Roger B Ulrich
Biographic Data
| ID | 1085832 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roger B Ulrich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roger B |
| FAMILY NAME | Ulrich |
| SIGNATURE | ULRICH R B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dartmouth College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A Companion to Roman Architecture
Companion to Roman Architecture
Carpenter
Techniques of working with wood belong to the oldest of human enterprises and therefore were already thousands of years old when practiced by Greeks and Romans.
Forests, Roman Empire
Forests in the Greco‐Roman world played significant roles at all periods: for the economy as a source of building timber and fuel, as habitat for wild game and edible plants, as places of worship where both major and minor sanctuaries were located, and as natural barriers between different populations or as dangerous traps where armies were vulnerable to ambush.
Artisans, Greece and Rome
The Greek artisan, along with his Roman counterpart, worked with his hands to make a living (hence a Greek term for the artisan, cheirotechnes : “skilled with hands”).
Technitai
The Greek term for those beings, mortal or divine, who practice a techne , or skill.
Domus Imperatoriae
Roman Pompeii
The Temple of Castor and Pollux 1
Contignatio, Vitruvius, and the Campanian Builder
Most Roman multistoried structures required structural wooden beams for the construction of floors, ceilings, and roofs. In the seventh book of De Architectura, Vitruvius describes how floors framed in wood, or contignationes, were to be constructed. According to Vitruvius, the wooden beams and planking of the contignatio could support a thick concrete subfloor and top pavement. This practice can be verified by archaeological evidence. An examina…
Roman Building
Julius Caesar and the Creation of the Forum Iulium
This article examines the historical and topographical issues connected with the first of the so-called Imperial fora, the Forum of Julius Caesar, in the light of new archaeological discoveries in Rome over the past decade, including the author's field observations at the site from 1981 to 1991. In its present state, the Forum of Iulium is for the most part a monument of the Imperial period, but it is also an important artifact of the Late Republ…
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Julius Caesar and the Creation of the Forum Iulium
This article examines the historical and topographical issues connected with the first of the so-called Imperial fora, the Forum of Julius Caesar, in the light of new archaeological discoveries in Rome over the past decade, including the author's field observations at the site from 1981 to 1991. In its present state, the Forum of Iulium is for the most part a monument of the Imperial period, but it is also an important artifact of the Late Republ…
Roman Building
The Temple of Castor and Pollux 1
Contignatio, Vitruvius, and the Campanian Builder
Most Roman multistoried structures required structural wooden beams for the construction of floors, ceilings, and roofs. In the seventh book of De Architectura, Vitruvius describes how floors framed in wood, or contignationes, were to be constructed. According to Vitruvius, the wooden beams and planking of the contignatio could support a thick concrete subfloor and top pavement. This practice can be verified by archaeological evidence. An examina…
Roman Pompeii
Domus Imperatoriae
Carpenter
Techniques of working with wood belong to the oldest of human enterprises and therefore were already thousands of years old when practiced by Greeks and Romans.
Forests, Roman Empire
Forests in the Greco‐Roman world played significant roles at all periods: for the economy as a source of building timber and fuel, as habitat for wild game and edible plants, as places of worship where both major and minor sanctuaries were located, and as natural barriers between different populations or as dangerous traps where armies were vulnerable to ambush.
Artisans, Greece and Rome
The Greek artisan, along with his Roman counterpart, worked with his hands to make a living (hence a Greek term for the artisan, cheirotechnes : “skilled with hands”).
Technitai
The Greek term for those beings, mortal or divine, who practice a techne , or skill.
A Companion to Roman Architecture
Companion to Roman Architecture
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