Details

Subject(s)

• Rome—Antiquities [Browse]

Series

• Routledge revivals. [More in this series]
• Routledge Revivals

Summary note

The legacy of Rome is still very much with us in Europe. It forms part of our cultural backdrop, and is enshrined in the European mind, whether through classical literature, education and jurisprudence, or spectacular ruins. In Rome and Its Empire, first published in 1989, Stephen Johnson examines our understanding of the archaeological aspects of Roman civilisation, and traces the development of archaeology from the earliest post-Roman times, through to its real discovery in the eighteenth century, and its burgeoning in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Various a

Notes

First published in 1989 by Routledge.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 1, 2014).

Language note

English

Contents

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Early archaeology: before the eighteenth century; 2 The nineteenth century; 3 The twentieth century: changes in technique and emphasis; 4 Archaeology and history; 5 The archaeology of Roman architecture; 6 The archaeological examination of Roman sites; 7 The study of artifacts; 8 The Roman environment; 9 The potential of archaeology; 10 The future of Roman archaeology; Index

ISBN

• 1-317-75640-1
• 0-415-74476-8
• 1-315-79839-5
• 1-317-75641-X

OCLC

897457828

Doi

• 10.4324/9781315798394

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