Alexandrian Corinthian Capital and its Role in the Evolution of the Corinthian Order in Hellenistic, Roman, and Late Roman Architecture

Ahmed Bassioni is currently a PhD candidate at Alexandria University. He earned his diploma in 2018 and his MA in 2021 from the Alexandrian Center for Hellenistic Studies. He also works as a part-time translator.

• Preface ; Introduction ; Chapter I ; The Creation of the Alexandrian Corinthian Capital in Context of Hellenistic Architecture ; Corinthian Capitals of the Hellenistic World (Excluding Egypt) ; The Alexandrian Corinthian Capital: Typology and Analysis ; Corinthian, Corinthianized, and Blocked-Out Capitals from the Ptolemaic and Nabataean Kingdoms ; Chapter II ; Italo-Hellenistic, Late Republican, and Roman Imperial Corinthian Capitals ; Italo-Hellenistic and Roman Republican Corinthian Capitals – Examples from Rome and Italy ; Augustan Architecture and the Rise of the Canonical Roman Orthodox Corinthian Capital ; Alexandrian and Egyptian Corinthian Capitals between 1st Century BC and 1st Century AD ; Post-Augustan Corinthian Capitals until the 4th Century AD ; Alexandrian and Egyptian Roman Corinthian Capitals ; Chapter III ; Late Antique Corinthian Capitals from Alexandria and the Byzantine World ; Corinthian, Corinthianized, and Corinthian-related Capitals in Late Antique Alexandria and Egypt ; The Alexandrian Corinthian Capitals in Byzantine Architecture ; Conclusion ; Bibliography ; Appendices