Platner's Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome
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A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome is a work by Samuel Ball Platner
, completed by Thomas Ashby
after Platner's death, published in 1929, that describes monuments and buildings in the city of Rome
, although by and large only if they belong to the classical period
. It covers both remains that are still extant and buildings of which not a trace subsists, and collates source documents for each. For fifty or sixty years the standard reference in the field of Roman topography
, in which rôle it superseded Rodolfo Lanciani
's Forma Urbis, it has since itself been superseded by a reworking, L. Richardson, Jr.'s A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, but mostly by the new standard, a completely new work, Eva Margareta Steinby's Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae.
Samuel Ball Platner
Samuel Ball Platner was an American classicist and archaeologist.Platner was born at Unionville, Connecticut, and educated at Yale College...
, completed by Thomas Ashby
Thomas Ashby
Thomas Ashby FBA was a British archaeologist.-Family:He was the only child of Thomas Ashby , and his wife, Rose Emma, daughter of Apsley Smith...
after Platner's death, published in 1929, that describes monuments and buildings in the city of Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
, although by and large only if they belong to the classical period
Ancient Rome
Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world....
. It covers both remains that are still extant and buildings of which not a trace subsists, and collates source documents for each. For fifty or sixty years the standard reference in the field of Roman topography
Topography of ancient Rome
The topography of ancient Rome is a multidisciplinary field of study that draws on archaeology, epigraphy, cartography and philology.The classic English-language work of scholarship is A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome , written by Samuel Ball Platner, completed and published after his...
, in which rôle it superseded Rodolfo Lanciani
Rodolfo Lanciani
Rodolfo Amedeo Lanciani was an Italian archaeologist, a pioneering student of ancient Roman topography, and among his many excavations was that of the House of the Vestals in the Roman Forum....
's Forma Urbis, it has since itself been superseded by a reworking, L. Richardson, Jr.'s A New Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, but mostly by the new standard, a completely new work, Eva Margareta Steinby's Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae.