Houses, Villas, and Palaces in the Roman World (Paperback)

~ Alexander G. McKay (Author) "THE ENIGMA OF ETRUSCAN ORIGINS remains unsolved..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

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""A well-documented, scholarly book on a subject of great interest -- a resume of the domestic architecture of all periods and levels of the Roman world." -- Times Literary Supplement

""Striking a judicious balance between the archaeological and the literary evidence, McKay has compressed a surprising amount of material into a limited space... [This] volume is eminently useful both to the scholar and to the beginning student." -- Vergilius

Book Description

This attractively illustrated book surveys Roman domestic architecture from the time of the Etruscans to the late Roman Empire.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press (May 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801859042
• ISBN-13: 978-0801859045
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #258,062 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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30 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Most Cruel and Inhuman Book!, June 5, 2000

By	Marilyn I Traber (Canterbury, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This book has given me the incredible desire to take the rest of my life and do nothing except tour the archeological sites of classical Etruscan and Imperial Roman towns and cities! Alexander McKay- You are very cruel.

For many years I have seen pictures in books and online of fragments and ruins of buildings, which can be interesting but seeing the pictures in the context of a complete floor plan brings a sudden epiphany of how our forebearers lived. I spent 7 hours surfing on the net looking at the pictures online for a number of the palaces and houses included in this book and dreaming of an itinerary covering almost all of western Europe,northern Africa and great areas of the near and mid East. Now I need to go out and win a very large lottery to afford it.