Roman villas : a study in social structure / / J.T. Smith ; drawings by A.T. Adams

• Autore: Smith J. T (John Thomas), <1922->
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1997
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxxiii, 378 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 722.7; 728/.09376; 937
• Soggetto topico: Architecture, Domestic - Rome; Architecture, Roman - Europe; Architecture and society - Rome
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-339) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS
• Sommario/riassunto: Roman Villas explores the social structures of the Roman world by analysing the plans of buildings of all sizes from slightly Romanized farms to palaces. The ways in which the rooms are grouped together; how they intercommunicate; and the ways in which individual rooms and the house are approached, reveal various social patterns, which question traditional ideas about the Roman family and household. J. T. Smith argues that virtually all houses were occupied by groups of varying composition, challenging the received wisdom that they were single family houses whose size reflected only t
• Titolo autorizzato: Roman villas
• ISBN: 1-134-70535-2; 0-7478-0600-4; 1-280-33476-2; 0-203-00405-1; 0-203-27065-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818905103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II