The Serapeum of Ostia and the Brick-Stamps of 123 A. D. A New Landmark in the History of Roman Architecture

1959 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert Bloch
Keyword(s):  
Roman Architecture ◽  
History Of

Some Early Examples of the Composite Capital

1960 ◽  
Vol 50 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 119-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. E. Strong
Keyword(s):  
Roman Architecture ◽  
Double Row ◽  
History Of

The Composite capital was described by D. S. Robertson in his Handbook of Greek and Roman Architecture (2nd ed., 1945) as ‘essentially a mixture of four-sided Ionic and Corinthian, in varying proportions. The invention is probably Augustan, but the earliest strictly datable examples are perhaps to be found at Rome in the Colosseum, dedicated in A.D. 80, and in the slightly later Arch of Titus: both these have a double row of acanthus leaves which gives them a more Corinthian look’.Since the Handbook was written, very little has been added to the history of the Composite capital. Robertson's explanation of the origin of the type, which seems to have been pointed out first by Patroni, is still the accepted one.

The Temple of Castor in the Forum Romanum

1962 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. E. Strong ◽  
J. B. Ward Perkins
Keyword(s):  
Turning Point ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Roman Architecture ◽  
History Of ◽  
Standard Of Comparison ◽  
Firm Basis ◽  
Augustan Age ◽  
The Temple

It is one of the paradoxes of the study of Roman architecture that what, in terms of the written record, is probably the most thoroughly and reliably documented phase of its whole development, the Augustan age, is from the point of view of the architectural historian still one of the most obscure and controversial. That it was a vital turning point in the history of Roman architecture one cannot doubt; and yet the number of monuments in the capital that can be accepted without hesitation and without reservation as representative of the age is very limited. No doubt the full and critical publication of the excavations of the last few decades will increase the number and provide a firm basis for further studies. But in the meantime we are still dependent—all too dependent—upon those few buildings which are securely and unequivocally Augustan, and which may be used therefore as a safe standard of comparison for some at any rate of the architectural practices current in Augustan Rome.

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