Title Theatres in Roman Palestine and Provincia Arabia / by Arthur Segal

Published Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 117 pages, 92 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps Series Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum, 0169-8958 ; 140 Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 140. 0169-8958 Contents Preliminary Material / Arthur Segal -- Historical-Archaeological Introduction / Arthur Segal -- Architectural Analysis / Arthur Segal -- Glossary of Roman Theatre Architectural Terms / Arthur Segal -- Corpus / Arthur Segal -- Table of Comparative Data / Arthur Segal -- List of Abbreviations / Arthur Segal -- Bibliography / Arthur Segal -- Illustration Credits / Arthur Segal -- Index / Arthur Segal -- Figures / Arthur Segal -- Supplements to Mnemosyne Summary This volume deals with the architectural history of the theatre in Roman Palestine and Provincia Arabia, a region which comprised a Jewish, Nabataean and Hellenized population, but lacked any tradition of classical theatre. The earliest examples, erected by Herod, were actually a foreign imposition upon the landscape of Judaea, while the theatres built in the Nabataean kingdom provided no more than an architectural setting for activities which were often unrelated to theatre in the accepted sense. When the Hellenized cities in the region began building their theatres, classical plays were already disappearing from the stage throughout the Roman world, their place taken by lighter, less select forms of public entertainment The author then offers a architectural analysis of each of the thirty theatres so far uncovered in the area. Richly illustrated, it provides a vivid reconstruction of a world which, though long gone, continues to fascinate Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-111) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Theaters -- Middle East Amphitheaters -- Middle East Architecture, Roman -- Middle East Amphitheaters Architecture, Roman Theaters Amphitheater Bauforschung Geschichte Provinz Theaterbau Theaters. Bouwkunst. Romeinse oudheid. Théâtres antiques -- Palestine. Théâtres antiques -- Arabie (province romaine) Architecture romaine -- Palestine. Architecture romaine -- Arabie (province romaine) Théâtres -- Proche-Orient. Amphithéâtres -- Proche-Orient. Middle East Arabia Palästina Römisches Reich Proche-Orient -- Antiquités. Form Electronic book LC no. 94003484 ISBN 9789004329454 9004329455

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