Roman Republican Villas
| Author | : Jeffrey A. Becker |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Architecture, Domestic |
| ISBN | : 9780472117703 |
Multidisciplinary essays on early villa culture and architecture in Republican Italy
Roman Republican Villas
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The Roman Villa in the Mediterranean Basin
| Author | : Annalisa Marzano |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 650 |
| Release | : 2018-04-30 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 1316730611 |
This volume offers a comprehensive survey of Roman villas in Italy and the Mediterranean provinces of the Roman Empire, from their origins to the collapse of the Empire. The architecture of villas could be humble or grand, and sometimes luxurious. Villas were most often farms where wine, olive oil, cereals, and manufactured goods, among other products, were produced. They were also venues for hospitality, conversation, and thinking on pagan, and ultimately Christian, themes. Villas spread as the Empire grew. Like towns and cities, they became the means of power and assimilation, just as infrastructure, such as aqueducts and bridges, was transforming the Mediterranean into a Roman sea. The distinctive Roman/Italian villa type was transferred to the provinces, resulting in Mediterranean-wide culture of rural dwelling and work that further unified the Empire.
The Roman Villa
| Author | : Alfred Frazer |
| Publisher | : UPenn Museum of Archaeology |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 1998-01-29 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780924171598 |
This edited volume, based on the first Williams Symposium on Classical Architecture, held at the University of Pennsylvania in April 1990, focuses on the theme of the well-appointed Roman country house. Using archaeological and textual evidence, the chapters address issues of villa composition, economy, and society. The volume also explores the possible reasons that Greeks did not embrace the villa lifestyle as the Romans so eagerly did. Finally, this book provides a promising foundation for future studies of the nature of the villa phenomenon. Contributors: Lisa Fentress, Chrystina Häuber, Adolf Hoffmann, Ann Kuttner, Hans Lauter, Guy Metraux, Richard Neudecker, Andrew Wallace-Hadrill. Symposium Series 9 University Museum Monograph, 101
Gardens of the Roman Empire
| Author | : Wilhelmina F. Jashemski |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 656 |
| Release | : 2017-12-28 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 1108327036 |
In Gardens of the Roman Empire, the pioneering archaeologist Wilhelmina F. Jashemski sets out to examine the role of ancient Roman gardens in daily life throughout the empire. This study, therefore, includes for the first time, archaeological, literary, and artistic evidence about ancient Roman gardens across the entire Roman Empire from Britain to Arabia. Through well-illustrated essays by leading scholars in the field, various types of gardens are examined, from how Romans actually created their gardens to the experience of gardens as revealed in literature and art. Demonstrating the central role and value of gardens in Roman civilization, Jashemski and a distinguished, international team of contributors have created a landmark reference work that will serve as the foundation for future scholarship on this topic. An accompanying digital catalogue will be made available at: www.gardensoftheromanempire.org.
The Socio-Economics of Roman Storage
| Author | : Astrid Van Oyen |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 303 |
| Release | : 2020-05-14 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1108851452 |
In a pre-industrial world, storage could make or break farmers and empires alike. How did it shape the Roman empire? The Socio-Economics of Roman Storage cuts across the scales of farmer and state to trace the practical and moral reverberations of storage from villas in Italy to silos in Gaul, and from houses in Pompeii to warehouses in Ostia. Following on from the material turn, an abstract notion of 'surplus' makes way for an emphasis on storage's material transformations (e.g. wine fermenting; grain degrading; assemblages forming), which actively shuffle social relations and economic possibilities, and are a sensitive indicator of changing mentalities. This archaeological study tackles key topics, including the moral resonance of agricultural storage; storage as both a shared and a contested concern during and after conquest; the geography of knowledge in domestic settings; the supply of the metropolis of Rome; and the question of how empires scale up. It will be of interest to scholars and students of Roman archaeology and history, as well as anthropologists who study the links between the scales of farmer and state.
A Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman Republic
| Author | : Jane DeRose Evans |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 655 |
| Release | : 2013-03-29 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1118557166 |
A Companion to the Archaeology of the Roman Republic offers a diversity of perspectives to explore how differing approaches and methodologies can contribute to a greater understanding of the formation of the Roman Republic. Brings together the experiences and ideas of archaeologists from around the world, with multiple backgrounds and areas of interest Offers a vibrant exploration of the ways in which archaeological methods can be used to explore different elements of the Roman Republican period Demonstrates that the Republic was not formed in a vacuum, but was influenced by non-Latin-speaking cultures from throughout the Mediterranean region Enables archaeological thinking in this area to be made accessible both to a more general audience and as a valuable addition to existing discourse Investigates the archaeology of the Roman Republican period with reference to material culture, landscape, technology, identity and empire
Greek Myths in Roman Art and Culture
| Author | : Zahra Newby |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 409 |
| Release | : 2016-09-15 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : 1107072247 |
A new reading of the portrayal of Greek myths in Roman art, revealing important shifts in Roman values and identities.
Cosa and the Colonial Landscape of Republican Italy (Third and Second Centuries BCE)
| Author | : Andrea De Giorgi |
| Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
| Total Pages | : 311 |
| Release | : 2019-11-20 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0472131540 |
This important new volume examines archaeological evidence of Roman colonization of the Middle Republican period. Themes of land use, ethnic accommodation and displacement, colonial identity, and administrative schemes are also highlighted. In delving deeply into the uniqueness of select colonial contexts, these essays invite a novel discussion on the phenomenon of colonialism in the political landscape of Rome’s early expansion. Roman urbanism of the Middle Republican period brought to the Italian peninsula fundamental changes, an important example of which, highlighted by a wealth of studies, is the ebullience of a dense network of colonies, as well as a mix of senatorial tactics and individual initiatives that underpinned their foundation. Whether Latin, Roman, or Maritimae, colonies created a new mesh of communities and imposed a new topography; more subtly, they signified the mechanisms of the rising hegemony. This book brings to the fore the diversity, agendas, and overall impact of a “settlement device” that changed the Italian landscape and introduced a new idea of Roman town.
Roman Villas in Central Italy
| Author | : Annalisa Marzano |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 842 |
| Release | : 2007-08-31 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9047421221 |
This volume, which was awarded Honorable Mention and a Silver Medal from the Premio Romanistico Internationazionale Gérard Boulvert, investigates the socio-economic role of elite villas in Roman Central Italy drawing on both documentary sources and material evidence. Through the composite picture emerging from the juxtaposition of literary texts and archaeological evidence, the book traces elite ideological attitudes and economic behavior, caught between what was morally acceptable and the desire to invest capital intelligently. The analysis of the biases affecting the application of modern historiographical models to the interpretation of the archaeology frames the discussion on the identification of slave quarters in villas and the putative second century crisis of the Italian economy. The book brings an innovative perspective to the debate on the villa-system and the decline of villas in the imperial period.
Architectural Terracottas from the Regia
| Author | : Susan B. Downey |
| Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
| Total Pages | : 164 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780472105717 |
The Regia was the house of the Pontifex Maximus, Rome's High Priest, who lived in the Forum. The men who held this office played an important role in the life of the Roman state for centuries: the earliest Regia dates to the seventh century B.C.E., and it was rebuilt frequently. Susan B. Downey has extensively studied the sixth-century phase of the building, and in this valuable work she lays out the scheme for the architectural terracottas. These fragments allow the reconstruction of almost the entire decorative system for the building. Art historians and archaeologists will welcome this book. It also contains much of interest for Roman social historians and for students and scholars of early Italy and its communities.
