Christopher Siwicki is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, having also held the Rome Fellowship at the British School at Rome and the Grete Sondheimer Fellowship at the Warburg Institute. His research revolves around Roman architecture, in particular, how the ancients themselves perceived, experienced, and thought about the buildings around them.

Christopher Siwicki presents research that is both innovative and convincing, in which he meticulously interprets the selected archaeological and textual evidence. His remarkably structured study allows him to clarify his assumptions, on the one hand of innovative restoration and on the other of a categorical separation between the historical value and the physical structure of Roman buildings. In this, he outlines a coherent approach to the restoration of public buildings in Rome during the six decades between 64 and 120 AD. AD, despite the difficulty of the subject.

• Frontmatter List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations 0: Introduction: Starting from an Unexpected Premise 1: Definitions and Parameters Architectural history in ancient Rome Scholarship on architectural restoration Defining heritage The building site that was Rome The architectural spirit of the age 2: Restoration: Why, Who, How No ruins in Rome Agency in design Patrons and architects The role of emperors Innovative restoration Architectural continuity 3: The Restorations of the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus Part 1: Four temples Uncertain plans: substructures and superstructures Catulus' temple Vespasian's temple Domitian's temple Part 2: Building on the same footprint Architecture and religion Haruspices and building Vestinus' decision to assemble the haruspices A historic building in a modern guise 4: The Casa Romuli Anomaly The two homes of Romulus The peculiar appearance of the casa Romuli The casa Romuli and Augustan ideology Huts as exempla The wooden bridge over the Tiber Conclusion 5: Ancient Responses to Restoration Silent structures Jupiter Capitolinus, the people's temple Cicero on the Capitolium Martial on the Capitolium Architecture and morality Plutarch on the Capitolium Conclusion 6: Roman Thoughts on the Rebuilding of Rome Seneca on the fires of Lyon and Rome Martial's building site Tacitus on the destruction of Rome Irreplaceable losses Shade and oppression in rebuilt Rome A better city Conclusion 7: Conclusion Where next: a tentative idea? Endmatter Bibliography Index

Christopher Siwicki is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, having also held the Rome Fellowship at the British School at Rome and the Grete Sondheimer Fellowship at the Warburg Institute. His research revolves around Roman architecture, in particular, how the ancients themselves perceived, experienced, and thought about the buildings around them.

Christopher Siwicki presents research that is both innovative and convincing, in which he meticulously interprets the selected archaeological and textual evidence. His remarkably structured study allows him to clarify his assumptions, on the one hand of innovative restoration and on the other of a categorical separation between the historical value and the physical structure of Roman buildings. In this, he outlines a coherent approach to the restoration of public buildings in Rome during the six decades between 64 and 120 AD. AD, despite the difficulty of the subject.

• Frontmatter List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations 0: Introduction: Starting from an Unexpected Premise 1: Definitions and Parameters Architectural history in ancient Rome Scholarship on architectural restoration Defining heritage The building site that was Rome The architectural spirit of the age 2: Restoration: Why, Who, How No ruins in Rome Agency in design Patrons and architects The role of emperors Innovative restoration Architectural continuity 3: The Restorations of the Temple of Jupiter Capitolinus Part 1: Four temples Uncertain plans: substructures and superstructures Catulus' temple Vespasian's temple Domitian's temple Part 2: Building on the same footprint Architecture and religion Haruspices and building Vestinus' decision to assemble the haruspices A historic building in a modern guise 4: The Casa Romuli Anomaly The two homes of Romulus The peculiar appearance of the casa Romuli The casa Romuli and Augustan ideology Huts as exempla The wooden bridge over the Tiber Conclusion 5: Ancient Responses to Restoration Silent structures Jupiter Capitolinus, the people's temple Cicero on the Capitolium Martial on the Capitolium Architecture and morality Plutarch on the Capitolium Conclusion 6: Roman Thoughts on the Rebuilding of Rome Seneca on the fires of Lyon and Rome Martial's building site Tacitus on the destruction of Rome Irreplaceable losses Shade and oppression in rebuilt Rome A better city Conclusion 7: Conclusion Where next: a tentative idea? Endmatter Bibliography Index