Etruscan and Early Roman ArchitectureAxel Boethius's account begins about 1400 B.C. with the primitive villages of the Italic tribes. The scene was transformed by the arrival of the Greeks and by the Etruscans who by about 600 had Rome and Central Italy under their cultural spell. |
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| Title | Etruscan and Early Roman Architecture The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Series Yale University Press Pelican history of art |
| Authors | Axel Boëthius, Roger Ling, Tom Rasmussen |
| Compiled by | Roger Ling, Tom Rasmussen |
| Edition | unabridged |
| Publisher | Yale University Press, 1978 |
| ISBN | 0300052901, 9780300052909 |
| Length | 262 pages |
| Subjects | › › Architecture / History / General History / Ancient / Rome |
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