Annalisa Marzano

Guy P. R. Métraux

This volume offers a comprehensive survey of Roman villas in Italy and the Mediterranean provinces of the Roman Empire, from their origins to the collapse of the Empire. The architecture of villas could be humble or grand, and sometimes luxurious. Villas were most often farms where wine, olive oil, cereals, and manufactured goods, among other products, were produced. They were also venues for hospitality, conversation, and thinking on pagan, and ultimately Christian, themes. Villas spread as the Empire grew. Like towns and cities, they became the means of power and assimilation, just as infrastructure, such as aqueducts and bridges, was transforming the Mediterranean into a Roman sea. The distinctive Roman/Italian villa type was transferred to the provinces, resulting in Mediterranean-wide culture of rural dwelling and work that further unified the Empire.

Late Republic to Late Antiquity

The Roman Villa in the Mediterranean Basin

Fikret K. Yegül

John A. Pinto

Diane G. Favro

T. Corey Brennan

"Proceedings of a conference held at the American Academy in Rome on 6-7 December, 2011 in honor of William L. MacDonald"--Title page.

Roman Imperial Architecture and Its Legacy

Paradigm and Progeny

Eve D'Ambra

This collection of essays promises to make an important contribution to the field of Roman studies, particularly, by its concentration on monuments, to that of Roman art history. The current high level of interest in problems of identity, including studies of colonialism, Romanization, ethnicity, social class, gender and a host of related topics creates a vital intellectual context for the study of the art of provincials and the lower classes. The monuments themselves contribute a critical dimension to this discourse, the more so because the textual evidence for the non-elites of Roman society, apart from inscriptions, is relatively scarce.

The Art of Citizens, Soldiers and Freedmen in the Roman World

Guy P. R. Métraux

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