The Roman Empire during the Severan Dynasty : Case Studies in History, Art, Architecture, Economy and Literature / T. Corey Brennan, Eric C. De Sena.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Brennan, T. Corey, editor.

De Sena, Eric C., editor.

Series:

American Journal of Ancient History: New Series ; 68200720092013

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Rome--History--Severans, 193-235.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 571 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2013]

Language Note:

In English and Italian.

Summary:

This volume contains 20 peer-reviewed papers highlighting historical, social and cultural episodes, conditions, and trends of the Empire during the reign of Septimius Severus, the last great emperor to lead the Romans prior to the third century crisis.

Contents:

Frontmatter

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Εditor's Νote

Ιntroduction

SEVERAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE

The Parthian Campaigns of Septimius Severus: Causes, and Roles in Dynastic Legitimation / Gradoni, Mark K.

"Unitas ex Africa: Was Tertullian the Origo of Imperial Unification?" / Walters, E. T.

URBAN TRANSFORMATIONS DURING THE SEVERAN PERIOD

La Gallia Mosellana nell'età dei Severi: il caso del Vicus di Bliesbruck / Petit, Jean-Paul / Santoro, Sara

Water Works and Monuments in Gaul in the Severan Age: Some Considerations / Dazzi, Alice

More Water for Rome: Nothing New in the Eternal City? Water-Related Monuments as Part of the Severan Building Program / Koehler, Jens

A Note on the Architectural Decoration of the Severan Period in Pamphylia and Cilicia / Müjde, Türkmen-Peker

L'Attività edilizia a destinazione pubblica fra i Severi e i Soldatenkaiser: continuità e trasformazioni / Rambaldi, Simone

Il tempio di Serapide sul Quirinale: note di archeologia e topografia tra Antichità e Medioevo / Bucarelli, Ottavio

Alcune osservazioni sulla Sicilia durante il periodo dei Severi / Germanà, Giancarlo

Vestigia architettoniche del periodo di Settimio Severo in Tunisia / Puppo, Paola

ASPECTS OF SOCIETY AND ECONOMY DURING THE SEVERAN PERIOD

The Origo of the Thracian Praetorians in the Time of Severans / Topalilov, Ivo

Un riempimento fognario di età Severiana dalle cosiddette "Terme di Elagabalo" a Roma / Radaelli, Edoardo

La ceramica ad ingobbiatura nera di Treviri - una merce costosa in Pannonia durante l'epoca Severiana / Harsányi, Eszter

Baetican Oil and Septimius Severus / Afonso, Lúcia

Economic Growth in the Early and Middle Imperial Periods, Pre-200 AD: an Economic Approach from a Peripheral Hispanic Province, Lusitania / Quaresma, José Carlos

Economy and Trade of Sicily During Severan Period: Highlights Between Archaeology and History / Malfitana, Daniele / Franco, Carmela / Di Mauro, Annarita

SEVERAN ART AND IDEOLOGY

Between Tradition and Innovation - the Visual Representation of Severan Emperors / Leitmeir, Florian

Ideological Messages and Local Preferences: the Imagery of the Severan Arch at Lepcis Magna / Faust, Stephan

Elagabalo invictus sacerdos: l'imperatore fanciullo e la centralizzazione del sacro attraverso lo specchio delle monete / Gariboldi, Andrea

The Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum: a Re-Consideration / Lloyd, Maria

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 16. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

1-4632-1434-0

OCLC:

1102800262