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The Origins of Concrete Construction in Roman Architecture : Technology and Society in Republican Italy
Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Plates -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- One Introduction -- Aims and Methods -- Ground Rules: The Building Industry of Republican Rome and Italy -- Basic Terms and Definitions: What Is Roman Con...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
: Cambridge University Press
, 2021
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=6653901 |
| E-Book Packages: | ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection |
| Summary: | Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Plates -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- One Introduction -- Aims and Methods -- Ground Rules: The Building Industry of Republican Rome and Italy -- Basic Terms and Definitions: What Is Roman Concrete? -- The Structura Caementorum in Republican Architecture: Techniques and Processes -- Dating Concrete Construction: A New Typological Approach -- The Structure of the Book -- Two Deconstructing Roman Concrete -- Roman Concrete and Roman Culture: Words and Things -- Roman Concrete and Roman Imperialism: Modern Perceptions -- Roman Concrete and Identity Construction: Ancient Representations -- Conclusions -- Three A New Date for Concrete in Rome -- At the Roots of Roman Republican Architecture -- The Local Environment: Sources of Building Materials in the Region of Rome -- Dating Early Concrete Construction in Rome: The Problem of the Porticus Aemilia -- Redating the Early Development of Concrete Construction in Rome: The Public Monuments -- Archaeometric Evidence on the Early Development of Mortars in Public Building -- Redating the Early Development of Concrete Construction in Rome: The Houses -- The Social and Cultural Context of the Technological Innovation -- Conclusions -- Four A View from the Suburbium -- Roman Republican Villas and Technological Innovation: Previous Approaches -- Agricultural Intensification and the Supply of Lime -- Building Techniques in the Volcanic Region: Villa Architecture in the Environs of Rome -- Concrete Construction and Urban Development in the Limestone Region: Tibur -- Building Techniques and Republican Villas in the Ager Tiburtinus -- The Villa Architecture of the Ager Tiburtinus in its Regional Setting -- Conclusions -- Five Building Samnite Pompeii -- Pre-Roman Pompeii and Roman Republican Architecture. Building Materials and the Architectural History of Pre-Roman Pompeii -- Reframing the Limestone Period -- The Origins of Cemented-Rubble Construction in Pompeian Houses: Materials and Processes -- The Diffusion of Concrete Technology in Public Building -- Technology and Socioeconomic Status: The Innovation of Concrete Construction in Pompeii -- Pompeian Concrete Construction in Its Regional Context -- Conclusions -- Six Colonial Networks -- Roman Urbanism and Roman Expansion: Reorienting the Perspective -- Background: The Making of Mid-Republican Colonies -- The Urban Development of Mid-Republican Colonies: Norba and Fregellae -- The Early Development of Concrete Construction at Cosa -- Comparative Evidence from Roman Colonies (c. 200-150 BCE) -- A Tale of Two Cities: Pozzolanic Mortars at Puteoli and Aquileia -- Conclusions -- Seven Conclusion -- Appendix Catalog of Sites -- Glossary -- Bibliography and Abbreviations -- Index. A study of the innovation and transfer of the building technology at the root of ancient Rome's architectural revolution |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (336 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781108997676 |
