HSAR 252 - Roman Architecture with Professor Diana E. E. Kleiner Lecture 18 – Hometown Boy: Honoring an Emperor's Roots in Roman North Africa

1. Title page with course logo.

2. Painted Tondo of Septimius Severus, Julia Domna, Caracalla, and Geta, Berlin [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Septimusseverustondo.jpg (Accessed April 2, 2009).

3. Map of Western Roman Empire. Credit: Yale University.

4. Timgad (Algeria), aerial view. Reproduced from Das Römische Weltreich by Theodor Kraus (1967), fig. 30.

5. Timgad (Algeria), view of street [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Timgad_rue.jpg (Accessed April 2, 2009).

6. Arch of Septimius Severus, Rome [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RomeForumRomanumArchofSeptimiusSeverus01.jpg (Accessed April 2, 2009).

“Arch of Trajan,” Timgad. Reproduced from A History of Roman Art by Fred S. Kleiner (2007), fig. 17-15.

7. Libya Desert [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Libya_5230_Wan_Caza_Dunes_Luca_Galuzzi_2007.jpg (Accessed April 2, 2009).

8. Severan Forum, Leptis Magna, general view. Reproduced from A History of Roman Art by Fred S. Kleiner (2007), fig. 17-3.

9. Leptis Magna, depot with sculptural finds. Reproduced from The Buried City, Excavations at Leptis Magna by R. Bianchi Bandinelli (1966), fig. 5.

10. Leptis Magna, plan of ancient city. Credit: Yale University.

11. Augustan Market, Leptis Magna, restored view. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by John B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 243. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

12. Augustan Market, Leptis Magna, general view. Reproduced from Roman Art and Architecture by Mortimer Wheeler (1964), fig. 32.

13. Augustan Market, Leptis Magna, octagonal pavilion. Reproduced from Das Römische Weltreich by Theodor Kraus (1967), fig. 55.

14. Augustan Market, Leptis Magna, general view [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leptis_Magna_market_place_April_2004.jpg (Accessed April 2, 2009).

15. Theater, Leptis Magna, plan. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by John B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 247A. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

16. Theater, Leptis Magna, cavea [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leptis_Magna_Theatre.jpg (Accessed April 2, 2009).

17. Theater, Leptis Magna, inscription [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leptis_Magna_Theatre.jpg (Accessed April 2, 2009).

18. Hadrianic Baths, Leptis Magna, detail of plan. Reproduced from The Buried City, Excavations at Leptis Magna by R. Bianchi Bandinelli (1966), fig. 1.

Hadrianic Baths, Leptis Magna, plan. Credit: Yale University.

19. Hadrianic Baths, Leptis Magna, general view. Image Credit: Ivan Selin.

20. Hadrianic Baths, Leptis Magna, interior, restored view. Reproduced from Roman Architecture by Frank Brown (1976), fig. 71.

21. Nymphaeum, Leptis Magna, plan. Reproduced from The Buried City, Excavations at Leptis Magna by R. Bianchi Bandinelli (1966), fig. 241.

22. Nymphaeum, Leptis Magna, detail of façade. Reproduced from Das Römische Weltreich by Theodor Kraus (1967), pl. II.

23. Old Forum, Leptis Magna, plan. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by John B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 242. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

24. Severan Forum, Leptis Magna, general view. Reproduced from A History of Roman Art by Fred S. Kleiner (2007), fig. 17-3.

25. Severan Forum and Basilica, plan. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by John B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 254. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

26. Severan Forum, Leptis Magna, door and lotus leaf capital. Reproduced from The Buried City, Excavations at Leptis Magna by R. Bianchi Bandinelli (1966), fig. 109.

27. Severan Forum, Leptis Magna, northeast portico. Reproduced from The Buried City, Excavations at Leptis Magna by R. Bianchi Bandinelli (1966), fig. 121.

28. Temple, Severan Forum, Leptis Magna, restored view. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by John B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 255. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

29. Severan Forum, Leptis Magna, medusa head [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Libya_5420_Leptis_Magna_Luca_Galuzzi_2007.jpg (Accessed April 2, 2009).

Severan Forum, Leptis Magna, columns, restored view. Reproduced from The Buried City, Excavations at Leptis Magna by R. Bianchi Bandinelli (1966), fig. 240.

30. Severan Forum and Basilica, plan. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by John B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 254. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

31. Severan Basilica with map, Leptis Magna, aerial view.

32. Severan Basilica, Leptis Magna, general view. Reproduced from A History of Roman Art by Fred S. Kleiner (2007), fig. 17-5.

33. Severan Basilica, Leptis Magna, restored view of interior. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by John B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 257. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

34. Severan Basilica, Leptis Magna, apse. Image Credit: Ivan Selin.

35. Severan Basilica, Leptis Magna, apse with columns. Image Credit: Ivan Selin.

Severan Basilica, Leptis Magna, apse with columns. Image Credit: Ivan Selin.

36. Severan Basilica, Leptis Magna, figural piers. Reproduced from postcard.

Severan Basilica, Leptis Magna, figural piers. Reproduced from The Buried City, Excavations at Leptis Magna by R. Bianchi Bandinelli (1966), fig. 134.

37. Severan Basilica, Leptis Magna, detail of figural piers. Reproduced from The Buried City, Excavations at Leptis Magna by R. Bianchi Bandinelli (1966), fig. 137.

Severan Basilica, Leptis Magna, detail of figural piers. Reproduced from The Buried City, Excavations at Leptis Magna by R. Bianchi Bandinelli (1966), fig. 138.

38. Arch of Septimius Severus, Leptis Magna, general view [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Libya_5458_Leptis_Magna_Luca_Galuzzi_2007.jpg (Accessed April 2, 2009).

39. Arch of Septimius Severus, Leptis Magna, three-quarter view [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leptis_Magna_Arch_of_Septimus_Severus.jpg (Accessed April 2, 2009).

Arch of Septimius Severus, Leptis Magna, detail of pier [online image]. Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leptis_Magna_Arch_of_Septimus_Severus,_detail.jpg (Accessed April 2, 2009).

40. Arch of Septimius Severus, Leptis Magna, chariot frieze. Reproduced from A History of Roman Art by Fred S. Kleiner (2007), fig. 17-9.

Arch of Septimius Severus, Leptis Magna, concordia frieze. Reproduced from A History of Roman Art by Fred S. Kleiner (2007), fig. 17-8.

41. Hunting Baths, Leptis Magna, axonometric view. Reproduced from Roman Imperial Architecture by John B. Ward-Perkins (1981), fig. 257. Courtesy of Yale University Press.

42. Hunting Baths, Leptis Magna, vaults from exterior. Reproduced from The Buried City, Excavations at Leptis Magna by R. Bianchi Bandinelli (1966), fig 177.

43. Hunting Baths, Leptis Magna, general view. Reproduced from Roman Art and Architecture by Mortimer Wheeler (1964), fig. 38.