Ii Paul W. Jacobs

Campus Martius (eBook, ePUB)

The Field of Mars in the Life of Ancient Rome

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A mosquito-infested and swampy plain lying north of the city walls, Rome's Campus Martius, or Field of Mars, was used for much of the period of the Republic as a military training ground and as a site for celebratory rituals and occasional political assemblies. Initially punctuated with temples vowed by victorious generals, during the imperial era it became filled with extraordinary baths, theaters, porticoes, aqueducts, and other structures - many of which were architectural firsts for the capitol. This book explores the myriad factors that contributed to the transformation of the Campus Martius from an occasionally visited space to a crowded center of daily activity. It presents a case study of the repurposing of urban landscape in the Roman world and explores how existing topographical features that fit well with the Republic's needs ultimately attracted architecture that forever transformed those features but still resonated with the area's original military and ceremonial traditions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Januar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316188828
• Artikelnr.: 42026842

Autorenporträt

Paul W. Jacobs, II is an independent scholar who focuses on ancient Rome and its topographical development. A graduate of Harvard University and the University of Virginia Law School, and a litigator by training, Jacobs has practiced and published in the area of voting rights, where knowledge of demographics, mapmaking and geography is essential. He has spent extensive time in Rome and has been fascinated with the ancient city and its development for decades.

Inhaltsangabe

1. 'The size of the plain is remarkable': defining the limits of the Campus
Martius in time and space; 2. Gathering troops in the war god's field; 3.
'Very costly temples': the Campus Martius and republican temple
construction; 4. 'Chariot races', 'three theatres', 'an amphitheatre' and
more: entertainment in the Campus Martius; 5. 'Colonnades about it in very
great numbers': the porticoes of the Campus Martius; 6. Between the Aqua
Virgo and the Tiber: water and the Field of Mars; 7. 'A zeal for
buildings': reshaping of the space by the emperors; 8. Conclusion: 'the
rest of the city a mere accessory'; Appendix A: chronology of development
in the Campus Martius to the early fourth century CE; Appendix B: glossary
of architectural terms.