Topography of ancient Rome in the context of "Pax deorum"

⭐ In the context of *Pax deorum*, the topography of ancient Rome, specifically its religious landmarks, is considered…

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⭐ Core Definition: Topography of ancient Rome

The topography of ancient Rome is the description of the built environment of the city of ancient Rome. It is a multidisciplinary field of study that draws on archaeology, epigraphy, cartography and philology. The word 'topography' here has its older sense of a description of a place, now often considered to be local history, rather than its usual modern meaning, the study of landforms.

The classic English-language work of scholarship is A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome (1929), written by Samuel Ball Platner, completed and published after his death by Thomas Ashby. New finds and interpretations have rendered many of Platner and Ashby's conclusions unreliable, but when used with other sources the work still offers insights and complementary information.

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👉 Topography of ancient Rome in the context of Pax deorum

The vocabulary of ancient Roman religion was highly specialized. Its study affords important information about the religion, traditions and beliefs of the ancient Romans. This legacy is conspicuous in European cultural history in its influence on later juridical and religious vocabulary in Europe, particularly of the Christian Church. This glossary provides explanations of concepts as they were expressed in Latin pertaining to religious practices and beliefs, with links to articles on major topics such as priesthoods, forms of divination, and rituals.

For theonyms, or the names and epithets of gods, see List of Roman deities. For public religious holidays, see Roman festivals. For temples see the List of Ancient Roman temples. Individual landmarks of religious topography in ancient Rome are not included in this list; see Roman temple.

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Topography of ancient Rome in the context of Antonio Nibby

Antonio Nibby (October 4, 1792 at Rome – December 29, 1839 at Rome) was an Italian archaeologist and topographer. Nibby was a professor of archaeology in the University of Rome and in the French Academy in Rome. He was an expert in the topography of ancient Rome and its hinterland. Nibby excavated in the area of the Forum Romanum from 1827, and cleared the Cloaca Maxima in 1829.

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Topography of ancient Rome in the context of Filippo Coarelli

Filippo Coarelli is an Italian archaeologist, Professor of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the University of Perugia.

Born in Rome, Coarelli was a student of Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli. Coarelli is one of the foremost experts on Roman antiquities and the history of early Rome. A leading expert on the topography of ancient Rome, Coarelli produced a series of books from the 1980s and 1990s that have altered modern thinking about how Roman topography developed. His work on Italian monumental sanctuaries of the late Roman Republic is considered standard.

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Topography of ancient Rome in the context of Samuel Ball Platner

Samuel Ball Platner (December 4, 1863 – August 20, 1921) was an American classicist and archaeologist.

Platner was born at Unionville, Connecticut, and educated at Yale College. He taught at Western Reserve University and is best known as the author of various topographical works on ancient Rome, chief among them A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, completed after Platner's death by Thomas Ashby and published in 1929; and as a contributor to the 1911 Britannica.

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LINKED FROM (PARENTS)
← Pax deorum ← Glossary of ancient Roman religion ← Templum ← Antonio Nibby ← Filippo Coarelli ← Samuel Ball Platner ← Nemus
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Built environment → Ancient Rome → Classical archaeology → Epigraphy → Cartography → Classical philology → Local history → Topography → A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome → Samuel Ball Platner → Thomas Ashby (archaeologist) →