Spolia in fortifications and the common builder in late antiquity / / by Jon M. Frey.

Through intensive surveys of three fortifications in late Roman Greece, Frey reveals the untapped potential of spolia in demonstrating the critical role played by non-elites in bringing about the architectural and social changes that mark the end of classical antiquity. As his analysis demonstrates,...

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Superior document:Mnemosyne Supplements. History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity, Volume 389
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016.
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum. History and archaeology of classical antiquity ; Volume 389.
Physical Description:1 online resource (234 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Introduction
  • Themes
  • Reuse as Repair: The “Inscription Wall” at Aegina
  • Reuse as Reinterpretation: Section R at Sparta
  • Reuse as Rejection: The Fortress at Isthmia
  • Spoliation as Process, Military Strategy, and Democratization
  • Works Cited
  • Index of Names and Subjects.