Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Maps
- Introduction: “This Place Was Holiest of All”
- Chapter One “The Size of the Plain Is Remarkable”: Defining the Limits of the Campus Martius in Time and Space
- Chapter Two Gathering Troops in the War God's Field
- Chapter Three “Very Costly Temples”: The Campus Martius and Republican Temple Construction
- Chapter Four “Chariot Races,” “Three Theatres,” “An Amphitheatre,” and More: Entertainment in the Campus Martius
- Chapter Five “Colonnades about It in Very Great Numbers”: The Porticoes of the Campus Martius
- Chapter Six Between the Aqua Virgo and the Tiber: Water and the Field of Mars
- Chapter Seven “A Zeal for Buildings”: Reshaping of the Space by the Emperors
- Conclusion: “The Rest of the City a Mere Accessory”
- Appendix A Chronology of Development in the Campus Martius to the Early Fourth Century c.e.
- Appendix B Glossary of Architectural Terms
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section
Acknowledgments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 December 2014
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Maps
- Introduction: “This Place Was Holiest of All”
- Chapter One “The Size of the Plain Is Remarkable”: Defining the Limits of the Campus Martius in Time and Space
- Chapter Two Gathering Troops in the War God's Field
- Chapter Three “Very Costly Temples”: The Campus Martius and Republican Temple Construction
- Chapter Four “Chariot Races,” “Three Theatres,” “An Amphitheatre,” and More: Entertainment in the Campus Martius
- Chapter Five “Colonnades about It in Very Great Numbers”: The Porticoes of the Campus Martius
- Chapter Six Between the Aqua Virgo and the Tiber: Water and the Field of Mars
- Chapter Seven “A Zeal for Buildings”: Reshaping of the Space by the Emperors
- Conclusion: “The Rest of the City a Mere Accessory”
- Appendix A Chronology of Development in the Campus Martius to the Early Fourth Century c.e.
- Appendix B Glossary of Architectural Terms
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Plate Section
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- Campus MartiusThe Field of Mars in the Life of Ancient Rome, pp. xi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015