Roman villas : a study in social structure / J.T. Smith ; drawings by A.T. Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, J. T. (John Thomas), 1922-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Domestic--Rome.

Architecture, Domestic.

Architecture, Roman--Europe.

Architecture, Roman.

Architecture and society--Rome.

Architecture and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiii, 378 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

Language Note:

English

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

Contents:

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 330-339) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-134-70535-2

0-7478-0600-4

1-280-33476-2

0-203-00405-1

0-203-27065-7

9780203004050

OCLC:

51037055