Ostia: Aspects of Roman City LifeGustav Hermansen provides a basis for constructive debate on the social and economic life of the Roman city of Ostia. Ostia unveils ancient social history, architecture, city planning, and community life, and is complete with extensive floor plans, photographs, and line drawings. |
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Contents
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| 55 | |
The Roman Building Code in Ostia and the Property of | 91 |
The Taverns of Ostia | 125 |
Community Centres | 185 |
Fire and Fire Protection | 207 |
Storage Capacity and Storage Method | 227 |
The Guilds of Ostia | 239 |
Index of Names and Subjects | 253 |
Index of Sources | 259 |
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Page 15 - Impendente autem die quo ex hac vita erat exitura (quern diem tu noveras ignorantibus nobis), provenerat, ut credo, procurante te occultis tuis modis, ut ego et ipsa soli staremus, incumbentes ad quandam fenestram unde hortus intra domum quae nos habebat prospectabatur, illic apud Ostia Tiberina, ubi remoti a turbis post longi itineris laborem instaurabamus nos navigationi.
Page 14 - Quod conmixtum cum calce et caemento non modo ceteris aedificiis praestat firmitates, sed etiam moles cum struuntur in mari, sub aqua solidescunt. Hoc autem fieri hac ratione videtur, quod sub his montibus et terrae ferventes sunt et fontes crebri, qui non essent si non in imo haberent aut e sulpure aut alumine aut bitumine ardentes maximos ignes.
Page 93 - ... alienata intellegitur, utique si non ignorabat in alieno solo se aedificare : et ideo, licet diruta sit domus, vindicare materiam non possit. certe illud constat, si in possessione...
Page 215 - Magni — inquit — reditus urbanorum praediorum, sed pericula sunt longe maxima. Si quid autem posset remedii fore ut ne tam adsidue domus Romae arderent, venum hercle dedissem res rusticas et urbicas emissem».
Page 50 - ... dignitate porticusque peristyliorum albariis et tectoriis et ex intestino opere lacunariis ornatas, et in porticibus, quae ad septentrionem spectant, triclinia cyzicena et pinacothecas, ad orientem autem bybliothecas, exhedras ad occidentem, ad meridiem vero spectantes oecos quadrata ostia ampla magnitudine, uti faciliter in eo quattuor tricliniis stratis ministrationum ludorumque operis locus possit esse spatiosus.
Page 211 - ... addidit praemia pro cuiusque ordine et rei familiaris copiis, finiuitque tempus intra quod effectis domibus aut insulis apiscerentur. ruderi accipiendo Ostiensis paludes destinabat, utique ñaues quae frumentum Tiberi subuectassent, onustae rudere decurrerent; aedificiaque ipsa certa sui parte sine trabibus saxo Gabino Albanoue solidarentur, quod is lapis ignibus imperuius est...
Page 234 - Symmachus is summing all this up, when in a letter to his father he says: nam hie usus in nostram venit aetatem, ut rus, quod solebat alere, nunc alatur.
Page 52 - Ambulationes meridiano aequinoctiali subiectae sint, ut hieme plurimum solis, et aestate minimum recipiant. At in rustica parte, magna et alta culina ponetur, ut et contignatio careat incendii periculo, et in ea commode familiares omni tempore anni morari queant.
Page 209 - They are soldiers armed with axes and long poles, with iron hooks at the end. These tear down the wooden houses, and so isolate the fire, as effectually to put an end to its ravages. Still, a fire in Constantinople is an awful scene; 2000 houses and shops have been known to burn in a few hours.
Page 209 - Evil-intentioned men rush into the houses and rob them, under the pretence of being friends of the family. They have often been known to spread the conflagration by carrying burning coals into the dwellings yet unreached by the flames.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Ostia: Aspects of Roman City Life |
| Author | Gustav Hermansen |
| Publisher | University of Alberta, 1981 |
| ISBN | 0888640722, 9780888640727 |
| Length | 261 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Ancient / Rome History / General |
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