Architectural Restoration and Heritage in Imperial Rome

Architectural Restoration and Heritage in Imperial Rome

by Christopher Siwicki
Architectural Restoration and Heritage in Imperial Rome

Architectural Restoration and Heritage in Imperial Rome

by Christopher Siwicki

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Overview

This volume addresses the treatment and perception of historic buildings in Imperial Rome, examining the ways in which public monuments were restored in order to develop an understanding of the Roman concept of built heritage. It considers examples from the first century BC to the second century AD, focusing primarily on the six decades between the Great Fire of AD 64 and the AD 120s, which constituted a period of dramatic urban transformation and architectural innovation in Rome. Through a detailed analysis of the ways in which the design, materiality, and appearance of buildings - including the temple of Jupiter Capitolinus and hut of Romulus - developed with successive restorations, the case is made for the existence of a consistent approach to the treatment of historic buildings in this period. This study also explores how changes to particular monuments and to the urban fabric as a whole were received by the people who experienced them first-hand, uncovering attitudes to built heritage in Roman society more widely. By examining descriptions of destruction and restoration in literature of the first and second centuries AD, including the works of Seneca the Younger, Pliny the Elder, Martial, Tacitus, and Plutarch, it forms a picture of the conflicting ways in which Rome's inhabitants responded to the redevelopment of their city. The results provide an alternative way of explaining key interventions in Rome's built environment and challenge the idea that heritage is a purely modern phenomenon.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198848578
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 02/12/2020
Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture & Representation
Pages: 320
Product dimensions: 9.80(w) x 7.50(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Christopher Siwicki, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Exeter

Christopher Siwicki is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Exeter, having also held the Rome Fellowship at the British School at Rome and the Grete Sondheimer Fellowship at the Warburg Institute. His research revolves around Roman architecture, in particular, how the ancients themselves perceived, experienced, and thought about the buildings around them.

Table of Contents

FrontmatterList of FiguresList of TablesList of Abbreviations0. Introduction: Starting from an Unexpected Premise1. Definitions and ParametersArchitectural history in ancient RomeScholarship on architectural restorationDefining heritageThe building site that was RomeThe architectural spirit of the age2. Restoration: Why, Who, HowNo ruins in RomeAgency in designPatrons and architectsThe role of emperorsInnovative restorationArchitectural continuity3. The Restorations of the Temple of Jupiter CapitolinusPart 1: Four templesUncertain plans: substructures and superstructuresCatulus' templeVespasian's templeDomitian's templePart 2: Building on the same footprintArchitecture and religionHaruspices and buildingVestinus' decision to assemble the haruspicesA historic building in a modern guise4. The Casa Romuli AnomalyThe two homes of RomulusThe peculiar appearance of the casa RomuliThe casa Romuli and Augustan ideologyHuts as exemplaThe wooden bridge over the TiberConclusion5. Ancient Responses to RestorationSilent structuresJupiter Capitolinus, the people's templeCicero on the CapitoliumMartial on the CapitoliumArchitecture and moralityPlutarch on the CapitoliumConclusion6. Roman Thoughts on the Rebuilding of RomeSeneca on the fires of Lyon and RomeMartial's building siteTacitus on the destruction of RomeIrreplaceable lossesShade and oppression in rebuilt RomeA better cityConclusion7. ConclusionWhere next: a tentative idea?EndmatterBibliographyIndex
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