A Companion to Roman Architecture

A Companion to Roman Architecture presents a comprehensive review of the critical issues and approaches that have transformed scholarly understanding in recent decades in one easy-to-reference volume. Offers a cross-disciplinary approach to Roman architecture, spanning technology, history, art, politics, and archaeology Brings together contributions by leading scholars in architectural history An essential guide to recent scholarship, covering new archaeological discoveries, lesser known buildings, new technologies and space and construction Includes extensive, up-to-date bibliography and glossary of key Roman architectural terms

A Companion to Roman Architecture presents a comprehensive review of the critical issues and approaches that have transformed scholarly understanding in recent decades in one easy-to-reference volume.* Offers a cross-disciplinary approach to Roman architecture, spanning technology, history, art, politics, and archaeology* Brings together contributions by leading scholars in architectural history* An essential guide to recent scholarship, covering new archaeological discoveries, lesser known buildings, new technologies and space and construction* Includes extensive, up-to-date bibliography and glossary of key Roman architectural terms

List of Illustrations viiiContributors xiiiMaps/General Images xviiiIntroduction 11. Italic Architecture of the Earlier First Millennium BCE6Jeffrey A. Becker2. Rome and Her Neighbors: Greek Building Practices inRepublican Rome 27Penelope J.E. Davies3. Creating Imperial Architecture 45Inge Nielsen4. Columns and Concrete: Architecture from Nero to Hadrian63Caroline K. Quenemoen5. The Severan Period 82Edmund V. Thomas6. The Architecture of Tetrarchy 106Emanuel Mayer7. Architect and Patron 127James C. Anderson, jr.8. Plans, Measurement Systems, and Surveying: The RomanTechnology of Pre-Building 140John R. Senseney9. Materials and Techniques 157Lynne C. Lancaster and Roger B. Ulrich10. Labor Force and Execution 193Rabun Taylor11. Urban Sanctuaries: The Early Republic to Augustus207John W. Stamper12. Monumental Architecture of Non-Urban Cult Places in RomanItaly 228Tesse D. Stek13. Fora 248James F.D. Frakes14. Funerary Cult and Architecture 264Kathryn J. McDonnell15. Building for an Audience: The Architecture of RomanSpectacle 281Hazel Dodge16. Roman Imperial Baths and Thermae 299Fikret K. Yegül17. Courtyard Architecture in the Insulae of Ostia Antica324Roger B. Ulrich18. Domus/Single Family House 342John R. Clarke19. Private Villas: Italy and the Provinces 363Mantha Zarmakoupi20. Romanization 381Louise Revell21. Streets and Facades 399Ray Laurence22. Vitruvius and his Influence 412Ingrid D. Rowland23. Ideological Applications: Roman Architecture and FascistRomanità 426Genevieve S. Gessert24. Visualizing Architecture Then and Now: Mimesis and theCapitoline Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus 446Melanie Grunow Sobocinski25. Conservation 462William AylwardGlossary 480References 501Index 565