Roman villas : a study in social structure / J.T. Smith ; drawings by A.T. Adams.
Roman Villas explores the social structures of the Roman world by analysing the plans of buildings of all sizes from slightly Romanized farms to palaces. The ways in which the rooms are grouped together; how they intercommunicate; and the ways in which individual rooms and the house are approached,...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1997.
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| Summary: | Roman Villas explores the social structures of the Roman world by analysing the plans of buildings of all sizes from slightly Romanized farms to palaces. The ways in which the rooms are grouped together; how they intercommunicate; and the ways in which individual rooms and the house are approached, reveal various social patterns, which question traditional ideas about the Roman family and household. J.T. Smith argues that virtually all houses were occupied by groups of varying composition, challenging the received wisdom that they were single family houses whose size reflected only t. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxiii, 378 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 330-339) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0203270657 9780203270653 0203004051 9780203004050 9780415167192 0415167191 9786610334766 6610334765 9780415620116 0415620112 |