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Corinth 22: The Julian Basilica : architecture, sculpture, epigraphy / by Paul D. Scotton, Catherine de Grazia Vanderpool, and Carolynn Roncaglia.

By: Scotton, Paul D [author.]Contributor(s): Vanderpool, Catherine de Grazia [author.] | Roncaglia, Carolynn E, 1981- [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Corinth ; volume XXIIPublisher: Princeton, New Jersey : American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2022Description: xxxi, 450 pages : illustrations ; 32 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780876610237Subject(s): Julian Basilica (Corinth, Greece) | Sculpture, Roman -- Greece -- Corinth | Inscriptions, Latin -- Greece -- Corinth | Excavations (Archaeology) -- Greece -- Corinth | Corinth (Greece) -- Antiquities, RomanDDC classification: 938/.7 LOC classification: DF261.C65 | S36 2022
Partial contents:
Overview -- Architecture -- Sculpture -- Epigraphy.
Summary: "Early-20th-century explorations of the Roman Forum at Ancient Corinth revealed a massive early imperial building now known as the Julian Basilica. The structure stood on a podium over four meters high, and it dominated the east end of the forum in size, aspect, and function until its destruction in the 4th century A.D. Within it was one of the largest known shrines to the imperial cult and the likely site of the imperial court of law for the Roman province of Achaia. The basilica housed 11 or more large-scale statues most likely to members of the Julio-Claudian family (including Augustus, Augustus's heirs Gaius and Lucius, and arguably Divus Iulius, Germanicus, Nero Caesar, and Claudius), as well as an altar to Divus Augustus and dedications to the numen and genius of Augustus, the Gens Augusta, and other family members. This richly illustrated volume provides a thorough, contextual study of this important building, the remains of which were first published by Saul Weinberg in 1960 (Corinth I.5). Scotton treats the architectural remains, Vanderpool the sculptural remains, and Roncaglia the epigraphical material, each providing extensive catalogues with new photos, in addition to color reconstructions of the basilica and its grand interior"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Overview -- Architecture -- Sculpture -- Epigraphy.

"Early-20th-century explorations of the Roman Forum at Ancient Corinth revealed a massive early imperial building now known as the Julian Basilica. The structure stood on a podium over four meters high, and it dominated the east end of the forum in size, aspect, and function until its destruction in the 4th century A.D. Within it was one of the largest known shrines to the imperial cult and the likely site of the imperial court of law for the Roman province of Achaia. The basilica housed 11 or more large-scale statues most likely to members of the Julio-Claudian family (including Augustus, Augustus's heirs Gaius and Lucius, and arguably Divus Iulius, Germanicus, Nero Caesar, and Claudius), as well as an altar to Divus Augustus and dedications to the numen and genius of Augustus, the Gens Augusta, and other family members. This richly illustrated volume provides a thorough, contextual study of this important building, the remains of which were first published by Saul Weinberg in 1960 (Corinth I.5). Scotton treats the architectural remains, Vanderpool the sculptural remains, and Roncaglia the epigraphical material, each providing extensive catalogues with new photos, in addition to color reconstructions of the basilica and its grand interior"-- Provided by publisher.