The Architecture of the Roman World

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Throughout the greater Mediterranean world, the remains of Roman monuments can be found in cities and rural areas, displaying the range of architectural imagination and engineering prowess of the Roman Empire. This volume offers a comprehensive overview of architecture throughout the Roman realm. Providing historical context as it relates to key monuments, Fikret Yegül and Diane Favro explore Roman building construction and technology and emphasize how much the Roman architectural tradition owes to the achievements and traditions of indigenous peoples across three continents, leading to an insightful understanding of the concept of 'Romanization.' They also examine architecture in rural environments and buildings for all social classes and genders, while investigating how events and policies, as well as available technologies and materials, shaped design and the built environment. Clearly written and richly illustrated with over 400 images, this book offers a multi-dimensional overview of the Roman built environment and its unique architectural vision and perspective.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-11-30
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor436
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781009611329

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Fikret Yegül is Distinguished Professor of Architecture, emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara. A member of the Sardis Archaeological Expedition since 1963, he is the author of Baths and Bathing in Classical Antiquity (1992), which won the Alice D. Hitchcok Award from the Society of Architectural Historians, and, with Diane Favro, Roman Architecture and Urbanism (2019), which received a PROSE award from the American Association of Publishers. Diane Favro is Professor of Architecture and Urban Design emerita at the University of California, Los Angeles, former President and Fellow of the Society of Architectural Historians, and a former Samuel H. Kress Professor at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Author of The Urban Image of Augustan Rome (1996), Favro pioneered the use of digital visualizations in Roman studies. She is co-author, with Fikret Yegül, of Roman Architecture and Urban Design (2019) and The Temple of Artemis at Sardis (2025).

Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The Republic: Architecture in Rome and Surroundings; 2. Republican Italy: Cities and Buildings; 3. Residential Architecture; 4. From Republic to Empire: Julius Caesar, Augustus and the Julio-Claudians; 5. The Flavian Interlude: Vespasian, Titus, and Domitian; 6. Imperial Architecture in Rome from Trajan through the Antonines; 7. Architecture and Planning in Italy and the Western Provinces: From the Republic to the Empire; 8. Architecture and Planning in North Africa; 9. Greece under Roman Rule; 10. Asia Minor; 11. The Roman Near East; 12. Late Empire in Rome and the Provinces: From the Severans to Constantine; 13. Technology of Building; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.