Etruscan and Early Roman Architecture

Axel Boethius's account begins about 1400 B.C. with the primitive villages of the Italic tribes. The scene was transformed by the arrival of the Greeks and by the Etruscans who by about 600 had Rome and Central Italy under their cultural spell.

Foreword to the Second Edition

7

(1)

Map

8

(1)

1. THE STONE AND BRONZE AGES

9

(10)

2. THE EARLY IRON AGE

19

(13)

3. ETRUSCAN ARCHITECTURE

32

(71)

Introduction

32

(2)

Techniques and Materials

34

(1)

Temples The Early Temples -- Types of Plan and Superstructure -- Plans -- Podia -- The Orders -- Pediments and Roofs -- Ornament -- Liturgical Disposition

35

(29)

Town Planning

64

(11)

Domestic Architecture

75

(19)

Roads and Bridges

94

(1)

Tombs and Cemeteries

94

(7)

Conclusion

101

(2)

4. ETRUSCAN ROME

103

(11)

5. ROME DURING THE STRUGGLE FOR SUPREMACY IN ITALY (386-about 200 B.C.)

114

(22)

6. HELLENIZED ROME `CONSUETUDO ITALICA'

136

(81)

Techniques and Materials in Public Buildings

137

(3)

Techniques and Materials in Domestic Architecture

140

(5)

Fora

145

(4)

Basilicas

149

(7)

Temples Ornament -- Types of Plan and Superstructure

156

(22)

Town Planning

178

(5)

Domestic Architecture

183

(7)

Villas

190

(5)

Baths, Theatres, and Other Public Buildings Baths and Palaestrae -- Circuses -- Theatres

195

(11)

Utilitarian Architecture

206

(3)

Tombs and Cemeteries

209

(5)

Conclusion

214

(3)

List of Principal Abbreviations

217

(2)

Notes

219

(22)

Select Glossary

241

(6)

Bibliography

247

(4)

List of Illustrations

251

(4)

Index

255

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