Classical

ISBN: 9783777430850
Published by : Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Gottfried Gruben considered himself a historian who, through the methods of architectural history, treated the monument itself as a source, paying special attention to questions of religion and art, which are defining factors of Greek temples. ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783777427553
Published by : Hirmer Verlag GmbH
The classical Greek towns of southern Italy and Sicily first shot to fame as "must sees" on the Grand Tour. Paestum, Segesta, Selinunt and Agrigent had to step in for the ideal of the classical temples of Greece, since the cradle of classical ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841719535
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This work represents a synthesis of the information available on the urban centres of the Roman province of Lusitania. The purpose of the study is to identify the most important cities of Lusitania, using evidence provided by historical sources... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841719740
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
One of the most significant features in the suburbium of Roman cities throughout Italy were the villae suburbanae. Modern scholarship has undertaken a large amount of research into the residential properties and lifestyles of the Roman nobility... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781841719757
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The purpose of this work is to determine the most informative articles and the most effective methods and research approaches to the study of Roman brick stamps covering the former Roman Empire. The different research methods used in different ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788871403137
Published by : Edizioni Quasar di Severino Tognon
This major study looks at housing in Roman Greece from the 1st to the 6th century AD. It challenges existing views that layout and housing arrangments experienced virtually no change as a result of incorporation into the Roman Empire. The basis fo... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780876616451
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Series: Agora Picture Books
Volume: 27
The fifth-century B.C. poet Pindar remarked on the rich sculptural decoration of the Athenian Agora, and, indeed, over 3,500 pieces of various types of sculpture have been uncovered during its excavation. This full-color guide sheds new light o... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842171646
Published by : Oxbow Books
This is an enormous and impressive book that is not only full of facts, but that also solves mysteries. It provides a detailed and lavishly illustrated catalogue of the main monuments of Petra. Then, in seeking the origins of Petra's particula... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780892367757
Published by : Getty Trust Publications
The establishment of the Modern Greek state in the late 1820s, after four centuries of Ottoman rule, marks a crucial advance in the long history of the Greek nation. Inspired by their new sense of nationalism, the Greeks turned to their own ric... .... Learn More