Architecture in Ancient Central Italy takes studies of individual elements and sites as a starting point to reconstruct a much larger picture of architecture in western central Italy as an industry, and to position the result in space (in the Mediterranean world and beyond) and time (from the second millennium BC to Late Antiquity). This volume demonstrates that buildings in pre-Roman Italy have close connections with Bronze Age and Roman architecture, with practices in local and distant societies, and with the natural world and the cosmos. It also argues that buildings serve as windows into the minds and lives of those who made and used them, revealing the concerns and character of communities in early Etruria, Rome, and Latium. Architecture consequently emerges as a valuable historical source, and moreover a part of life that shaped society as much as reflected it.

Reconnects ancient buildings with the people who made them, with their surroundings, and with practices in other times and cultures.

About the Author
Charlotte R. Potts is Sybille Haynes Associate Professor in Etruscan and Italic Archaeology and Art at the University of Oxford and Woolley Fellow and Tutor in Archaeology at Somerville College. She is also the author of Religious Architecture in Latium and Etruria, c.900-500 BC (2015), and has published multiple articles and chapters on Etruscan and Roman archaeology.


Book Information
ISBN 9781108845281
Author Charlotte R. Potts
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 549g
Dimensions(mm) 251mm * 174mm * 17mm