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Author:

Raja, Rubina, 1975- author.

Title:

Urban development and regional identity in the eastern Roman provinces, 50 BC-AD 250 : Aphrodisias, Ephesos, Athens, Gerasa / Rubina Raja.

Publisher:

Museum Tusculanum Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

xvii, 273 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color), plans (some color) ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Urbanization--Rome--Provinces.
City planning--Rome--Provinces.
Roman provinces--Middle East--Social conditions.

Notes:

Author's revised and updated thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-261) and index.

Contents:

1. Introduction -- 2. Aphrodisias. The history and archaeology of the urban development of Aphrodisias from the late republican period to the mid-third century AD : General topography and the history of the town ; The urban plan in brief ; C. Julius Zoilos and the urban development of Aphrodisias in the late republican and early imperial periods ; The chronology of the urban development -- The development of the major public spaces in Aphrodisias : The North Agora ; The South Agora ; The Sanctuary of Aphrodite ; The theatre and associated complexes ; The Sebasteion -- Public spaces and regional identity in Aphrodisias -- 3. Ephesos. Ephesos in the late republican period -- Ephesos from the reign of Augustus to the mid-third century AD -- Urban development in the late republican and early imperial periods : General topography and the urban plan ; The Upper Agora ; The lower city ; The Tetragonos Agora ; Other building projects of the late republican and early imperial periods -- Urban development from the first century to the mid-third century AD : The first neokoros temple ; The so-called Verulanus Gymnasium and Baths ; Other building projects -- Urban development and regional identity in Ephesos.
4. Athens. Athens: historical outline -- General topography and the urban plan -- The Athenian agora and the Acropolis: developments of the late republican and imperial periods : The Odeion of Agrippa ; The Temple of Ares and other relocated monuments ; The annex to the Stoa of Zeus ; The Library of Pantainos ; Dedications to the emperior in the Athenian agora and on the Acropolis -- Other developments of the imperial period : The Roman Agora ; The 'Arcuated Building' ; Other developments -- Athens in the Hadrianic period : The Library of Hadrian ; The Sanctuary of Olympian Zeus (the Olympieion) ; The Panhellenion ; Herodes Atticus and his benefactions -- The development of public spaces and regional identity in Athens -- 5. Gerasa. General topography and the urban plan -- The history and urban development of Gerasa in the late Hellenistic and early imperial periods ; The history and urban development of Gerasa from the mid-first century AD to the mid-third century AD : History ; Urban development -- The architectural development of the Sanctuary of Zeus -- The architectural development of the Sanctuary of Artemis -- Regional identity and urban development in Gerasa -- 6. Regional identity and urban development in the eastern Roman provinces: synthesis and comparison. The cities and their development -- Agoras -- Basilicas, freestanding stoas, porticoes and colonnaded streets -- Streets ; City walls -- The main urban sanctuaries : Aphrodisias and Gerasa ; Ephesos and Athens -- Theatres -- Bouleuteria and odeia -- Baths -- Stadia, hippodromes and circuses -- Arches and gates.

ISBN:

8763526069
9788763526067

OCLC:

(OCoLC)781776585

LCCN:

2012422107

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)