A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome

by L. Richardson jr

Overview

A Choice magazine Outstanding Academic Title

The first such dictionary since that of Platner and Ashby in 1929, A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome defines and describes the known buildings and monuments, as well as the geographical and topographical features, of ancient Rome. It provides a concise history of each, with measurements, dates, and citations of significant ancient and modern sources.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801843006
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	10/01/1992
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

L. Richardson, Jr is James B. Duke Professor of Latin at Duke University. His books include New Topigraphical History of Ancient Rome, also available form Johns Hopkins.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Bibliographical Notes and Abbreviations
Dictionary Entries
Glossary
Chronological List of Dated Monuments

Editorial Reviews

All concerned with the topography and monuments of ancient Rome will welcome this splendid study, which brings up to date and in effect replaces the classic dictionary of 1929 by Platner and Ashby. Richardson catalogs all monuments and landmarks, major or minor, that are mentioned by ancient testimonia or have been discovered by modern archaeology . . . Each entry presents a summary of the evidence and of problems associated with the evidence, and a brief guide to the ancient and modern bibliography.
—Library Journal

Richardson has produced a new standard work on the topography of ancient Rome in this exhaustive and objective study . . . [He] writes with clarity and authority and his erudite synthesis of the research carried out by a large number of academics is a superb achievement.
—Reference Reviews

Richardson's scholarly dictionary is an essential tool for the study of the place about which Augustus Caesar reportedly claimed, 'I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.'
—Wilson Library Bulletin

This is the kind of essential reference work whose value becomes increasingly clear with repeated use. A great deal of information is painlessly conveyed.
—Greece and Rome

From the Publisher

This is the kind of essential reference work whose value becomes increasingly clear with repeated use. A great deal of information is painlessly conveyed.

Greece and Rome

Richardson has produced a new standard work on the topography of ancient Rome in this exhaustive and objective study . . . [He] writes with clarity and authority and his erudite synthesis of the research carried out by a large number of academics is a superb achievement.

Reference Reviews

Richardson's scholarly dictionary is an essential tool for the study of the place about which Augustus Caesar reportedly claimed, 'I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.'

Wilson Library Bulletin

The first such dictionary since that of Platner and Ashby in 1929, Richardson's defines and describes the known buildings and monuments, as well as the geographical and topographical features, of ancient Rome. It provides a concise history of each, with measurements, dates, and citations of significant ancient and modern sources. Alphabetically arranged, the entries run from a few lines for poorly known items to nearly 2,000 lines for a building as important as the Coliseum. Illustrated with some 100 plans, drawings, and photographs. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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