Roman
Roman Links
- The Hadrianic Baths at Leptis Magna Bill Rattenbury provides a computer reconstruction of the Roman baths built 119-127 AD at Leptis in North Africa, with a scholarly essay on the sources used, complete with bibliography. Hosted by the University of Auckland.
- Ancient and Classical Architecture Howard Partridge provides a gallery of his photographs of buildings and ruins in Rome from c.179 BC to 141 AD. Part of the Cupola Collection.
- A Gazetteer of the Roman World This section of Bill Thayer's huge Lacus Curtius site provides many photographs of cities and monuments of the ancient Roman world, some with detailed commentary.
- The Maison Carrée Photograph and description of the well-preserved Roman temple built in c.5 AD at Nîmes, France, from the official town site.
- Roman Architecture San Jose State University provides an extensive gallery of expandable images, accessed via pull-down menu and selection from an array. Basic information is given for each.
- Ancient Rome: Images and Pictures Photographs of Classical buildings and statuary by Prof. Felix Just, S.J. of Loyola Marymount University, with related links.
- Virtual Rome A collection of photographs and histories of the surviving Classical buildings of the Forum Romanum, part of David Camden's 'Forum Romanum' site.
- SPQR: Encyclopaedia Romana James Grout's collection of articles, plans and pictures of ancient Rome and its remains, with an extensive bibliography. Includes Vitruvius's comments on temple architecture.
- The Quadrivium in the Pantheon of Rome Illustrated extract from Gert Sperling's contribution to 'Nexus II: Architecture and Mathematics', a volume of papers from a conference in 1998.
- Forum Romanum Photographs and description by René Seindal.
- Xanten, Germany 3D computer-model by the University of Dortmund of the Roman town called Colonia Ulpia Traiana, the stones of which were used to build Xanten. History and bibliography.
- Rome Reborn The University of California is developing a Virtual Reality model of Augustan Rome. Description of the project, staff profiles, computer-generated reconstructions, invitation to participate.
- Pompeii Forum Project This study of the forum by the University of Virginia includes a photographic survey of its architecture.
- Timgad, Algeria Tore Kjeilen provides a plan and brief description of the substantial remains of this Roman town in North Africa - a World Heritage Site. Photograph of Trajan's Arch.
- Roman Architecture Course notes by Dr. Franklin Toker of Pittsburgh University, providing an illustrated introduction and major works.
- Rome: Ancient Sites Virtual reconstructions of the Theatre of Marcellus and Circus Maximus.
- The Palace of Diocletian at Split An illustrated essay with bibliography by Michael Greenhalgh of the Australian National University on the Late Roman palace at Split (Spalato) whose ruins survived to influence Neo-Classical architects.
- The Pantheon: The Triumph of Roman Concrete An overview of the book by David Moore, summarizing Roman concrete technology and construction.
- Roman Domestic Architecture: A Bibliography This bibliography compiled by Joshua Brandt lists sources in German, Italian, French, and (primarily) English.
- Roman Architecture An illustrated introduction to Roman columns and arches by Jordan Drew, with images of famous Roman buildings and the three main orders - Doric, Ionic and Corinthian.
- The Forum Romanum A clickable reconstruction, description and history of the central marketplace of ancient Rome between 100 BC and 100 AD, from Thinkquest.
- Roman Architecture at Nîmes Page from a symposium site, with photographs and description of the remarkably well-preserved Roman amphitheatre, temple (the Maison Carré) and aqueduct at Nîmes in France.
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