Fortifications of Pompeii and Ancient Italy

Name: Fortifications of Pompeii and Ancient Italy
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Contents;List of Figures ;List of Color Plates;Acknowledgements;Introduction ;1 Prolegomena to the City Walls of Pompeii;The city walls and the urbanization of Pompeii;Excavating the fortifications;2 Defense and the Genesis of the Community;The fortifications and the city;The Orthostat wall;The Altstadt as nucleus to Pompeii;Walls, gods, politics and the early community;3 A New Enceinte for a New City;Reconstructing the Samnite Circuit;Achieving an ornamental effect;Gates and towers in the first Samnite circuit;Upgrading the defenses;Emphasizing the transition through the fortifications;Reaching new heights: opus incertum and the next phase of construction;New elements to old gates;The towers;4 Establishing an Image for Samnite Pompeii;Calibrating the image of the expanding city;Building materials and the image of Pompeii;Samnite Pompeii defines its image;Fortifications and the urban network;The image of the high Samnite city;Patronage and display at the walls;Naming the fortificatiox