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Roman Architecture

Lebenswelten: Bilder und Räume in der römischen Stadt der Kaiserzeit
edited by Richard Neudecker and Paul Zanker
Cities under the reign of the Roman Emperors offer numerous possibilities for researching antique urban life. Architecture, pictures, and rituals inform us about the way of life of Roman citizens. This volume presents essays from a symposium by the DAI in Rome and introduces new methodological approaches. They include archaeological, historigraphical, and philological works. 256p (Reichert Verlag 2006)
Paperback. Price GB £42.00

Ancient Roman Gardens
by Linda Farrar
Attractive and readable study of the ancient Roman garden, drawing heavily on the evidence from Pompeii. Farrar extends her investigations from the vegetable patch to the exotic creations of the Imperial period. Planning and architecture, ornamentation and planting, gardening toll and techniques are all examined in readable style and with plenty of illustrations. 237p, col & b/w illus (Sutton 1998, repr 2011)
Paperback. Price GB £21.99

Roman Imperialism and Civic Patronage: Form, Meaning and Ideology in Monumental Fountain Complexes
by Brenda Longfellow
Brenda Longfellow examines one of the features of Roman Imperial cities, the monumental civic fountain. Built in cities throughout the Roman Empire during the first through third centuries AD, these fountains were imposing in size, frequently adorned with grand sculptures and often placed in highly trafficked areas. Over twenty-five of these urban complexes can be associated with emperors. Dr Longfellow situates each of these examples within its ...
Hardback. Price GB £55.00

Emperor and Rome: Space, Representation and Ritual
edited by Bjorn C. Ewald and CarlosF. Norena
The transition from republic to monarchy with the accession of Augustus heralded the transformation not just of the Roman political system but of the city of Rome itself. This volume, addresses three main topics: the impact of imperial building programs on the configuration of space within the city and on the evolution of Rome's urban image; the various ways in which the figure of the emperor himself was represented, both visually and ...
Hardback. Price GB £60.00

Imperium and Cosmos: Augustus and the Northern Campus Martius
by Paul Rehak, edited by John G. Younger
This revealing study looks at Augustus and the image which he promoted, something which the late Paul Rehak argues was considerably more complex and ambiguous than is often assumed. Popular perceptions of Augustus' principate tend to paint a picture of Augustus skillfully veiling his power, taking the title Primus inter Pares, claiming to have restored the Republic and appealing to Rome's traditions. By focusing on the Campus Martius, however, ...
Paperback. Price GB £25.95
Hardback. Price GB £51.50

Living & Working in Roman and Later London: Excavations at 60-63 Fenchurch Street
by Vaughan Birbeck and Jörn Schuster
Excavations in advance of redevelopment for a prestigious office building in the east of the City revealed 10 broad phases of activity, ranging from between the pre-Roman and post-medieval periods, with a focus on the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. Comparison with the adjacent site of Lloyd's Register demonstrates the considerable differences that can occur in the occupation history of two adjacent sites. The volume includes reports on the finds and ...
Hardback. Price GB £10.00

The Roman Forum
by David Watkin
This gloriously provocative book is not by any manner of means a traditional guide to the Forum, but more an act of iconoclasm. Watkin states at the outset that "The end of archaeology's domination of the Forum is long overdue". He wants to draw the attention of the visitor not to the familiar Roman remains, but to the other buildings which co-exist on the same site, early and medieval churches, and Baroque and modern additions. He also stresses ...
Hardback. Price GB £15.99

The Roman Imperial Mausoleum in late Antiquity
by Mark J. Johnson
This work is dedicated to the distinctive mausolea of the later Roman Emperors and Imperial families which took the form of domed rotunda and were constructed between 244 and 450 AD. Johnson provides a synthesis of our existing knowledge, describing the extant remains alongside copious photographs and plans. He also analyses the structures, their evolution and development, and what they symbolise about Roman attitudes to Imperial death and the ...
Hardback. Price GB £64.00

Vitruvius and Later Roman Building Manuals
^BVitruvius and Later Roman Building Manuals by Hugh Plommer A reprint of Hugh Plommer's thesis book. An edition and translation of Faventinus Compendium of Vitruvius De architectura. There is an introductory account of the relationship between Vitruvius and the world of Faventinus and Palladius, both of whom made great use of Vitruvian material, Palladius apparently deriving it exclusively from Faventinus. But they did not borrow it slavishly. ...
Paperback. Price GB £17.99

Thinking about Space
edited by Hannelore Vanhaverbeke, Jeroen Problome, Frank Vermeulen, Marc Waelkens and Raymond Brulet
This connection of papers look at how space was used in the Roman world, with essays divided into larger-scale regional studies, and micro-level local ones. Themes include settlement patterns, the relationship between town and suburb, and on a micro-level form and function of buildings, and the analysis of artefact assemblages. 249p b/w illus 3 col pls (Studies in Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology 8, Brepols 2008)
Price GB £90.00