Houses in Herculaneum

A new View on the Town Planning and the Building of Insulae III and IV

ISBN: 978-90-5063-517-2
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 365 Seiten, Gewicht: 871 g

Reihe: Circumvesuviana

In this study a new view is given on the city-plan of ancient Herculaneum, by combining the evidence from the ancient writers, the 19th century explorations and the analysis of the measurements of the excavated house-blocks (‘insulae’). Furthermore, it contains a detailed examination of the southernmost insulae III and IV, with surprising results. First of all the allotment of these two insulae is made visible, which gives way to a discussion about the division of land in pre-Roman Campania. Furthermore, the author distinguishes some new types of houses, which differ from the already known atrium buildings.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kind, Richard de

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Klassisch (Griechisch & Römisch)