Companion to Roman Architectur

A Companion to Roman Architecture presents a comprehensive review of the critical issues and approaches that have transformed scholarly understanding in recent decades in one easy-to-reference volume.

• Offers a cross-disciplinary approach to Roman architecture, spanning technology, history, art, politics, and archaeology
• Brings together contributions by leading scholars in architectural history
• An essential guide to recent scholarship, covering new archaeological discoveries, lesser known buildings, new technologies and space and construction
• Includes extensive, up-to-date bibliography and glossary of key Roman architectural terms

Author: Roger B. Ulrich
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 12/04/2013
Pages: 616
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 2.65lbs
Size: 9.70h x 7.00w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781405199643

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2014

About the Author

Roger B. Ulrich is Ralph Butterfield Professor of Classics at Dartmouth College, where he teaches Roman Archaeology and Latin and directs Dartmouth's Rome Foreign Study Program in Italy. He is the author of The Roman Orator and the Sacred Stage The Roman Templum Rostratum(1994) and Roman Woodworking (2007).

Caroline K. Quenemoen is Professor in the Practice and Director of Fellowships and Undergraduate Research at Rice University. Previously she taught courses in Greek and Roman art and archaeology at Rice. Her research focuses on Roman architecture, including articles on the House of Augustus.