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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453946103321

Autore

Thomas Edmund

Titolo

Monumentality and the Roman Empire [[electronic resource] ] : architecture in the Antonine age / / Edmund Thomas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

0-19-191768-0

1-281-34175-4

9786611341756

1-4416-0721-8

0-19-155843-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (405 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

722.7

Soggetti

Architecture, Roman

Monuments - Rome

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; List of Maps; Abbreviations; Glossary; INTRODUCTION; PART I: MONUMENTAL FORM; PART II: MONUMENTS OF CITY AND EMPIRE; PART III: MONUMENTS AND MEMORY; PART IV: RESPONSES TO MONUMENTS; GENERAL CONCLUSION; MAPS; APPENDICES; TABLES; INDEXES

Sommario/riassunto

'Monumentality and the Roman Age' presents a study of the concept of monumentality in classical antiquity, asks what it is that the notion encompasses and how significant it was for the Romans themselves in moulding their individual or collective aspirations and identities.