9780415165938 - The Story of the Roman Amphitheatre di Bomgardner, David (10 risultati)

Condizione: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pencil markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1000grams, ISBN:0415165938.

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xix, 276 pages : illustrations, maps, 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-264) and index. Contents: Chapter One The Colosseum -- THE ACCESSION OFVESPASIAN AND THE ORIGINS OF THE FLAVIAN AMPHITHEATRE -- VISITING THE COLOSSEUM -- THE FAÇADE -- CIRCULATION PATTERNS AND SOCIAL STATUS -- DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF THE CAVEA -- THE EVIDENCE FROM THE INSCRIPTIONS RESERVING PLACES FOR THE ARVAL BRETHREN -- THE ARENA -- THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SPECTACLES -- BUILDING MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter Two The origins and early development of the amphitheatre -- THE ORIGINS OF THE GLADIATORIAL COMBATS -- THE ORIGINS AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE VENATIONES 11 -- THE ORIGINS OF THE AMPHITHEATRE -- THE EARLY CAMPANIAN TRADITION OF PERMANENT AMPHITHEATRES -- THE EARLIEST AMPHITHEATRES IN STONE -- Chapter Three Imperial amphitheatres -- AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE MONUMENTAL URBAN LANDSCAPE -- THE ARCHITECTURE -- DECORATIVE MATERIAL -- A SELECTIVE SURVEY OF IMPERIAL AMPHITHEATRES IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE -- Chapter Four The North African amphitheatres -- THE NORTH AFRICAN PROVINCES: A HISTORICAL SKETCH -- A CATALOGUE OF NORTH AFRICAN AMPHITHEATRES -- Agbia (Hr. Ain-Hadja): Golvin # 64 152 -- CHRONOLOGY -- CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter Five Endings and new beginnings -- THE LAST AMPHITHEATRES -- THE END OF THE SPECTACLES -- THE IMPLICATIONS FOR AMPHITHEATRES AND THEIR USE -- CONCLUSION -- EPILOGUE: RIPPLES IN THE FABRIC OF TIME -- Appendix -- THE DECREE OF THE EMPERORS MARCUS AURELIUS AND LUCIUS VERUS LIMITING THE PRICE OF GLADIATORS (Senatus consultum de pretiis gladiatorum minuendis) -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index. Subjects: Amphitheaters Rome; Architecture and society Italy Rome; Public Buildings, Roman world; Rome (Empire); Rome Antiquities. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Previous owner's name and date to front pastedown.

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good.

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xix, 276 pages : illustrations, maps, 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-264) and index. Contents: Chapter One The Colosseum -- THE ACCESSION OFVESPASIAN AND THE ORIGINS OF THE FLAVIAN AMPHITHEATRE -- VISITING THE COLOSSEUM -- THE FAÇADE -- CIRCULATION PATTERNS AND SOCIAL STATUS -- DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF THE CAVEA -- THE EVIDENCE FROM THE INSCRIPTIONS RESERVING PLACES FOR THE ARVAL BRETHREN -- THE ARENA -- THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SPECTACLES -- BUILDING MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter Two The origins and early development of the amphitheatre -- THE ORIGINS OF THE GLADIATORIAL COMBATS -- THE ORIGINS AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE VENATIONES 11 -- THE ORIGINS OF THE AMPHITHEATRE -- THE EARLY CAMPANIAN TRADITION OF PERMANENT AMPHITHEATRES -- THE EARLIEST AMPHITHEATRES IN STONE -- Chapter Three Imperial amphitheatres -- AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE MONUMENTAL URBAN LANDSCAPE -- THE ARCHITECTURE -- DECORATIVE MATERIAL -- A SELECTIVE SURVEY OF IMPERIAL AMPHITHEATRES IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE -- Chapter Four The North African amphitheatres -- THE NORTH AFRICAN PROVINCES: A HISTORICAL SKETCH -- A CATALOGUE OF NORTH AFRICAN AMPHITHEATRES -- Agbia (Hr. Ain-Hadja): Golvin # 64 152 -- CHRONOLOGY -- CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter Five Endings and new beginnings -- THE LAST AMPHITHEATRES -- THE END OF THE SPECTACLES -- THE IMPLICATIONS FOR AMPHITHEATRES AND THEIR USE -- CONCLUSION -- EPILOGUE: RIPPLES IN THE FABRIC OF TIME -- Appendix -- THE DECREE OF THE EMPERORS MARCUS AURELIUS AND LUCIUS VERUS LIMITING THE PRICE OF GLADIATORS (Senatus consultum de pretiis gladiatorum minuendis) -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index. Subjects: Amphitheaters Rome; Architecture and society Italy Rome; Public Buildings, Roman world; Rome (Empire); Rome Antiquities. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 276 pages) : illustrations, maps. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-264) and index.Contents: Cover -- The Story of the Roman Amphitheatre -- Contents -- Plates -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One The Colosseum -- THE ACCESSION OFVESPASIAN AND THE ORIGINS OF THE FLAVIAN AMPHITHEATRE -- VISITING THE COLOSSEUM -- THE FAÇADE -- CIRCULATION PATTERNS AND SOCIAL STATUS -- DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF THE CAVEA -- THE EVIDENCE FROM THE INSCRIPTIONS RESERVING PLACES FOR THE ARVAL BRETHREN -- THE ARENA -- THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SPECTACLES -- BUILDING MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter Two The origins and early development of the amphitheatre -- THE ORIGINS OF THE GLADIATORIAL COMBATS -- THE ORIGINS AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE VENATIONES 11 -- THE ORIGINS OF THE AMPHITHEATRE -- THE EARLY CAMPANIAN TRADITION OF PERMANENT AMPHITHEATRES -- THE EARLIEST AMPHITHEATRES IN STONE -- Chapter Three Imperial amphitheatres -- AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE MONUMENTAL URBAN LANDSCAPE -- THE ARCHITECTURE -- DECORATIVE MATERIAL -- A SELECTIVE SURVEY OF IMPERIAL AMPHITHEATRES IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE -- Chapter Four The North African amphitheatres -- THE NORTH AFRICAN PROVINCES: A HISTORICAL SKETCH -- A CATALOGUE OF NORTH AFRICAN AMPHITHEATRES -- Agbia (Hr. Ain-Hadja): Golvin # 64 152 -- CHRONOLOGY -- CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter Five Endings and new beginnings -- THE LAST AMPHITHEATRES -- THE END OF THE SPECTACLES -- THE IMPLICATIONS FOR AMPHITHEATRES AND THEIR USE -- CONCLUSION -- EPILOGUE: RIPPLES IN THE FABRIC OF TIME -- Appendix -- THE DECREE OF THE EMPERORS MARCUS AURELIUS AND LUCIUS VERUS LIMITING THE PRICE OF GLADIATORS (Senatus consultum de pretiis gladiatorum minuendis) -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index. Subjects: Amphitheaters Rome.Architecture and society Rome. Architecture et société Rome. HISTORY Ancient. Amphitheaters.Architecture and society.Amphitheatres Rome.Amphitheaters Rome.Architecture and society Rome. Amphitheatres Rome. Amphitheaters Africa, North. Amphitheaters, RomanArchitecture, RomanAmphitheaters Rome.Architecture and society Rome. Amphitheaters Italy Rome. Architecture and society Italy Rome.Amphitheaters RomeLVA BWL. Public Buildings : Roman world. Amphitheater.Amfitheaters. Romeinse oudheid. Amphitheaters Rome. Architecture and society Rome. Amphitheaters Social aspects Rome. Amphitheaters Rome Design and construction.Rome (Empire)Römisches ReichRome Antiquities. 1 Kg.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. hardback in fine condition with near fine dust jacket.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 276 pages) : illustrations, maps. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-264) and index.Contents: Cover -- The Story of the Roman Amphitheatre -- Contents -- Plates -- Figures -- Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One The Colosseum -- THE ACCESSION OFVESPASIAN AND THE ORIGINS OF THE FLAVIAN AMPHITHEATRE -- VISITING THE COLOSSEUM -- THE FAÇADE -- CIRCULATION PATTERNS AND SOCIAL STATUS -- DESCRIPTION AND ANALYSIS OF THE CAVEA -- THE EVIDENCE FROM THE INSCRIPTIONS RESERVING PLACES FOR THE ARVAL BRETHREN -- THE ARENA -- THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SPECTACLES -- BUILDING MATERIALS AND CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter Two The origins and early development of the amphitheatre -- THE ORIGINS OF THE GLADIATORIAL COMBATS -- THE ORIGINS AND EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE VENATIONES 11 -- THE ORIGINS OF THE AMPHITHEATRE -- THE EARLY CAMPANIAN TRADITION OF PERMANENT AMPHITHEATRES -- THE EARLIEST AMPHITHEATRES IN STONE -- Chapter Three Imperial amphitheatres -- AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE MONUMENTAL URBAN LANDSCAPE -- THE ARCHITECTURE -- DECORATIVE MATERIAL -- A SELECTIVE SURVEY OF IMPERIAL AMPHITHEATRES IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE -- Chapter Four The North African amphitheatres -- THE NORTH AFRICAN PROVINCES: A HISTORICAL SKETCH -- A CATALOGUE OF NORTH AFRICAN AMPHITHEATRES -- Agbia (Hr. Ain-Hadja): Golvin # 64 152 -- CHRONOLOGY -- CONCLUSIONS -- Chapter Five Endings and new beginnings -- THE LAST AMPHITHEATRES -- THE END OF THE SPECTACLES -- THE IMPLICATIONS FOR AMPHITHEATRES AND THEIR USE -- CONCLUSION -- EPILOGUE: RIPPLES IN THE FABRIC OF TIME -- Appendix -- THE DECREE OF THE EMPERORS MARCUS AURELIUS AND LUCIUS VERUS LIMITING THE PRICE OF GLADIATORS (Senatus consultum de pretiis gladiatorum minuendis) -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index. Subjects: Amphitheaters Rome.Architecture and society Rome. Architecture et société Rome. HISTORY Ancient. Amphitheaters.Architecture and society.Amphitheatres Rome.Amphitheaters Rome.Architecture and society Rome. Amphitheatres Rome. Amphitheaters Africa, North. Amphitheaters, RomanArchitecture, RomanAmphitheaters Rome.Architecture and society Rome. Amphitheaters Italy Rome. Architecture and society Italy Rome.Amphitheaters RomeLVA BWL. Public Buildings : Roman world. Amphitheater.Amfitheaters. Romeinse oudheid. Amphitheaters Rome. Architecture and society Rome. Amphitheaters Social aspects Rome. Amphitheaters Rome Design and construction.Rome (Empire)Römisches ReichRome Antiquities. 1 Kg.

Hb with Dj. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First Edition. Traces the origins and development of the most evocative of Roman monuments. Case studies include significant examples from across the Roman empire: from France, Spain and North Africa. Illustrated b/w with 141 plans and photographs. Book in perfect condition. Jacket has minor damage to spine. All our UK orders are posted First Class. All profits to Amnesty International. Size: 18cm - 25.5cm with 276pp.