Table of Contents

Introduction
I. Monumental Form
1: Principles of monumental form in antiquity
2: The contribution of Antoninus Pius
3: The symbolic significance of monumental forms under the Antonines
4: Patrons and the monumentality of architecture
5: Creating form: architects in the Antonine age
Conclusion
II. Monuments of City and Empire
6: Buildings, politics, and the monumentality of Antonine cities
7: The cities and the emperor
8: Imperial architecture
Conclusion
III. Monuments and Memory
9: The monuments of the past
10: Building the monuments of the future
Conclusion
IV. Responses to Monuments
11: Experiencing and responding to public architecture
12: The architectural descriptions of Lucian of Samosata
Conclusion
Conclusion

About the Author

Edmund Thomas is Lecturer in Ancient Visual and Material Culture, University of Durham.

Reviews

Seldom have I read a book containing on the one hand such a broad and extensive overview of Antonine architecture and, on the other, such an abundance of information about selected aspects of the topic ... However, the present book sets new standards for how Antonine architecture should be addressed ... such a well-written book deserves to be read by many scholars, students and interested readers in general.
*Rubina Raja, Ancient West & East*

the scope of this book is precisely defined
*Penelope J. Goodman*