
Ancient Roman Villas
The Essential Sourcebook
By: Guy P. R. Metraux (Editor)
Paperback | 1 April 2025 | Edition Number 1
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Guy Metraux expertly contextualizes a vast array of ancient written sources to reveal the complex histories of villas across the Roman world. Drawing upon extensive research, he pushes beyond familiar generalizations based on examples from the Bay of Naples to interrogate such pertinent issues as size, economics, patronage, daily life, social factors, siting, ownership, and architectural design. Situating ancient texts in relation to the life and times of each author, Metraux humanizes every passage. The result is an erudite compilation whose full-bodied, engaging coverage will attract students, researchers, and general readers alike. - Diane Favro, Distinguished Research Professor, Architecture and Urban Design, School of the Arts and Architecture, UCLA
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--Diane Favro, Distinguished Research Professor, Architecture and Urban Design, School of the Arts and Architecture, UCLA
"Guy P. R. M?traux's Ancient Roman Villas: The Essential Sourcebook proves to be a captivating read, appealing to both scholars and students with its fascinating commentary and informative translations. Offering insights into various aspects of ancient Roman villas, including regional differences and economic structures, this book serves as an essential resource for classical philologists, archaeologists, and cultural historians. M?traux's extensive expertise and passion for the subject are evident, making this book a valuable addition to any academic or enthusiast's library."
--John R. Clarke, Annie Laurie Howard Regents Professor, University of Texas at Austin
"This impressive book presents a wide range of ancient Greek and Roman literary sources (treatises, letters, poems, etc.) on Roman villas and villa life from the Republican to the late Imperial/early Christian period. Thanks to the clarity of organization and the editor's lucid prose, the reader can navigate the content quite easily and gain a good sense of the development as well as significance of Roman villas in relation social and political life, architectural developments, the agricultural economy, private as well as imperial ownership, and more. As a whole the book provides an excellent foundation for many areas of villa research and will serve as an essential resource for scholars and students, not only of the Roman period but also of later periods in which villas reemerged as centers of social and economic life."
--Elaine K. Gazda, Professor and Curator Emerita, Department of the History of Art and Kelsey Museum of Archeology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
ISBN: 9781606069370
ISBN-10: 1606069373
Series: Getty Publications -
Available: 1st April 2025
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 480
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: GB
Edition Number: 1
Dimensions (cm): 25.4 x 17.78
Weight (kg): 0.45
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