The Pompeii Forum Project is an interdisciplinary collaborative research venture sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the University of Virginia, and private contributors. Project members are from the University of Virginia and elsewhere. Enter the Forum through the columns on the side or click on the above banner for a brief description of the project. Copyright 1997 by , all ...

About This Site: This is a site for exploring the Column of Trajan as a sculptural monument. The core of the site is a searchable database of over 500 images focusing on various aspects of the design and execution of the column's sculptural decoration. These images (slides and drawings) were generated by and for sculptor Peter Rockwell, over the course of his study of Roman stone-carving ...

Databases of images and literature, ancient and modern, devoted to the theater of Pompey as well as life in Rome during the fifties B.C.

This site includes pictures and descriptions of ancient Roman ruins found in Rome and Ostia. Pictures are of the roman forum, pompeii, herculaneum, colosseum, circus maximus, pantheon, arch of Titus, arch of septimius severus, Trajan's column, Trajan's marketplace, arch of constantine and more ...

Cupola offers galleries of cupolas, historic architecture, art, and picturesque landscapes. Also cupola FAQ, state capitol building histories, wordplay, and Autocad resources.

Ancient Roman Architecture in the Great Buildings Online.

Timgad. Roman ruins Timgad was constructed as a bastion against the Berbers in the Aur s Mountains, by emperor Trajan in AD 100. The city was built after the best Roman plans, with shops, taverns and craftsmen selling from own stalls, as well as a forum almost in the centre, and a theatre just south of this. The area where Timgad lies was earlier a fertile agricultural area, lying 1, 000 metres ...

Extract from Gert Sperling's presentation at the 1998 conference ...

Monday and Wednesday, September 18 and 20: ROMAN ARCHITECTURE Reading: Architecture, chapter three, pp. 116--152. Suggested: Norberg-Schulz, Chapter 3 Roman Republic (4th c. to 27 BC) Originally small republican city state, chiefly of free landowners. Expansion into entire Mediterranean basin with corresponding growth of commerical and financial power; world trade. Decline of small landowners, ...

Portfolio: Roman Architecture records 1 to 4 of 241 View: thumbnails text list image & label description Arch of Constantine. Relief detail. - Roman Late Antique Anonymous (284 - c. 500) Arch of Constantine. Relief detail. - Roman Late Antique Anonymous (284 - c. 500) Arch of Constantine. - Roman Late Antique Anonymous (284 - c. 500) Hippodrome. General view. - Roman Late Antique Anonymous (284 ...