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The Aurelian Wall and the Refashioning of Imperial Rome, AD 271-855.
Explores the relationship between the city of Rome and the Aurelian Wall during the six centuries following its construction.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Toward an architectural history of the Aurelian Wall, from its beginnings through the ninth century; 2 Planning, building, rebuilding, and maintenance: the logistical dynamics of a (nearly) interminable project; 3 Motives, meaning, and context: the Aurelian Wall and the late Roman state; 4 The city, the suburbs, and the Wall: the rise of a topographical institution; 5 Sacred geography, interrupted; 6 The Wall and the "Republic of St. Peter"; Conclusion; Appendix A: Numerical data.
- Appendix B: The fourth century revisited: the problem of MaxentiusAppendix C: The post-Honorian additions to the Porta Appia and other fifth- and sixth-century construction; Appendix D: The Aurelian Wall and the refashioning of the western tip of the Campus Martius; Appendix E: The Pons Agrippae and the Pons Aureli: a tale of two bridges; Bibliography; Index.