Archaeoastronomy in the Roman World [E-Book] / edited by Giulio Magli, Antonio César González-García, Juan Belmonte Aviles, Elio Antonello
This book explores the insights that Cultural Astronomy provides into the classical Roman world by unveiling the ways in which the Romans made use of their knowledge concerning the heavens, and by shedding new light on the interactions between astronomy and heritage in ancient Roman culture. Leading...
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Personal Name(s): | Antonello, Elio, editor |
Belmonte Aviles, Juan, editor / González-García, Antonio César, editor / Magli, Giulio, editor | |
Edition: |
1st edition 2019. |
Imprint: |
Cham :
Springer,
2019
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Physical Description: |
XXX, 205 pages 71 illustrations, 41 illustrations in color (online resource) |
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englisch |
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9783319970073 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-319-97007-3 |
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Historical & Cultural Astronomy
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- Pernigotti: Contribution to the study of the orientation of Etruscan temples
- Bagnasco, Pernigotti: Materials for the study of an Etruscan cosmology: the case of the Tumulus of the Broomsat Cerveteri
- DeSantis: Orientation and planning of Roman Albingaunum (Albenga)
- Hatz: How Roman is the layout of the colonial town of Augusta Raurica?
- Gonzalez-Garcia, Rodriguez-Anton, Espinosa, Quintela, Belmonte: Establishing a New Order: Current Status on the Orientation of the Roman Towns Founded under Augustus
- Rodriguez-Anton, Gonzalez-Garcia, Belmonte: The varatio and its possible use in the Roman urban planning to obtain astronomical orientations
- Rosada: Ut ad orientem spectet
- Polcaro, Scuderi, Burgio: The socalled Neo-Pythagorean Basilica of Porta Maggiore in Rome: the most mysterious Roman monument
- Magli: The temple of Jupiter at Baalbek: astronomical and architectural analysis
- Belmonte, Gonzalez-Garcia, Rodriguez-Anton: Arabia Adquisita: the Romanization of the Nabataean cultic calendar and the Tannur "Zodiac" paradigm
- DeFranceschini, Veneziano: The symbolic use of light in hadrianic architecture and the "kiss of the sun"
- Rossi, Magli: Wind, Sand and Water: the Orientation of the Late Roman Forts in the Kharga Oasis (Egyptian Western Desert)
- Carnevale, Monaco: The Mausoleum of Santa Costanza in Rome: a survey of the light phenomenathrough the centuries
- Incerti, Lavorati, Iurilli: relief, geometry, archaeoastronomy of the "Mausoleo di Teodorico" (Ravenna)
- Spinazzé: Baptistery and font: an interpretation of the medieval baptistery's orientation in Friuli (Northeast Italy)
- Frischer: Simpiricism comes to archaeoastronomy. The use of interactive 3d interfaces for exploratory research of astronomical of ancient Roman buildings
- Hannah: The choreography of time in ancient and medieval buildings
- Papamarinopoulos, Preka-Papadema, Gazeas, Nastos, Kiriakopoulos: Red droplets and Red clouds described in Iliad
- Zotti, Schaukowitsch, Wimmer: Virtual Archaeoastronomy: The State of Stellarium for Research and Outreach.