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Author Sear, Frank.

Title Roman theatres : an architectural study / Frank Sear.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings), 70 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps, plans.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Oxford monographs on classical archaeology
Oxford monographs on classical archaeology.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 425-431) and indexes.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Contents Contents; List of Tables; List of Plans; List of Figures; List of Plates; List of Maps; Abbreviations; 1. Theatre and Audience; 2. Finance and Building; 3. Roman Theatre Design; 4. Theatres and Related Buildings; 5. Republican Theatres in Italy; 6. The Theatres of Rome; 7. The Cavea and Orchestra; 8. The Scene Building; 9. Provincial Theatres; CATALOGUE; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Authors; Index of Inscriptions; Index of Place Names; General Index; Index of Persons and Peoples; Maps; Figures; Plates.
Summary This book is an up-to-date and comprehensive account of Roman theatre architecture. It contains information, plans, and photographs of every theatre in the Roman Empire for which there is archaeological evidence, together with a full analysis of how Roman theatres were designed, built, and paid for, and how theatres differ in different parts of the Roman Empire. It is lavishly illustrated with plans, text figures, photographs, and maps. - ;This book is a definitive architectural study of Roman theatre architecture. In nine chapters it brings together a massive amount of archaeological, literar.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Theaters -- Rome.
Archaeology -- Rome.
Rome -- Antiquities -- Catalogs.
Rome (Empire)
Antiquities.
Genre/Form Catalogs.
Electronic books.
Catalogs.
Other Form: Print version: Sear, Frank. Roman theatres. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 0198144695 (DLC) 2006298855 (OCoLC)61129149
ISBN 9780191518270 (electronic book)
0191518271 (electronic book)
9780198144694 (Cloth)
0198144695 (Cloth)