A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome - Hardcover

Richardson Jr, L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801843006 ISBN 13: 9780801843006

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992

Synopsis

A Choice magazine Outstanding Academic Title

The first such dictionary since that of Platner and Ashby in 1929, A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome defines and describes the known buildings and monuments, as well as the geographical and topographical features, of ancient Rome. It provides a concise history of each, with measurements, dates, and citations of significant ancient and modern sources.

About this title

About the Author

L. Richardson, Jr is James B. Duke Professor of Latin at Duke University. His books include New Topigraphical History of Ancient Rome, also available form Johns Hopkins.

Reviews

All concerned with the topography and monuments of ancient Rome will welcome this splendid study, which brings up to date and in effect replaces the classic of 1929 by Samual Ball Platner and Thomas Ashby. Richardson catalogs all monuments and landmarks, major or minor, that are mentioned by ancient testimonia or have been discovered by modern archaeology, from Martial's Pear Tree to the Casa della Farnesina. Each entry presents a summary of the evidence and of problems associated with the evidence, as well as a brief guide to the ancient and modern bibliography. Familiarity with the Augustan XIV Regiones is assumed, but these are also explained (though not diagrammed). The introduction sketches the history of the study of Roman topography, a model of pellucid information. Recommended for specialized collections.
- James S. Ruebel, Iowa State Univ., Ames
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801843006
• ISBN 13: 9780801843006
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 496