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The Roman villa in the Mediterranean basin : late republic to late antiquity /

"The expansion and proliferation of villas into the Mediterranean under Roman hegemony is the topic of this volume. In addition, the historical trajectory of the villa as a formula and phenomenon is outlined for different parts of the empire. Villas - extra-urban, suburban, or seaside country h...

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Group Author: Marzano, Annalisa, 1969; Métraux, Guy P. R
Published: Cambridge University Press,
Publisher Address: Cambridge, United Kingdom :
Publication Dates: 2018.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Architecture, Domestic > Mediterranean Region
Architecture and society > Mediterranean Region
Architecture, Domestic
Architecture, Roman
Classical antiquities
Mediterranean Region > Antiquities, Roman
Mediterranean Region
Summary: "The expansion and proliferation of villas into the Mediterranean under Roman hegemony is the topic of this volume. In addition, the historical trajectory of the villa as a formula and phenomenon is outlined for different parts of the empire. Villas - extra-urban, suburban, or seaside country houses, many with productive estates or facilities contiguous or non-adjacent to them, others purely residential - were unmistakable signs of Roman social and economic presence. Roman villas expanded into Italy and the coasts and inland areas of the mare nostrum (and ultimately into the northwestern pro
Carrier Form: xxxv, 599 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 29 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 498-571) and indexes.
ISBN: 9781107164314 (hardcover : alkaline paper) :
1107164311 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
9781316615942 (paperback)
1316615944 (paperback)
Index Number: DE59
CLC: TU241.1-091.86
K868.3
Call Number: K868.3/R758
Contents: The Roman villa in the Mediterranean : an overview / Annalisa Marzano and Guy P.R. Metraux -- The Roman villa. Definitions and variations / Ursula Rothe -- The villa of the mysteries at Pompeii and the ideals of Hellenistic hospitality / Andrew Wallace-Hadrill -- The building history and aesthetics of the "Villa of Poppaea" at Torre Annunziata : results from the Oplontis Project 2005-2014 / John R. Clarke -- Landscape at the "Villa of Poppaea" (Villa A) at Torre Annunziata / Mantha Zarmakoupi -- The villas of Stabiae / Thomas Noble Howe -- The Roman villa of Postiano / Adele Campanelli, Giov

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