The Origins of Concrete Construction in Roman Architecture: Technology and Society in Republican Italy

Cover\nHalf-title page\nTitle page\nCopyright page\nContents\nList of Plates\nList of Figures\nList of Tables\nAcknowledgments\nOne\rIntroduction\n	Aims and Methods\n	Ground Rules: The Building Industry of Republican Rome and Italy\n	Basic Terms and Definitions: What Is Roman Concrete?\n	The Structura Caementorum in Republican Architecture: Techniques and Processes\n	Dating Concrete Construction: A New Typological Approach\n	The Structure of the Book\nTwo\rDeconstructing Roman Concrete\n	Roman Concrete and Roman Culture: Words and Things\n	Roman Concrete and Roman Imperialism: Modern Perceptions\n	Roman Concrete and Identity Construction: Ancient Representations\n	Conclusions\nThree\rA New Date for Concrete in Rome\n	At the Roots of Roman Republican Architecture\n	The Local Environment: Sources of Building Materials in the Region of Rome\n	Dating Early Concrete Construction in Rome: The Problem of the Porticus Aemilia\n	Redating the Early Development of Concrete Construction in Rome: The Public Monuments\n	Archaeometric Evidence on the Early Development of Mortars in Public Building\n	Redating the Early Development of Concrete Construction in Rome: The Houses\n	The Social and Cultural Context of the Technological Innovation\n	Conclusions\nFour\rA View from the Suburbium\n	Roman Republican Villas and Technological Innovation: Previous Approaches\n	Agricultural Intensification and the Supply of Lime\n	Building Techniques in the Volcanic Region: Villa Architecture in the Environs of Rome\n	Concrete Construction and Urban Development in the Limestone Region: Tibur\n	Building Techniques and Republican Villas in the Ager Tiburtinus\n	The Villa Architecture of the Ager Tiburtinus in its Regional Setting\n	Conclusions\nFive\rBuilding Samnite Pompeii\n	Pre-Roman Pompeii and Roman Republican Architecture\n	Building Materials and the Architectural History of Pre-Roman Pompeii\n	Reframing the Limestone Period\n	The Origins of Cemented-Rubble Construction in Pompeian Houses: Materials and Processes\n	The Diffusion of Concrete Technology in Public Building\n	Technology and Socioeconomic Status: The Innovation of Concrete Construction in Pompeii\n	Pompeian Concrete Construction in Its Regional Context\n	Conclusions\nSix\rColonial Networks\n	Roman Urbanism and Roman Expansion: Reorienting the Perspective\n	Background: The Making of Mid-Republican Colonies\n	The Urban Development of Mid-Republican Colonies: Norba and Fregellae\n	The Early Development of Concrete Construction at Cosa\n	Comparative Evidence from Roman Colonies (c. 200–150 BCE)\n	A Tale of Two Cities: Pozzolanic Mortars at Puteoli and Aquileia\n	Conclusions\nSeven\rConclusion\nAppendix Catalog of Sites\nGlossary\nBibliography and Abbreviations\nIndex