(Re)using Ruins: Public Building in the Cities of the Late Antique West, A.D. 300-600

Douglas R. Underwood

ISBN 10: 9004319697 / ISBN 13: 9789004319691

Published by Brill, NL, 2019

About this Item

In (Re)using Ruins, Douglas Underwood presents a new account of the use and reuse of Roman urban public monuments in a crucial period of transition, A.D. 300-600. Commonly seen as a period of uniform decline for public building, especially in the western half of the Mediterranean, (Re)using Ruins shows a vibrant, yet variable, history for these structures.Douglas Underwood establishes a broad catalogue of archaeological evidence (supplemented with epigraphic and literary testimony) for the construction, maintenance, abandonment and reuses of baths, aqueducts, theatres, amphitheatres and circuses in Italy, southern Gaul, Spain, and North Africa, demonstrating that the driving force behind the changes to public buildings was largely a combined shift in urban ideologies and euergetistic practices in Late Antique cities.

Seller Inventory # LU-9789004319691

Bibliographic Details

• Title: (Re)using Ruins: Public Building in the Cities of the Late Antique West, A.D. 300-600
• Publisher: Brill, NL
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004319697
• ISBN 13: 9789004319691
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Illustrated.
• Condition: New
• Dimensions: 20.96W x 1.91H x 29.21D centimeters 20.96 centimeters width by 1.91 centimeters height by 29.21 centimeters depth
• Weight: 908 grams

About this title

Synopsis

In (Re)using Ruins, Douglas Underwood presents a new account of the use and reuse of Roman urban public monuments in a crucial period of transition, A.D. 300-600. Commonly seen as a period of uniform decline for public building, especially in the western half of the Mediterranean, (Re)using Ruins shows a vibrant, yet variable, history for these structures.
Douglas Underwood establishes a broad catalogue of archaeological evidence (supplemented with epigraphic and literary testimony) for the construction, maintenance, abandonment and reuses of baths, aqueducts, theatres, amphitheatres and circuses in Italy, southern Gaul, Spain, and North Africa, demonstrating that the driving force behind the changes to public buildings was largely a combined shift in urban ideologies and euergetistic practices in Late Antique cities.

About the Author

Douglas Underwood, Ph.D. (2015), University of St Andrews, is an independent scholar, focusing on Roman and late antique urbanism. He has published articles and book chapters on aspects of that research including spolia, fortifications and public monuments.