Book contents
- Roman Architecture and Urbanism
- Roman Architecture and Urbanism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 Urban Design and Architecture in Rome and Italy during the Republic and the Early Empire
- 2 Temple Architecture of Republican Rome and Italy
- 3 Technology of Building
- 4 Julio-Claudian Architecture in Rome
- 5 Residential Architecture
- 6 Imperial Architecture in Rome from the Flavians through the Antonines
- 7 Architecture and Planning in Italy and the Western Provinces
- 8 Architecture and Planning in North Africa
- 9 Greece under Roman Rule
- 10 Architecture and Planning in Asia Minor
- 11 The Roman Near East
- 12 The Late Empire in Rome and the Provinces
- General Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
9 - Greece under Roman Rule
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 August 2019
- Roman Architecture and Urbanism
- Roman Architecture and Urbanism
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Maps
- Introduction
- 1 Urban Design and Architecture in Rome and Italy during the Republic and the Early Empire
- 2 Temple Architecture of Republican Rome and Italy
- 3 Technology of Building
- 4 Julio-Claudian Architecture in Rome
- 5 Residential Architecture
- 6 Imperial Architecture in Rome from the Flavians through the Antonines
- 7 Architecture and Planning in Italy and the Western Provinces
- 8 Architecture and Planning in North Africa
- 9 Greece under Roman Rule
- 10 Architecture and Planning in Asia Minor
- 11 The Roman Near East
- 12 The Late Empire in Rome and the Provinces
- General Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Summary
All of Rome’s provinces, from Britannia on the shores of the frozen North Sea, to Arabia swept by sun-drenched sands of the desert, were unique. But Greece, the Province of Achaea, was unique in a special way. Hellas, after all, was the shining font of Mediterranean civilization when Rome was a rustic town on the Tiber, and along with the even more exotic East, remained its mentor and model for centuries to come. Throughout the sixth and fifth centuries bce, when the Italian peninsula emerged as a constellation of hard-working and modest farmers’ towns, Greece was studded with cities of sophisticated urban culture and reasonable political applications of democracy and independence. Simply put, despite justifiable arguments about the importance of Italy and Italic traditions in shaping the fundamentals of the emerging Roman civilization, more than any other external source, the roots of Rome’s art, institutions, literary and urban culture were informed by the Greek or the classical model. Roman architecture, in broad and important ways, was based on the notion and principles of classicism that defined Greek architecture.
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- Roman Architecture and UrbanismFrom the Origins to Late Antiquity, pp. 556 - 596Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019