Sanctuaries: The Early Republic to Augustus -- Introduction -- 1. The Temple of Capitoline Jupiter and Its Influence -- 2. Hellenistic Influences in the Second Century BCE: The Ionic Order -- 3. Hellenistic Influences in the First Century BCE: The Corinthian Order -- 4. The Temple and Forum in First-Century-BCE Rome -- 5. Urban Sanctuaries in the Time of Augustus -- Guide to Further Reading -- 12 Monumental Architecture of Non-Urban Cult Places in Roman Italy -- Introduction -- 1. From Sacred Natural Places to Monumentality -- 2. Monumental Building between Global and Local -- 3. The Relationship between Cult Place and Community -- 4. Latium: The Sanctuary of Hercules Victor at Tibur -- 5. Samnium: The Sanctuaries of Pietrabbondante and S. Giovanni in Galdo, Colle Rimontato -- 6. Lucania: The Sanctuaries of Serra Lustrante d'Armento and Rossano di Vaglio -- 7. Conclusion -- Guide to Further Reading -- 13 Fora -- Introduction -- 1. The Forum as Considered by Vitruvius -- 2. The Development of the Western Forum -- 3. The Forum Romanum as Symbolic Space -- 4. Forum Plazas in the West: Case Studies of Architectural Experience -- Guide to Further Reading -- 14 Funerary Cult and Architecture -- Introduction -- 1. A Landscape of Tombs -- 2. Funerary Cult -- 3. Why Build a Tomb? -- 4. The Necropolis of Isola Sacra -- Guide to Further Reading -- 15 Building for an Audience: The Architecture of Roman Spectacle -- Introduction: Forms of Entertainment Buildings -- 1. Locating Spectacle: The Structure and Context of Venues -- 2. Designing for an Audience: Structure, Materials, and Amenities -- 3. Entertaining the Roman World: Hierarchy, Patronage, and Display -- Guide to Further Reading -- 16 Roman Imperial Baths and Thermae -- Introduction -- 1. Thermae and Balneae -- 2. Popularity and Importance of Bathing
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