Author : Jane Shuter
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 40,42 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9781403458308
Containing photographs of artifacts and Roman ruins, this history examines life in an ancient Roman villa with a timeline, illustrations, and a glossary.
Author : Simon Esmonde Cleary
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,79 MB
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752486437
Chedworth is one of the few Roman villas in Britain whose remains are open to the public, and this book seeks to explain what these remains mean. The fourth century in Britain was a "golden age" and at the time the Cotswolds were the richest area of Roman Britain. The wealthy owners of a villa such as Chedworth felt themselves part of an imperial Roman aristocracy. This is expressed at the villa in the layout of the buildings, rooms for receiving guests and for grand dining, the provision of baths, and the use of mosaics. The villa would also have housed the wife, family and household of the owner and been the center of an agricultural estate. It was rediscovered in the nineteenth century and part of Chedworth’s tale is the way in which it was viewed by a nineteenth-century Cotswold landowner, Lord Eldon, and then its current owners, the National Trust.
Author : Annalisa Marzano
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 650 pages
File Size : 22,7 MB
Release : 2018-04-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 1316730611
This volume offers a comprehensive survey of Roman villas in Italy and the Mediterranean provinces of the Roman Empire, from their origins to the collapse of the Empire. The architecture of villas could be humble or grand, and sometimes luxurious. Villas were most often farms where wine, olive oil, cereals, and manufactured goods, among other products, were produced. They were also venues for hospitality, conversation, and thinking on pagan, and ultimately Christian, themes. Villas spread as the Empire grew. Like towns and cities, they became the means of power and assimilation, just as infrastructure, such as aqueducts and bridges, was transforming the Mediterranean into a Roman sea. The distinctive Roman/Italian villa type was transferred to the provinces, resulting in Mediterranean-wide culture of rural dwelling and work that further unified the Empire.
Author : Carol C. Mattusch
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 27,66 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780500514368
An assessment of the Bay of Naples as a popular vacation spot in ancient Rome evaluates the picturesque area as a villa site for numerous emperors and a retreat of choice for the artistic community, in a lavishly illustrated volume that features reproductions of period artwork.
Author : Jane Shuter
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 41,45 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781403458384
Containing photographs of artifacts and Roman ruins, this history examines life in an ancient Roman villa with a timeline, illustrations, and a glossary.
Author : Renzo Rossi
Publisher :
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 16,93 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Rome
ISBN : 9781842320808
Author : Simon Cleary
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 19,92 MB
Release : 2013-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0752492802
Chedworth is one of the few Roman villas in Britain whose remains are open to the public, and this book seeks to explain what these remains mean. The fourth century in Britain was a ‘golden age’ and at the time the Cotswolds were the richest area of Roman Britain. The wealthy owners of a villa such as Chedworth felt themselves part of an imperial Roman aristocracy. This is expressed at the villa in the layout of the buildings, rooms for receiving guests and for grand dining, the provision of baths, and the use of mosaics. The villa would also have housed the wife, family and household of the owner and been the centre of an agricultural estate. In the nineteenth century Chedworth was rediscovered, and part of the villa’s tale is the way in which it was viewed by a nineteenth-century Cotswold landowner, Lord Eldon, and then its current owners, the National Trust. Now, in this remarkable and beautifully illustrated volume, Chedworth’s story is told in full.
Author : Alexander G. McKay
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 32,55 MB
Release : 1998-05-29
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780801859045
In a fascinating study of ancient Roman architecture, classics scholar Alexander McKay examines simple houses, mansions, estates and palatial buildings, interior furnishings, and gardens--revealing that Roman civilization was astonishingly similar to our own. He also discusses the conditions of life in the Roman provinces. 153 illustrations.
Author : J.T. Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 11,34 MB
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1134705352
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 the owner's wealth and number of servants. Roman Villas provides a meticulously documented and scholarly examination of the relationship between the living quarters of the Roman and their social and economic development which introduces a new area in Roman studies and a corpus of material for further analysis. The inclusion of almost 500 ground plans, drawn to a uniform scale, allows the reader to compare the similarities and differences between house structure as well as effectively illustrating the arguments.
Author : Brian and Brenda Williams
Publisher : Batsford Books
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 36,59 MB
Release : 2011-05-27
Category : History
ISBN : 0752491717
When the Romans came to Britain in AD 43, they brought a new style of domestic life, one that better-off Britons soon copied. This informative guide looks at how villas were built, and at the accommodation and daily life villa residents enjoyed - their living rooms and bedrooms, kitchens and baths, gardens and courtyards, furniture and food, and the servants and slaves who kept the villa running. Illustrated with site photos from Roman villas around Britain, archaeological treasures, and museum reconstructions of villa interiors, this is a fascinating look at life in Roman Britain before the Roman army left in AD 406 and the villa way of life faded into history. Includes a list of places to visit.
