The Roman Empire during the Severan Dynasty : : Case Studies in History, Art, Architecture, Economy and Literature / / ed. by T. Corey Brennan, Eric C. De Sena.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Afonso, Lúcia,; Bucarelli, Ottavio,; Dazzi, Alice,; Di Mauro, Annarita,; Faust, Stephan,; Franco, Carmela,; Gariboldi, Andrea,; Germanà, Giancarlo,; Gradoni, Mark K.,; Harsányi, Eszter,; Koehler, Jens,; Leitmeir, Florian,; Lloyd, Maria,; Malfitana, Daniele,; Müjde, Türkmen-Peker,; Petit, Jean-Paul,; Puppo, Paola,; Quaresma, José Carlos,; Radaelli, Edoardo,; Rambaldi, Simone,; Santoro, Sara,; Topalilov, Ivo,; Walters, E. T.,
• HerausgeberIn: Brennan, T. Corey,; Sena, Eric C. De,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: American Journal of Ancient History: New Series ; 68200720092013
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (590 p.)

This volume contains 20 peer-reviewed papers highlighting historical, social and cultural episodes, conditions, and trends of the Empire during the reign of Septimius Severus, the last great emperor to lead the Romans prior to the third century crisis.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Εditor’s Νote -- Ιntroduction -- SEVERAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE -- The Parthian Campaigns of Septimius Severus: Causes, and Roles in Dynastic Legitimation -- “Unitas ex Africa: Was Tertullian the Origo of Imperial Unification?” -- URBAN TRANSFORMATIONS DURING THE SEVERAN PERIOD -- La Gallia Mosellana nell’età dei Severi: il caso del Vicus di Bliesbruck -- Water Works and Monuments in Gaul in the Severan Age: Some Considerations -- More Water for Rome: Nothing New in the Eternal City? Water-Related Monuments as Part of the Severan Building Program -- A Note on the Architectural Decoration of the Severan Period in Pamphylia and Cilicia -- L’Attività edilizia a destinazione pubblica fra i Severi e i Soldatenkaiser: continuità e trasformazioni -- Il tempio di Serapide sul Quirinale: note di archeologia e topografia tra Antichità e Medioevo -- Alcune osservazioni sulla Sicilia durante il periodo dei Severi -- Vestigia architettoniche del periodo di Settimio Severo in Tunisia -- ASPECTS OF SOCIETY AND ECONOMY DURING THE SEVERAN PERIOD -- The Origo of the Thracian Praetorians in the Time of Severans -- Un riempimento fognario di età Severiana dalle cosiddette “Terme di Elagabalo” a Roma -- La ceramica ad ingobbiatura nera di Treviri – una merce costosa in Pannonia durante l’epoca Severiana -- Baetican Oil and Septimius Severus -- Economic Growth in the Early and Middle Imperial Periods, Pre-200 AD: an Economic Approach from a Peripheral Hispanic Province, Lusitania -- Economy and Trade of Sicily During Severan Period: Highlights Between Archaeology and History -- SEVERAN ART AND IDEOLOGY -- Between Tradition and Innovation – the Visual Representation of Severan Emperors -- Ideological Messages and Local Preferences: the Imagery of the Severan Arch at Lepcis Magna -- Elagabalo invictus sacerdos: l’imperatore fanciullo e la centralizzazione del sacro attraverso lo specchio delle monete -- The Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum: a Re-Consideration