Christopher P Dickenson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5636848 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher P Dickenson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher P |
| FAMILY NAME | Dickenson |
| SIGNATURE | DICKENSON C P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Groningen |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8868-0570 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Constructing Public Space
This chapter provides an overview of the architectural transformations of public space in the Roman-period Greek city. It discusses how we can read those transformations, revealed primarily through archaeology, as evidence for cultural and political change. It takes a stance against the pessimist view, so prominent in older scholarship, that increasing monumentality was a symptom of civic decline and argues that combining archaeology with literar…
Public Space and Cultural Resilience
The fate of public spaces has loomed large in discussions of what happened to Roman cities in the Near East in Late Antiquity. Much has been made of the way that temples, fora, bathhouses and other amenities went out of use and shops, workshops and domestic premises encroached into squares and streets. Scholars who have seen this as evidence of vitality have made their case in largely economic terms with less attention to culture, thereby implici…
From 'Civic' to 'Urban' Religion in Roman Britain
From Civic to Urban Religion in Roman Britain
Maria A Liston, Susan I. Rotroff, Lynn M. Snyder, and Andrew Stewart. The Agora Bone Well
Making space for commerce in Roman Britain
The forum/basilica complexes of Roman Britain are a distinctive hallmark of the form that urbanism took in that part of the Empire: nearly square in shape, in contrast to the more elongated forums found elsewhere in the western Empire, and conceived as a unified architectural complex with the basilica integrated into one side, typically with a single monumental entrance and, strikingly, lacking any temples. While the towns of Roman Britain rarely…
Public Statues Across Time and Cultures
This book explores the ways in which statues have been experienced in public in different cultures and the role that has been played by statues in defining publicness itself. The meaning of public statues is examined through discussion of their appearance and their spatial context and of written discourses having to do with how they were experienced. Bringing together experts working on statues in different cultures, the book sheds light on simil…
On the Agora
On the Agora traces the evolution of the main public square of the Greek polis for the six centuries from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to the height of the Roman Empire and the Herulian invasion of Greece in 267 AD. Drawing on literary, epigraphic and, especially, archaeological evidence, the book takes a comparative approach to consider how the layout and function of agoras in cities throughout Greece changed during centuries that …
Pausanias and the “Archaic Agora” at Athens
This article challenges the increasingly popular view that Pausanias's description of Athens in the 2nd century a.d. contains a reference to the Agora of the city in the Archaic period. Consideration of Pausanias's methods and his attitude toward the agoras of other Greek cities described in his work suggests that the "agora" mentioned in his description of Athens is most likely the so-called Roman Agora, paid for by Julius Caesar and Augustus. T…
On the Agora
On the Agora traces the evolution of the main public square of the Greek polis for the six centuries from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to the height of the Roman Empire and the Herulian invasion of Greece in 267 AD. Drawing on literary, epigraphic and, especially, archaeological evidence, the book takes a comparative approach to consider how the layout and function of agoras in cities throughout Greece changed during centuries that …
Public Statues Across Time and Cultures
This book explores the ways in which statues have been experienced in public in different cultures and the role that has been played by statues in defining publicness itself. The meaning of public statues is examined through discussion of their appearance and their spatial context and of written discourses having to do with how they were experienced. Bringing together experts working on statues in different cultures, the book sheds light on simil…
Pausanias and the “Archaic Agora” at Athens
This article challenges the increasingly popular view that Pausanias's description of Athens in the 2nd century a.d. contains a reference to the Agora of the city in the Archaic period. Consideration of Pausanias's methods and his attitude toward the agoras of other Greek cities described in his work suggests that the "agora" mentioned in his description of Athens is most likely the so-called Roman Agora, paid for by Julius Caesar and Augustus. T…
Pausanias and the “Archaic Agora” at Athens
This article challenges the increasingly popular view that Pausanias's description of Athens in the 2nd century a.d. contains a reference to the Agora of the city in the Archaic period. Consideration of Pausanias's methods and his attitude toward the agoras of other Greek cities described in his work suggests that the "agora" mentioned in his description of Athens is most likely the so-called Roman Agora, paid for by Julius Caesar and Augustus. T…
On the Agora
On the Agora traces the evolution of the main public square of the Greek polis for the six centuries from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to the height of the Roman Empire and the Herulian invasion of Greece in 267 AD. Drawing on literary, epigraphic and, especially, archaeological evidence, the book takes a comparative approach to consider how the layout and function of agoras in cities throughout Greece changed during centuries that …
From 'Civic' to 'Urban' Religion in Roman Britain
From Civic to Urban Religion in Roman Britain
Maria A Liston, Susan I. Rotroff, Lynn M. Snyder, and Andrew Stewart. The Agora Bone Well
Making space for commerce in Roman Britain
The forum/basilica complexes of Roman Britain are a distinctive hallmark of the form that urbanism took in that part of the Empire: nearly square in shape, in contrast to the more elongated forums found elsewhere in the western Empire, and conceived as a unified architectural complex with the basilica integrated into one side, typically with a single monumental entrance and, strikingly, lacking any temples. While the towns of Roman Britain rarely…
Public Statues Across Time and Cultures
This book explores the ways in which statues have been experienced in public in different cultures and the role that has been played by statues in defining publicness itself. The meaning of public statues is examined through discussion of their appearance and their spatial context and of written discourses having to do with how they were experienced. Bringing together experts working on statues in different cultures, the book sheds light on simil…
Constructing Public Space
This chapter provides an overview of the architectural transformations of public space in the Roman-period Greek city. It discusses how we can read those transformations, revealed primarily through archaeology, as evidence for cultural and political change. It takes a stance against the pessimist view, so prominent in older scholarship, that increasing monumentality was a symptom of civic decline and argues that combining archaeology with literar…
Public Space and Cultural Resilience
The fate of public spaces has loomed large in discussions of what happened to Roman cities in the Near East in Late Antiquity. Much has been made of the way that temples, fora, bathhouses and other amenities went out of use and shops, workshops and domestic premises encroached into squares and streets. Scholars who have seen this as evidence of vitality have made their case in largely economic terms with less attention to culture, thereby implici…
History (6 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Agora (3 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · History (3 works) · Political science (3 works)