Architecture and Politics in Republican Rome

ISBN-13: 9781107476110 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 376 str.

Penelope J. E. Davies

Opis

This book provides a comprehensive account of the relationship between the architecture of Republican Rome and its politics. It covers the early Republic, the plebeians' struggle for equality, the years of Mediterranean expansion, and the gradual unraveling of senatorial control. The book closes with the dictatorship of Caesar, the first Republican to propose large-scale city planning.

Recenzje

'Davies provides what amounts to a definitive architectural history of republican Rome (509–44 BCE). Distinguishing this volume from previous treatments is not only Davies's comprehensive approach and skilled integration of historical sources alongside presentation of the monuments, but also her inclusion of state-of-the-art illustrations, among them phase plans, digital reconstructions, and photographs, most reproduced in color. What emerges is a gradually evolving urban fabric for the city, one realized not by overarching designs, but rather by piecemeal agency and accretion, prior to the grand integrative schemes imposed during the imperial period. The temples, public spaces, fortifications, theaters, and other monuments that progressively defined the cityscape of Rome during the four centuries of the Republic not only overlay the fortunes of the metropolis itself but reflect the power struggles of class and men of action, culminating in the civil wars and accompanying Rome's transformation to the Empire.' Choice

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. A republic takes shape; 2. An age of individualism, c.338–218 BCE; 3. A state of fear and new horizons, c.217–133 BCE; 4. Turmoil and tension, c.133–90 BCE; 5. Civil war and aftermath, c.89–70 BCE; 6. Pompey, Caesar, and rivals: c.69–55 BCE; 7. Caesar, Pompey, and rivals: c.54–44 BCE; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.