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  • 3 - Technology of Building

  • Fikret Yegül, University of California, Santa Barbara, Diane Favro, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Book:
    Roman Architecture and Urbanism
    Published online:
    21 August 2019
    Print publication:
    05 September 2019, pp 112-185

  • Summary

    “Just compare the vast array of indispensable structures carrying so much water with the idle pyramids [of the Egyptians], or the famous but useless monuments of the Greeks!” (De Aq.1.16). With these enthusiastic words, Sextus Julius Frontinus, the water commissioner of Rome in the early second century, provides poetic endorsement to the widely held view that Romans had far more interest in solving the practical needs of its citizens than creating aesthetically pleasing, but functionally useless, artistic monuments ().

Roman Architecture and Urbanism
  • From the Origins to Late Antiquity
  • Fikret Yegül, Diane Favro
  • Published online:
    21 August 2019
    Print publication:
    05 September 2019
  • Since antiquity, Roman architecture and planning have inspired architects and designers. In this volume, Diane Favro and Fikret Yegül offer a comprehensive history and analysis of the Roman built environment, emphasizing design and planning aspects of buildings and streetscapes. They explore the dynamic evolution and dissemination of architectural ideas, showing how local influences and technologies were incorporated across the vast Roman territory. They also consider how Roman construction and engineering expertise, as well as logistical proficiency, contributed to the making of bold and exceptional spaces and forms. Based on decades of first-hand examinations of ancient sites throughout the Roman world, from Britain to Syria, the authors give close accounts of many sites no longer extant or accessible. Written in a lively and accessible manner, Roman Architecture and Urbanism affirms the enduring attractions of Roman buildings and environments and their relevance to a global view of architecture. It will appeal to readers interested in the classical world and the history of architecture and urban design, as well as wide range of academic fields. With 835 illustrations including numerous new plans and drawings as well as digital renderings.

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