Hadrian & the City of Rome.

Mary Taliaferro Boatwright

ISBN 10: 0691035881 / ISBN 13: 9780691035888

Published by Princeton University, New Jersey, 1987

About this Item

332 pages, illustrated with illustrations, plans & maps. Original brown cloth, gilt lettered. With a midly worn dustwrapper. Signed by Paul Bidwell, British archaeologist to front endpaper. Contents clean & bright throughout. Size: 20 x 25 cms. Category: Archaeology; Featured Items; Roman History; ISBN: 0691035881. ISBN/EAN: 9780691035888. This item may require more postage than the rates shown for delivery outside the UK. If extra postage is required we will contact you before processing your order and you will be given the details and option to decline the extra cost. Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hadrian & the City of Rome.
• Publisher: Princeton University, New Jersey
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0691035881
• ISBN 13: 9780691035888
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Archaeology

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Synopsis

How Hadrian left an enduring mark on the architecture and urban topography of ancient Rome

The Pantheon, the Temple of Venus and Roma, Hadrian’s Mausoleum transformed into Castel Sant’Angelo, and his villa at Tivoli epitomize for many the power and resources of Rome at its zenith. Because other urban changes during Hadrian’s principate (A.D. 117–138) left less visible traces, however, few people realize how powerfully he transformed the capital city not only by erecting these and other monumental edifices but also by renovating buildings, even entire districts, and by reorganizing the building industry and neighborhood life. Mary Taliaferro Boatwright compiles and assesses the varied evidence for Hadrian’s buildings and his administrative changes and evaluates his effect on the capital city in a topographical and historical context. A comprehensive catalogue follows the illustrated text.

About the Author

Mary Taliaferro Boatwright is professor emerita of classical studies at Duke University. Her books include Imperial Women of Rome: Power, Gender, Context and Peoples of the Roman World.