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Ancient Rome

Art, Architecture and History

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Rome continues to be a solid, tangible, and monumental expression of a legend. It is the eternal city where all roads of the ancient world converged, and has been the model for the very concept of a universal empire through the millennia. Through art, architecture, and urban planning, the empire expanded with an exceptional synthesis of technology, politics, law, and propaganda, conquering Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East. Accompanied by the masterpieces and memories of illustrious figures, we follow the arc of a city and a civilization from its beginnings to its height and fall, leafing through pages of history from the various eras. Rome was the final act of antiquity, and a dramatic conception of a new world.

Prologue
The Roman Republic Begins to Assert Itselfp. 6
Toward an Empirep. 8
27 B.C. - A.D. 96: The Empire's Beginnings and Establishment
The Pax Augusta: Ideology and Propagandap. 12
The Augustan Stylep. 14
A Portrait of Augustusp. 16
The Ara Pacisp. 18
Artistic Craftworkp. 20
Livia's Villap. 22
The Provinces: Narbonesis Gaulp. 24
Portraits of the Julio-Claudian Familyp. 26
Nero and the Domus Aureap. 28
The Flavian Dynasty: A Turning Point for the Principatep. 30
Flavian Artp. 32
Pompeiip. 34
Styles of Pompeiip. 36
The Arch of Titus and the Historic Roman Reliefp. 38
Bread of Circusesp. 40
The Colosseump. 42
A.D. 96-192: The Height of the Empire: From Trajan to the Antonines
Trajan the Optimus Princepsp. 46
The Trajan Forum and Marketp. 48
The Provinces: Hispaniap. 50
Hadrian's Villap. 52
Hadrian and Antinousp. 54
Urban and Architectural Developmentp. 56
Palmyrap. 58
The Eastern Rites: Isisp. 60
Marble Funeral Monuments and Sarcophagip. 62
Mosaics and Stuccoworkp. 64
A Golden Age of Justice and Well-beingp. 66
The Antonine Columnp. 68
Marcus Aureliusp. 70
A Turning Point during the Reign of Commodusp. 72
The Portraits of Fayyump. 74
A.D. 192-305: Crisis in the Empire: From the Severans to the Tetrarchy
A Turning Point for the Militaryp. 78
Lepcis Magnap. 80
Sculpture in Rome and Africap. 82
Portraits and Sarcophagip. 84
The Catacombsp. 86
The Baths of Caracallap. 88
Invasions and Disorderp. 90
Rome as Fortress: The Aurelian Wallsp. 92
The Tetrarchy: Toward a New Peacep. 94
The Baths of Diocletianp. 96
Diocletian's Reformsp. 98
A.D. 305-565: The Fall of the Empire: Epilogue to an Ancient World
The Christian Empirep. 102
The Arch of Constantinep. 104
Treverip. 106
Marble Inlay and Mosaicsp. 108
Piazza Armerinap. 110
The Mausoleum of Constantinap. 112
Aquileiap. 114
The Sacred and Profane on Sarcophagip. 116
Diptychsp. 118
Theodosius and the Suppression of Pagan Worshipp. 120
The Fall of the Western Empirep. 122
Constantinople and the Triumph of Christian Artp. 124
Justinian and the Byzantine Empirep. 126
Ravennap. 128
The Roman Empire under Trajan (A.D. 98-117)p. 132
Fourth-Century Romep. 134
Index of Placesp. 136
Index of Namesp. 140
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ISBN: 9780714122342
ISBN-10: 0714122343
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Published: 15th May 2002
Publisher: British Museum Press
Dimensions (cm): 21.0 x 13.5
Weight (kg): 0.37