Military Architects and Building Design in Roman Britain

Evans, E. Estyn

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“…Matter (1992: 47-8)) it is quite possible that it contained a copy of Vitruvius's De Architectura. On planning, elevation-drawing and the design of decor in Antiquity, as described by Vitruvius, see Coulton (1977), and Evans (1994). See also, Hodges and Mitchell (1996: 33-61).…”

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The making of a monastic city. The architecture of San Vincenzo al Volturno in the ninth century

Hodges¹,

Gibson²,

Mitchell³

1997

Pap. Br. Sch. Rome

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LA COSTITUZIONE DI UNA CITTÀ MONASTICA. L'ARCHITETTURA DI SAN VINCENZO AL VOLTURNO NEL NONO SECOLOQuesto articolo esamina l'architettura del nono secolo del monastero alto medievale di San Vincenzo al Volturno nella regione di Molise. L'articolo prende in considerazione l'ampia gamma di costruzioni rinvenute negli ultimi quindici anni di scavo, compreso la grande chiesa abbaziale, San Vincenzo Maggiore, il palazzo degli ospiti di riguardo, il chiostro, le officine e le strutture in legno del vicus del monastero. Il lavoro fa riferimento a un ampio numero di paralleli per queste costruzioni sia nella penisola italiana che nell'Europa continentale.

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The making of a monastic city. The architecture of San Vincenzo al Volturno in the ninth century

Hodges¹,

Gibson²,

Mitchell³

1997

Pap. Br. Sch. Rome

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“…Construction of various buildings was exceptionally developed during the Roman period in all territories that the Roman army reached. It was guided by the architecture developed in central Italy [1][2][3][4], but was blended with the traditions, knowledge, and experience of the local people that the Roman army conquered, and was influenced by the skills and background of soldiers, tradesman, and people of different origins traveling all around the Empire [5][6][7]. The Roman frontier, stretching for over 7500 km through Europe, Asia, and Africa [8], was the place where the contact, exchange, and communication between different people shaped all life aspects.…”

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Recycling and Reuse of Building Materials in a Historical Landscape—Viminacium Natural Brick (Serbia)

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During the MoDeCo2000 scientific and research project on mortars used in the territory of the Roman Danube Limes in Serbia, the biggest challenge was the quest for the provenance of raw materials. The area where Viminacium, the largest city in the province of Moesia Superior developed, with millennial continuity of land use and settlement, was selected as research case study and is presented in this research. People throughout history have always used what they had at hand, and the building remains were not only reused but also recycled for new constructions. Thus, the building material of Roman Viminacium has survived in the landscape through the in situ preserved remains of Roman buildings, as well as in the structures from the later periods, up to today. To the best of our knowledge, the use of natural sediments baked during the self-combustion or combustion of underneath layers (coal in our case) for the purpose of construction was extremely rare in the Roman Empire. In this study, we follow the presence of this type of material precisely in Viminacium construction, naming it natural brick, while focusing on its potential use in lime mortars whose production was perfected in the Roman period and has never been surpassed afterward. Archaeological contexts in which this material was found have been studied, along with simultaneous work in the laboratory and in the field during the research and experimental use of the natural brick in lime mortars. We sought to determine whether this material could have been recognised by Romans in Viminacium as a potential valuable pozzolanic component of mortar, along with or instead of fired brick, being locally available and recyclable. The final confirmation of its pozzolanic features and later discussion open completely new directions for the future research of Viminacium lime mortars.

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“…19. Evans is fully aware of the problems of applying exact measurements to Roman buildings, which she says often had an apparent disregard for exact right angles and had opposing sides of different length (Evans 1994, 154).…”

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ThePraetoriumof Edmund Artis: A Summary of Excavations and Surveys of the Palatial Roman Structure at Castor, Cambridgeshire 1828–2010

Upex¹,

Challands²,

Hall³

et al. 2011

Britannia

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Antiquarian and modern excavations at Castor, Cambs., have been taking place since the seventeenth century. The site, which lies under the modern village, has been variously described as a Roman villa, a guild centre and a palace, while Edmund Artis working in the 1820s termed it the 'Praetorium'. The Roman buildings covered an area of 3.77 ha (9.4 acres) and appear to have had two main phases, the latter of which formed a single unified structure some 130 by 90 m. This article attempts to draw together all of the previous work at the site and provide a comprehensive plan, a set of suggested dates, and options on how the remains could be interpreted.

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Military Architects and Building Design in Roman Britain

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

The making of a monastic city. The architecture of San Vincenzo al Volturno in the ninth century

The making of a monastic city. The architecture of San Vincenzo al Volturno in the ninth century

Recycling and Reuse of Building Materials in a Historical Landscape—Viminacium Natural Brick (Serbia)

ThePraetoriumof Edmund Artis: A Summary of Excavations and Surveys of the Palatial Roman Structure at Castor, Cambridgeshire 1828–2010

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