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The buildings erected in his native city by the Roman emperor Septimius Severus are amongst the most impressive and best-preserved in the Roman world. Because of their unique state of preservation, they give an unparalleled insight into what an architect with an imperial commission could do, when he...
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oapen-20.500.12657-637442023-07-05T02:42:39Z The Severan Buildings of Lepcis Magna Ward-Perkins, J.B. History Ancient Rome Social Science Archaeology Architecture History Ancient & Classical bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJD European history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HD Archaeology bic Book Industry Communication::A The arts::AM Architecture::AMX History of architecture The buildings erected in his native city by the Roman emperor Septimius Severus are amongst the most impressive and best-preserved in the Roman world. Because of their unique state of preservation, they give an unparalleled insight into what an architect with an imperial commission could do, when he had the building-materials and technical expertise of the entire empire at his disposal.<br/><br/>The buildings excavated by Italian teams between the two World Wars were examined in detail by Ward-Perkins between 1948 and 1953. The study was never completed in his lifetime, though the drawings and much of the text existed at least in draft form. The present publication puts these in the public domain, together with Ward-Perkins' authoritative insights into the process by which such a grand project was executed. 2023-07-04T05:32:41Z 2023-07-04T05:32:41Z 1993 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/63744 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International external_content.pdf Society for Libyan Studies Society for Libyan Studies 345bc552-756e-4a77-a6ca-d51849cb1230 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Society for Libyan Studies Knowledge Unlatched open access |
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The buildings erected in his native city by the Roman emperor Septimius Severus are amongst the most impressive and best-preserved in the Roman world. Because of their unique state of preservation, they give an unparalleled insight into what an architect with an imperial commission could do, when he had the building-materials and technical expertise of the entire empire at his disposal.<br/><br/>The buildings excavated by Italian teams between the two World Wars were examined in detail by Ward-Perkins between 1948 and 1953. The study was never completed in his lifetime, though the drawings and much of the text existed at least in draft form. The present publication puts these in the public domain, together with Ward-Perkins' authoritative insights into the process by which such a grand project was executed. |
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