Format:
1 Online-Ressource (280 pages)
ISBN:
9781900971348
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Preliminaries. Context and Objectives -- 1. Introducing De Africa Romaque -- Part I. North Africa before Rome: Indigenous Traditions and their Legacy -- 2. Who shaped Africa? The origins of urbanism and agriculture in Maghreb and Sahara -- 3. Before Greeks and Romans: Eastern Libya and the oases, a brief review of interconnections in the Eastern Sahara -- 4. Burial mounds and state formation in North Africa: a volumetric and energetic approach -- Part II. Planning, Developing, and Transforming the North African Townscape -- 5. Merging technologies in North African ancient architecture: opus quadratum and opus africanum from the Phoenicians to the Romans -- 6. Continuity and change in Hellenistic town planning in Fayum (Egypt): between tradition and innovation -- 7. Quartieri residenziali e aree pubbliche: l'Agorà ed il Ginnasio di Cirene nella Tarda Antichità -- Part III. Perception and Representation of Power, Ethnic and Cultural Identities -- 8. Roman imperialism in Africa from the Third Punic War to the battle of Thapsus (146-46 BC) -- 9. African geography in the triumph of Cornelius Balbus -- 10. A Catholic stronghold? Religious and ethnic identities at Tipasa -- Part IV. Economies across North Africa: Production, Technology, and Trade -- 11. Oil production at Dionysias and in Fayum: tradition and technological innovation across the Ptolemaic and Roman periods -- 12. Les ateliers d'amphores de Zitha et le potentiel économique de la Tripolitaine tunisienne -- 13. Imported building materials in North Africa: brick, stone and the role of return cargoes -- Part V. Creating a Lasting Impression: Architectural and Decorative Motifs
Content:
14. Stones of Memory: the presentation of the individual in the cemeteries of Cyrene -- 15. Beyond Ghirza: Roman-period mausolea in Tripolitania -- 16. Architectural decoration at Sala (Chellah) and in Mauretania Tingitana: Punic-Hellenistic legacies, Roman official art, and local motifs -- 17. Ripresa e continuità di tradizioni ellenistiche nell'architettura enella decorazione architettonica tardoantica in Africa e altreprovince dell'Impero Romano -- 18. Imperial statues in urban contexts in Late Antique North Africa -- Conclusion -- 19. De Africa Romaque: some concluding thoughts
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781900971331
Additional Edition:
Print version Mugnai, Niccolo De Africa Romaque : Merging cultures across North Africa Havertown : Society for Libyan Studies,c2016 ISBN 9781900971331
Language:
English
