Traces the evolution of architecture during the four centuries from the late Republic to A.D. 330 when the capital was moved to Constantinople. Includes over 200 photographs, maps, and drawings.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of illustrations; Republican Rome; Roman building types; The age of Augustus; Roman architects, building techniques and materials; The Julio-Claudians; Two Roman towns: Pompeii and Ostia; The Flavians; Trajan and Hadrian; North Africa; The European provinces; The eastern provinces; The late empire; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.