Spolia in fortifications and the common builder in late antiquity /

Spolia in fortifications and the common builder in late antiquity /

Through intensive surveys of three fortifications in late Roman Greece, Frey reveals the untapped potential of spolia in demonstrating the critical role played by non-elites in bringing about the architectural and social changes that mark the end of classical antiquity. As his analysis demonstrates,...

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Main Author: Frey, Jon M.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Series: Mnemosyne, Supplements 389.
Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 204-407, ISBN: 9789004322288.

Subjects:

Fortification > Greece > History > To 1500.
Aegina Island (Greece) > Antiquities.
Isthmia (Greece) > Antiquities.
Sparta (Extinct city)
Building materials > Recycling > History > Greece > To 1500.
Greece > History, Military > To 146 B.C.

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Call Number: UG429.G8 F74 2015

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction
  • Themes
  • Reuse as Repair: The "Inscription Wall" at Aegina
  • Reuse as Reinterpretation: Section R at Sparta
  • Reuse as Rejection: The Fortress at Isthmia
  • Spoliation as Process, Military Strategy, and Democratization
  • Works Cited
  • Index of Names and Subjects.