Italia
Windows on Italy:
the history and culture of Italy
Learning
to read Rome's ruins, A history of the exploration of Rome, UNC Exposition
Roma Antica-Ancient Rome-Roma Antiqua
Photos and maps of the archaeological sites of Pompeii, Rome, Ercolano, Oplontis, Stabia, Ostia, and of the collections from the Musei Vaticani, Musei Capitolini, Museo della Civiltˆ Romana, Museo Nazionale Romano and the British Museum. "All the photos by Luis Salas©1995-99. It's not allowed any copy without previous written permision."
Rome:
Images of Ancient Rome
From a course at Tulane University entitled Period and Style for Designers
by H. Lester. Primarily images of the monuments of ancient Rome, but also
includes pictures of Hadrian's villa in Tivol, Pompeii, Ostia, Verona,
Segovia, Alcantara, Nimes, Diocletian's palace at Split, and artifacts
housed in the Metropolitan Museum of New York, the National gallery in
Washington, the Vatican Museum in Rome, the Museo del erme in Rome, the
Museo Torlonia in Rome, the Museo Nazionale in Naples, the Lourve in Paris,
and the Corinth Museum
Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome
An excellent data base of images of Greek and Roman sites in Italy (including a section specifically devoted to Rome), Sicily and France. Photographs by Leo C. Curran.
The
Plan of Rome
"The plaster model represents the state of knowledge concerning ancient
Rome at one particular moment;. The utilisation of computer resources allows
the creation of a virtual model that evolves and takes ontinuing account
of advances in archaeological, historical and literary knowledge. Thus,
beyond the faithful reproduction of the work of Paul Bigot, one will be
able to re-create Rome at different chronological stages and capture the
phases of construction, the evolution of the urban fabric, etc."
Modern Reconstructions of ancient Rome
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
The Roman Forum: Through the Ages
by Mike Zimmerman, Trinty College. A quite informative site on the Roman Forum.
Eamus VRoma!
"Click on the map (of Rome) to see the available sites and their
resources in each region of VRoma.§"
Capitolium.org.
"Capitolium.org, an official source of live information on the archaeological site of the Imperial Forums. Day by day, on-line visitors can follow the development of the work which is being carried out by top-level scholars of Roman antiquity".
Ancient Rome: Map of Rome and plans of ancient buildings.
Ancient Rome A variety of information about ancient Rome will be offered at this site.The page will change from time to time as new material is developed for display. Author: Gary Brueggeman
Encyclopedia Ichnographiam turn-of-the-millennium documentation of the greatest plan ever redrawn
"Piranesi's ICHNOGRAPHIAM CAMPI MARTII, the large plan within the archeological text Il Campo Marzio dell'antica Roma, has inspired numerous architects since its first printing in 1757, yet the Encyclopedia Ichnographiam is the first full-scale analysis of the plan's composition, meaning, and message. While representing a 'reconstructed' plan of ancient Rome's Field of Mars, Piranesi ingeniously delineates two narratives -- that of pagan Rome and that of Christian Rome -- and at the same time offers an unprecedented lesson
in urban design. Presented here as a work-in-progress, the Encyclopedia Ichnographiam will address every detail of Piranesi's plan through an ongoing delivery of descriptive and analytical texts along with computer generated illustrations of the plan redrawn." Written and illustrated by Stephen Helmut Lauf.
EOS:Electronic Open Stacks
Samual Ball Platner A Topograhpical Dictionary of Ancient Rome London :Oxford University Press,1929
LacusCurtius Educational Resource: a Selection of Articles from Samuel Ball Platner's 1929 A Topograhpical Dictionary of Ancient Rome London
copyright © William P. Thayer
Largo Argentina. Republican Temples
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Theater of Pompey
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Theater of Marcellus
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Ara Pacis
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
The Pantheon: The Triumph of
Roman Concrete.
Articles and Research by David Moore, P. E.
Portico of Octavia
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Domus Aurea (Golden House of Nero)
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran. Photographs by Margaret M. Curran.
The Colosseum - cutaway view.
Line drawing detailing principle elements of the Colosseum excerpted from the The Forum of Trajan in Rome:Getty Education Institute for the Arts.
The Arch of Titus and reliefs, Via Sacra
Copyright © Mary Ann Sullivan.
Arch of Titus
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
The Forum of Trajan in Rome:Getty Education Institute for the Arts.
This Web exhibition draws from "Beyond Beauty: Antiquities as Evidence," the major opening exhibition (on view until January 17, 1999) at the new J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center. This online exhibition focuses on a virtual reality model of the forum built by the Emperor Trajan, one of the most important monuments of Imperial Rome.
Trajan's Rome Image Galleries .
Excerpted from the
The Forum of Trajan in Rome:Getty Education Institute for the Arts.
Progetto Fori Imperiali.
Update on the excavations of the Forum of Trajan, the forum of Caesar and the Temple of Peace in Italian.
Trajan's Column:A Record of the Dacian Campaign and a Monument to Logistics.
Thirty-eight very good photos courtesy of LacusCurtius
Trajan's Column, Rome.
Courtesy of Marlborough Boys' College.
Trajan's Column.
Eleven images from Gallery Two of Trajan's Rome Image Galleries. Courtesy of Getty Education Institute for the Arts.
The McMaster Trajan Project, 1999.
"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 practices. The aim of this site is to make these images available to the widest possible public, in a form that can contribute both to ongoing study by specialists and to enjoyment and appreciation of the monument by the general public."
Column and Forum of Trajan
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Janiculum Mills Excavations:Roman water-mills on the Janiculum Hill, Rome.
"At the invitation of the American Academy in Rome, and with the kind permission of the Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma, a 5-week excavation season was undertaken in June and July 1998 to investigate the Aqua Traiana and a large Roman water-mill complex in the Academy's parking lot, on the Janiculum Hill in Rom." Courtesy of Dr Andrew Wilson
Hadrianeum
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Temple of Venus and Rome
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Tomb of Hadrian (Castel S. Angelo)
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Base of the column of Antoninus Pius, Vatican Museum
Copyright © Mary Ann Sullivan.
Column of Marcus Aurelius
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Insula (2c AD) at base of Capitoline
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Janiculum Mills Excavations:Roman water-mills on the Janiculum Hill, Rome.
"At the invitation of the American Academy in Rome, and with the kind permission of the Soprintendenza Archeologica di Roma, a 5-week excavation season was undertaken in June and July 1998 to investigate the Aqua Traiana and a large Roman water-mill complex in the Academy's parking lot, on the Janiculum Hill in Rom." Courtesy of Dr Andrew Wilson
Arch of Septimius Severus.
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Arch of the Argentarii.
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Baths of Caracalla.
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Curia.
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Arch of Janus.
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Arch of Constantine.
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Images
of Early Christian Rome
From a course at Tulane University entitled Period and Style for Designers
by H. Lester.
A Case Study in Late Antiquity by a Master Topographer
of Early Christian Rome
A Web-enhanced edition of Pagan and Christian Rome by Rodolfo Lanciani Boston and New York, 1892. Text, maps and black & white illustrations are in the public domain. Any color photos are © William P. Thayer. Courtesy of LacusCurtius.
Column of Phocas.
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
The
collections of the Musei Vaticani (galleries of images)
Obelisques
dans Rome, from SIRA, U. Bordeaux
The
Archaeological Museum of Bologna
Vitelú:
The Languages of Ancient Italy
Vteli was the Oscan term for the Italian peninsula. This name is probably
connected with the word for "calf" (seen in Latin vitulus and
Umbrian vitlu ), and was originally applied to the Greek colonies in Italy.
Gradually, the word came to refer to the entire peninsula, and was adopted
by allied Sabellian tribes to foster a sense of nationalism during the
Italic revolt against Rome. A form of the ancient word survives in the
modern name Italia . Site includes map of the lanaguages of Ancient Italy,
classifications of Italian lanaguages, the alphabets of Ancient Italy,
selected inscriptions, a bibliography and links to other sites.
U.
Bristol, Visualisation of Landscapes Project, Gubbio Basin, central Italy
The Visualisation of Landscapes project is a University of Bristol funded
teaching initiative within the Archaeology Department, in conjunction with
the Departments of Computer Science and Geography. The project is an inter-disciplinary exercise into the interpretation of archaeological data with the aid of computer technology, in order to visualise landscapes. The eventual results will be packaged so that they can be used primarily in first and second
year undergraduate teaching and in the Landscape Archaeology MA.
I
Campi Flegri:un itinerario archeologico ( in Italian).
Il
Castello di Baia (English version avail. under 'Archaeology in Campania')
Napoli: Porte
Aperte (partial English version avail. under 'Archaeology in Campania')
Pompeii
Forum Project, University of Virginia
The Pompeii Forum Project is a collaborative venture that focuses on the urban center of Pompeii.The forum at any Roman town was the urban center housing the town's main religious, civic, and commercial institutions.) There are three components to the project: documentation of standing remains;archaeological analysis; and urban study that seeks a) to interpret the developments at Pompeii in the broader context of urban history and b)
to identify at Pompeii recurring patterns of urban evolution that can be applied to contemporary issues in American urbanism.
Pompeii:
Images of the site of Pompeii
From a course at Tulane University entitled Period and Style for Designers by H. Lester.
Pompeii
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
CAD
and the reconstruction of Pompeii
Using CAD for the reconstruction of the forum at Pompeii has allowed the
study of aspects of the forum that were not possible to explore without
such technology.The goal was to construct an accurate 3D model of the forum
as it exists today, a model that presents not only walls and columns, but
more importantly, describes the different construction phases of the forum
based on John Dobbins' observation and analysis.
The
Ionic Propylaeum in Pompeii: Some Preliminary Observations
By Carroll William Westfall. Using the Iconic Propylaeum as a focus of her presentation, the author explores the relationship between the individual building and the larger urban ensemble of which it is part.
Learning from Pompeii: The Final Report on Urbanism Pompeii Forum Project
"Pompeii, the beguiling and enigmatic survivor from the past, puts into full relief the fundamental maxim of good city building, a maxim as valid then as now: buildings must be built first of all as contributions to an urban ensemble, and the urban ensemble must serve the civic life first of all. The experience of working in Pompeii as an urban historian with archaeologists for three summers was intended to uncover some simple lessons that could be applied by people building and rebuilding in American cities today" By Carroll William Westfall.
Anglo-American
Research at Pompeii
"The principal research objectives of the Anglo-American Research Project
in Pompeii are to examine the early occupation of Pompeii and how the use
of urban space developed over the succeeding centuries. Our specific aim
is to recover the full structural history of occupation in Insula 1 of
Regio VI."
Notes on Ancient Reconstruction of the Pompeii Forum: Preliminary Findings of Geologic and Structural Review
This document is a comilation of notes and images arising from discussions among John Dobbins, Kirk Martini, Tanya Furman and Tom Baber concerning the Pompeii Forum and possible hypotheses concerning pre-eruption and post-excavation reconstruction of key structures on the Forum.
The History of Plumbing Pompeii & Herculaneum. Courtesy of Plumbing and Mechanical, July 1989
Herculaneum
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Vesuvio Decade Volcano, Italy
Fiesole
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Capua
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Pozzuoli
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Minturnae
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Beneventum
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
Museo
Gregoriano Etrusco I
The Etruscan Museum was founded in 1837, during the pontificate of Gregorio
XVI. It comprises nine rooms (sale) and presents artifacts excavated from
Etruria (1828-1837) and Lazio: Sala I - Four sarcophagi, funeral stones
and architectonic fragments, Sala II - Artifacts from the famous Regolini-Gallasso tomb in the Cerveteri necropolis, Sala III - Collections of bronze and gold artifacts, candelabria, rings; it includes the Mars of Todi statue, Sala IV - Terracotta artifacts and funeral urns, Sala Guglielmi - Artifacts excavated from the Vulci necropolis, Sale V-VIII - Collections of Greek, Etruscan and Italic pottery found in the Etruscan tombs, Sala dei Relievi Assiri - Reliefs and inscriptions with cuneiform characters refering to
Assyrian kings from the 9th to 3rd centuries B.C.
Museo
Gregoriano Etrusco II
The Etruscan Museum was founded in 1837, during the pontificate of Gregorio
XVI. It comprises nine rooms (sale) and presents artifacts excavated from
Etruria (1828-1837) and Lazio: Sala I - Four sarcophagi, funeral stones
and architectonic fragments, Sala II - Artifacts from the famous Regolini-Gallasso tomb in the Cerveteri necropolis, Sala III - Collections of bronze and gold artifacts, candelabria, rings; it includes the Mars of Todi statue, Sala IV - Terracotta artifacts and funeral urns, Sala Guglielmi - Artifacts excavated from the Vulci necropolis, Sale V-VIII - Collections of Greek, Etruscan and Italic pottery found in the Etruscan tombs, Sala dei Relievi Assiri - Reliefs and inscriptions with cuneiform characters refering to
Assyrian kings from the 9th to 3rd centuries B.C.
The
Tuscan Archaeological Service
Providing information on exhibitions, excavations, restorations, education,
museums and library resources in Tuscany.
Tusculum:Proyecto de investigación
"El proyecto Tusculum es un proyecto de investigación arqueológica en el que colaboran diversas instituciones españolas e italianas. Tiene como objetivo el estudio científico y la recuperación de una de las zonas monumentales de este antiquissimum municipium del Lacio: el teatro y la gran plaza anexa, identificadacomo el foro de la ciudad."
Département
des Antiquités grecques, étrusques et romaines
L'origine des collections de ce département remonte à celles
de François Ier et d'Henri IV auxquelles se sont ajoutées
au XVIIe siécle celles de Richelieu et de Mazarin ; des collections
particulières, les biens des émigrés réquisitionnés
sous la Révolution, constituent un musée des antiques ébauché
en 1795 et ouvert en 1800 après que furent arrivées au Louvre
les oeuvres prises par Bonaparte lors de ses campagnes en Italie.
The
Etruscan Network
Bibliography and list of internet resources. The images included in this
document include images taken from G. A. Mansuelli's The Art of Etruria
and Early Rome, and are reused with permission (written verification pending).
In the case of the Mansuelli images, the images have been altered slightly
to reflect a color/hue balance that is more in common with other images
of the artwork.
Etruscan Resources and References
Guide to both online and textual resources devoted to the study off Etruscan culture and history.
The Etruscans: A mystery disclosed
"From the IX cent. b. C., Tuscia has been the cradle of the Etruscans, From the IX cent. b. C., Tuscia has been the cradle of the Etruscans, the pre-Roman culture which influenced Tuscany and Latium, and for some respects is still widely mysterious."
The Etruscan Liber Linteus
"...a manuscript, found in Egypt on the bands of a mummy, and presently conserved in the National Museum of Zagreb (Croatia). It is also the only example of a book written on linen cloth (hence the Latin name Liber Linteus). Moreover, it is the only Etruscan book handed down to posterity."
The Etruscans - Ancient Civilization in Italy
"Follow Larth the Etruscan on a fascinating journey through the history and places of his homeland."
A Greek historian's account of the behaviour of Etruscan women. Chios, 4th cent. B.C.
(Theopompus, Histories 115 FGrHist F204 =Athenaeus 517d-518a. G) Courtesy of Women's Life in Greece & Rome by Mary R. Lefkowitz and Maureen B. Fant.
Bolsena:
The Etruscan-Roman excavations of Poggio Moscini
Brief description of the remains of the Etruscan-Roman city of Volsinii that have come to light near the castle, about 100 meters from the Rocca Monaldeschi.
The Volsci
Brief history of the Volsci from The Oxford Classical Dictionary.Courtesy of Italian Genealogy.
The Samnites
Includes archaeological map, primary text references from Pliny the Natural History and Strabo Geography Book IV and a colour reconstruction of Samnite warriors. Courtesy of Italian Genealogy.
Comune di Roma
Roman
Verona
The
Roman Baths of Valesio: A Local Design in Late Antiquity. A different view
In this article, M. C. Kosian discusses Roman design, using these baths
as an example. In the author's opinion several orthogonal reconstructed
design-schemes from the Roman period need to be reconsidered. She argues
rectangular designs are far too complex for local workers, and not necessary
for Roman demands.
Ostia
Antica
A guide to the archaeological ruins.
Ostia
Excerpted from Maecenas: Images of Ancient Greece and Rome by Leo C. Curran.
A biography
of Abireno Vicari, the excavator of Ostia (includes a map of the site).
Ostia - Harbour
of Ancient Rome.
"This is the main entry point for information about Ostia, the harbour
of ancient Rome. Here you will find information, or links to information,
for professional archaeologists and historians, for students of Roman archaeology and history, for interested laymen, and for tourists. The site is maintained by the Internet Group Ostia (IGO). This is a first, rough prototype."
Ostia - The Synagogue.
Excerpted from Second Temple Synagogues by Donald D. Binder.
The Second Campaign
of Excavations: Mezzomiglio Locality, Chianciano Terme,Italy.by Professor David Soren, University of Arizona, Photography by Noelle Soren.
With the help of the community of Chianciano Terme, a team from the University of Arizona has initiated excavation of an archaeological zone in the locality of central Chianciano known as Mezzomiglio. The zone was partially excavated in 1993 by Giulio Paolucci, the well known archaeologist and author of Etruscan studies from Chianciano Terme.
The
University of Arizona Excavations at Lugnano in Treverina , Italy
by Professor David Soren, University of Arizona, Photography by Noelle
Soren, Color Drawings by William Aylward.
"Lugnano in Teverina, a hill town in southern Umbria built along the
ancient Via Amerina north of Rome, has long been noted for its fine Church
of Santa Maria Assunta, a gem of twelfth century Romanesque design, and
its picturesque streets and byways. Since 1988 it has also become known
for the ruins of a Roman villa of the first century B.C. found on the hill
known as Poggio Gramignano southwest of the town. In antiquity this region
was peppered with as many as fifty country villas of the Roman elite who
enjoyed the climate and fertile fields of the area. Though none of these
has been fully excavated and opened to the public, the ruins of many of
these are known all over this region near the juncture of the Tiber River
and the Rio Grande, as are the remains of other Roman structures such as
river ports, bridges and walls."
Oxford
Classics Pictures Archive
A collection of Images from Rome, Turkey and Britain.
Italy
in Virtual Reality
Here you can see Italy in virtual reality from your computer.
Mount of Amphorae: The Mount Testaccio in Rome
"Mount Testaccio is an artificial hill located within the Aurelian
wall of Rome.It is at the south of the modern part of the city and behind
the old river port. It has a perimeter of almost one kilometer and a maximum
altitude over the sea-level of 45 meters. This hill is exclusively made
of the remains of millions of amphorae that arrived in Rome during the
first three centuries of our era".
Benvenuti
Nel Parco Dell 'Appia Antica
A tour of the Appian Way in Italian.
Osshe Historical
and Cultural Atlas Resource: Europe Image Library
A collection of images of Roman architecture, art, and inscriptions.
Sovraintendenza ai Beni Culturali del Comune di Roma: Ufficio Monumenti Antichi e Scavi Archeologici
A list of 34 monuments, accompanied by figures and statistical and/or historical notes. A number of the pages are still under construction [in Italian].
Prima Porta: Villa of Livia
"Among the many ancient Roman villas of Italy, the large complex, today commonly accepted as the villa once belonging to the empress Livia, and frequently mentioned as ad gallinas albas by the ancient sources, holds a prominent position."
Prestentazione "Inter Conficere"
A survey of consular roads in Italy. Currently only the Via Ostiense and the Via Portuense is complete in Italian. Copyright 1998 by Paul Sassine.
The Roman Villa at Piazza Armerina, Sicily
A survey of consular roads in Italy. Currently only the Via Ostiense and the Via Portuense is complete in Italian. Copyright © Mary Ann Sullivan.
Roman Painting: Frescoes From Campania
"Of the paintings which survive from the Roman classical world, many are frescoes from the area of Campania around Naples. Campania includes Pompeii, Herculaneum, and other towns whose buildings, paintings, and sculptures were preserved by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79." All photos and text copyright © 1999 Michael D. Gunther.
The ruins at Rione Terra in Pozzuoli
Produced in conjunction with the Municipality of Pozzuoli, The Rione Terra Consortium, Instituto di Cibernetica - CNR, Mimesys s.r.l., Olivetti S.p.A., The National Archeological service of Naples.
Documentazione archeologica e immagini
Il grande numero di pagine World Wide Web dedicate ai siti archeologici dell'Italia mi ha indotto ad organizzare la materia secondo un' articolazione
ispirata alla sistemazione augustea della penisola. Certo si tratta di una scelta arbitraria, che tuttavia mi pare possa meglio di altre rispecchiare le realtà culturali dell'Italia antica.
Recensioni di siti web sull'archeologia italiana
An annotated list of web sites focusing on archaeology in Italy (In Italian).
The Tomb of Tiberius
"As far as I can determine, there is little by way of visual resources on the Tomb of Tiberius. The The National Archaeological Museum of Sperlonga has a page with brief information and a few graphics and the Grotto of Tiberius,from the University of Buffalo has three pictures (with copyrights of 1988)." Courtesy of Dennis Boala.
Brick in Roman Antiquity
"The very serious deficiencies in the study of ancient art and technique, and still more the prejudices and false premises which have guided scholars up to the present, do not permit of obtaining clear and reliable information regarding brick manufacture in antiquity. The numerous, though unfortunately ill-preserved, remains of Etruscan, Latin, and Campanian constructions prove that brick and especially architectural terra cotta were in use before the IV century B. C.." Excerpts from: Brickwork in Italy by the American Face Brick Association (1925).
Malta Homepage
© Copyright Dr. Anton Bugeja MD: October 1998 (1925).
[Certain links on this page were researched by Dr.
Pedar W. Foss at the University of Michigan]
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