(Re)using Ruins: Public Building in the Cities of the Late Antique West, A.D. 300-600

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

Del 3 i serien Late Antique Archaeology (Supplementary Series)

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Beskrivning

In (Re)using Ruins, Douglas Underwood presents a new account of the use and reuse of Roman urban public monuments in a crucial period of transition, A.D. 300-600. Commonly seen as a period of uniform decline for public building, especially in the western half of the Mediterranean, (Re)using Ruins shows a vibrant, yet variable, history for these structures.Douglas Underwood establishes a broad catalogue of archaeological evidence (supplemented with epigraphic and literary testimony) for the construction, maintenance, abandonment and reuses of baths, aqueducts, theatres, amphitheatres and circuses in Italy, southern Gaul, Spain, and North Africa, demonstrating that the driving force behind the changes to public buildings was largely a combined shift in urban ideologies and euergetistic practices in Late Antique cities.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-04-18
Mått:155 x 235 x 11 mm
Vikt:908 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Late Antique Archaeology (Supplementary Series)
Antal sidor:270
Förlag:Brill
ISBN:9789004319691

Utforska kategorier

Arkitektur inom Kultur
Arkeologiska perioder och områden inom Historia och arkeologi
Forntidens historia inom Historia och arkeologi

Mer om författaren

Douglas Underwood, Ph.D. (2015), University of St Andrews, is an independent scholar, focusing on Roman and late antique urbanism. He has published articles and book chapters on aspects of that research including spolia, fortifications and public monuments.

Recensioner i media

"This book is innovative and underlines transformations in the late antique Mediterranean area. Its approach to reuse is rich, full of nuance, and based on a subtle analysis of all archaeological data. [...] There is no doubt this book will become a reference for the evolutionary processes of public buildings during Late Antiquity". Blaise Pichon, in Bryn Mawr Classical Review , 13.07.2020.

Innehållsförteckning

ForewordList of IllustrationsAbbreviationsIntroductionMethods and Structure: CoverageMethods and Structure: Approach and EvidenceMethods and Structure: Definitions1 Late Antiquity and the CityHistorical BackgroundUrban Evolutions in Late AntiquityConclusions2 Baths, Aqueducts and WaterIntroductionEarly Imperial Baths and AqueductsBaths in Late AntiquityAqueducts in Late AntiquityTrends and CausesConclusions3 Spectacle BuildingsIntroductionEarly Imperial Spectacle BuildingsSpectacle Buildings in Late AntiquityTrends and CausesConclusions4 Reuse and Public BuildingsPast StudyReuse in the Early EmpireConceptualising and Categorising ReuseThe Reuse of Public Architecture in the Late Antique West, ca.300–600Overall Trends 165Reuse and the Late Antique CityConclusions5 Analysis and DiscussionExplanations for the Demise and Reuse of this Group of PublicbuildingsPublic Buildings and the Late Antique CityConclusionAppendix I: Timeline of Dates and EventsAppendix II: Benefaction in the Western EmpireAppendix III: TablesBibliographyAncient Textual EditionsModern SourcesIndex