The Relation of the Praetorian Camp to Aurelian's Wall of Rome
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10966970 |
|---|---|
| Authors | I A Richmond (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1927 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Pages | 12-22 |
| Publication date | 1927-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Papers of the British School at Rome (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0068-2462 • E-ISSN: 2045-239X |
| Publisher | Open Book Publishers (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0068246200005742 |
| OpenAlex | W2314311121 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
This paper is the result of testing the following proposition, formed during a study of the City Wall of Rome. It was required to prove that the Praetorian Camp had remained unchanged after Seianus built it in A.D. 23 until Aurelian made an addition to its walls when he attached them to his City Wall in A.D. 271. Thus might have been gained with ease an undoubted example of Aurelianic brick-facing for use in identifying work of the same period in the much altered City Wall. But the problem proved complex. Eventually Aurelian's work appeared in an unexpected guise, but not before three previous sets of alterations in the defences of the fortress had been recognised. And these seem worth description, not only as aids to under standing Aurelian's work, nor even because they also link us with Roman accounts of the Praetorians, but because they give elevational views of a Roman fortress such as have rarely survived in full detail to our own times
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Brick · Database · Epistemology · Fortress (chess · Period (music · Proposition · Relation (database · Work (physics · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Computer Science · Engineering · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
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| Citation span | 1988 - 2016 (29) |
| Highly cited | No |