Description |
143 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 21 cm |
Contents |
The Roman Republic Begins to Assert Itself -- Toward an Empire -- 27 B.C. -- A.D. 96, The Empire's Beginning and Establishment -- The Pax Augusta: Ideology and Propaganda -- The Augustan Style -- A Portrait of Augustus -- The Ara Pacis -- Artistic Craftwork -- Livia's Villa -- The Provinces: Narbonesis Gaul -- Portraits of the Julio-Claudian Family -- Nero and the Domus Aurea -- The Flavian Dynasty: A Turning Point for the Principate -- Flavian Art -- Pompeii -- Styles of Pompeii -- The Arch of Titus and the Historic Roman Relief -- Bread and Circuses -- The Colosseum -- A.D. 96-192, The Height of the Empire: From Trajan to the Antonines -- Trajan the Optimus Princeps -- The Trajan Forum and Market -- The Provinces: Hispania -- Hadrian's Villa -- Hadrian and Antinous -- Urban and Architectural Development -- Palmyra -- The Eastern Rites: Isis -- Marble Funeral Monuments and Sarcophagi -- Mosaics and Stuccowork -- A Golden Age of Justice and Well-being -- The Antonine Column -- Marcus Aurelius -- A Turning Point during the Reign of Commodus -- The Portraits of Fayyum -- A.D. 192-305, Crisis in the Empire: From the Severans to the Tetrarchy -- A Turning Point for the Military -- Lepcis Magna -- Sculpture in Rome and Africa -- Portraits and Sarcophagi -- The Catacombs -- The Baths of Caracalla -- Invasions and Disorder -- Rome as Fortress: The Aurelian Walls -- The Tetrarchy: Toward a New Peace -- The Baths of Diocletian -- Diocletian's Reforms -- A.D. 305-565, The Fall of the Empire: Epilogue to an Ancient World. |
Note |
Includes indexes. |
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Translation of: Roma antica. |
Processing Action |
cat o stacks classics pcc 20030520 rlm UPB |
Subject |
Art, Roman.
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Architecture -- Rome.
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Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
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Added Author |
Peccatori, Stefano.
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Zuffi, Stefano, 1961-
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Added Title |
Roma antica. English
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ISBN |
0892366567 |
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9780892366569 |
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