From Mycenae to Constantinople: The Evolution of the Ancient City

ISBN-13: 9780415059985 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 256 str.

R. A. Tomlinson;Tomlinson Richa

Opis

Tomlinson presents studies of selected ancient cities, ranging from the earliest development of urban architecture in Europe to the imperial cities of Rome and Constantinople. It gives an account of their architecture, not merely from the art historical point of view, but as an expression of the social organisation, and political systems employed by the people who lived in them.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements 1 INTRODUCTION: CITIES AND THEIR CREATORS 2 BUILDINGS: TYPES AND FUNCTIONS 3 MYCENAE: THE FORERUNNERS 4 ATHENS AND PIRAEUS 5 CORINTH 6 PRIENE 7 ALEXANDRIA 8 PERGAMON 9 THESSALONIKE 10 CYRENE 11 ROME 12 POMPEII 13 LEPCIS MAGNA 14 PALMYRA 15 EPILOGUE: CONSTANTINOPLE

O autorze

Richard Tomlinson is Professor of Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham.