Main entry:

Tomlinson, R. A. (Richard Allan)

Title & Author:

From Mycenae to Constantinople : the evolution of the ancient city / Richard Tomlinson.

Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1992.

Description:

xiii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-233) and index.
Introduction: cities and their creators -- Buildings: types and functions -- Mycenae: the forerunners -- Athens and Piraeus -- Corinth -- Priene -- Alexandria -- Pergamon -- Thessalonike -- Cyrene -- Rome -- Pompeii -- Lepcis Magna -- Palmyra -- Epilogue: Constantinople.

Summary:

Studies of selected ancient cities, giving an account of their architecture, not only from the art historical point of view, but as an expression of the social organization, and political systems employed by those who lived in them.

Resources:
1992.
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ISBN:

0415059976 (hard)
9780415059978 (hard)
0415059984 (pbk.)
9780415059985 (pbk.)

Subject:

Cities and towns, Ancient.
Villes antiques.
Antike
Geschichte
Stadt
Stadtplanung
Städtebau
Steden.
Klassieke oudheid.
Bouwkunst.
Historia antiga grecia (urbanizacao, urbanismo)
Historia antiga roma (urbanizacao, urbanismo)
City-states.
History, Ancient.
Greece.
Roman Empire.
Griechenland
Römisches Reich
Cities History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 87408
Call No.: ID:93-B2097
Status: Available