Roman imperialism and civic patronage : form, meaning, and ideology in monumental fountain complexes / Brenda Longfellow.
"In this book, Brenda Longfellow examines one of the features of Roman Imperial cities, the monumental civic fountain. Built in cities throughout the Roman Empire during the first through third centuries AD, these fountains were imposing in size, frequently adorned with grand sculptures, and of...
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- 1. Precedents for Roman monumental civic fountains
- 2. Innovative designs: the Flavian fountains in Rome
- 3. Rome in the provinces: monumental civic fountains dedicated to Domitian and Trajan
- 4. Emperors abroad: Hadrian and Roman nymphaea in Greece
- 5. Variation and innovation: Hadrian and local elites in Asia Minor
- 6. Severan emperors and the return of imperial nymphaea to Rome
- 7. Imperial patronage and urban display of Roman monumental fountains.