Architecture and Politics in Republican Rome

This book argues that Republican Rome and its component buildings were inextricably intertwined with government, which they perpetuated and challenged.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. A republic takes shape; 2. An age of individualism, c.338-218 BCE; 3. A state of fear and new horizons, c.217-133 BCE; 4. Turmoil and tension, c.133-90 BCE; 5. Civil war and aftermath, c.89-70 BCE; 6. Pompey, Caesar, and rivals: c.69-55 BCE; 7. Caesar, Pompey, and rivals: c.54-44 BCE; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Penelope J. E. Davies is Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Texas, Austin. She earned her PhD in Classical Archaeology from Yale University, Connecticut. Her work focuses on public monuments of Rome and their propagandistic functions. Author of Death and the Emperor: Roman Imperial Funerary Monuments from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius (Cambridge, 2000), she also co-authored Janson's History of Art, 7th and 8th editions (2006, 2011).

Summary

This book provides a comprehensive account of the relationship between the architecture of Republican Rome and its politics. It covers the early Republic, the plebeians' struggle for equality, the years of Mediterranean expansion, and the gradual unraveling of senatorial control. The book closes with the dictatorship of Caesar, the first Republican to propose large-scale city planning.

Product details

• Authors: Penelope J E Davies, Penelope J. E. Davies, Penelope J. E. (University of Texas Davies, Davies Penelope J. E., PENELOPE J. E. DAVIE
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781107476110
• ISBN: 978-1-107-47611-0
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Architecture, HISTORY / Ancient / General, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, ARCHITECTURE / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, History of Art, Ancient World, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE