Theatres in Roman Palestine and Provincia Arabia /
Segal, Arthur.
Theatres in Roman Palestine and Provincia Arabia / by Arthur Segal. - 1 online resource (viii, 117 pages, [92] pages of plates) : illustrations, maps. - Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, 140 0169-8958 ; . - Mnemosyne, Supplements 140. Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 1-203, ISBN: 9789004381049. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-111) and index.
Preliminary Material / Historical-Archaeological Introduction / Architectural Analysis / Glossary of Roman Theatre Architectural Terms / Corpus / Table of Comparative Data / List of Abbreviations / Bibliography / Illustration Credits / Index / Figures / Supplements to Mnemosyne. Arthur Segal -- Arthur Segal -- Arthur Segal -- Arthur Segal -- Arthur Segal -- Arthur Segal -- Arthur Segal -- Arthur Segal -- Arthur Segal -- Arthur Segal -- Arthur Segal --
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This volume deals with the architectural history of the theatre in Roman Palestine and Provincia Arabia, a region which comprised a Jewish, Nabataean, and Hellenized population but lacked any tradition of classical theatre. The earliest examples, erected by Herod, were actually a foreign imposition upon the landscape of Judaea, while the theatres built in the Nabataean kingdom provided no more than an architectural setting for activities which were often unrelated to theatre in the accepted sense. When the Hellenized cities in the region began building their theatres, classical plays were already disappearing from the stage throughout the Roman world, their place taken by lighter, less select forms of public entertainment. The author then offers a comprehensive architectural analysis of each of the thirty theatres so far uncovered in the area. Richly illustrated, it provides a vivid reconstruction of a world which, though long gone, continues to fascinate.
9789004329454
10.1163/9789004329454 DOI
94003484
Theaters--Middle East.
Amphitheaters--Middle East.
Architecture, Roman--Middle East.
Amphitheaters.
Architecture, Roman.
Theaters.
Middle East.
NA335.M628 / S45 1995
725/.827/09394
Theatres in Roman Palestine and Provincia Arabia / by Arthur Segal. - 1 online resource (viii, 117 pages, [92] pages of plates) : illustrations, maps. - Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, 140 0169-8958 ; . - Mnemosyne, Supplements 140. Mnemosyne Supplements Online, Volumes 1-203, ISBN: 9789004381049. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 103-111) and index.
Preliminary Material / Historical-Archaeological Introduction / Architectural Analysis / Glossary of Roman Theatre Architectural Terms / Corpus / Table of Comparative Data / List of Abbreviations / Bibliography / Illustration Credits / Index / Figures / Supplements to Mnemosyne. Arthur Segal -- Arthur Segal -- Arthur Segal -- Arthur Segal -- Arthur Segal -- Arthur Segal -- Arthur Segal -- Arthur Segal -- Arthur Segal -- Arthur Segal -- Arthur Segal --
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
This volume deals with the architectural history of the theatre in Roman Palestine and Provincia Arabia, a region which comprised a Jewish, Nabataean, and Hellenized population but lacked any tradition of classical theatre. The earliest examples, erected by Herod, were actually a foreign imposition upon the landscape of Judaea, while the theatres built in the Nabataean kingdom provided no more than an architectural setting for activities which were often unrelated to theatre in the accepted sense. When the Hellenized cities in the region began building their theatres, classical plays were already disappearing from the stage throughout the Roman world, their place taken by lighter, less select forms of public entertainment. The author then offers a comprehensive architectural analysis of each of the thirty theatres so far uncovered in the area. Richly illustrated, it provides a vivid reconstruction of a world which, though long gone, continues to fascinate.
9789004329454
10.1163/9789004329454 DOI
94003484
Theaters--Middle East.
Amphitheaters--Middle East.
Architecture, Roman--Middle East.
Amphitheaters.
Architecture, Roman.
Theaters.
Middle East.
NA335.M628 / S45 1995
725/.827/09394