Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. Precedents for Roman monumental civic fountains; 2. Innovative designs: the Flavian fountains in Rome; 3. Rome in the provinces: monumental civic fountains dedicated to Domitian and Trajan; 4. Emperors abroad: Hadrian and Roman nymphaea in Greece; 5. Variation and innovation: Hadrian and local elites in Asia Minor; 6. Severan emperors and the return of imperial nymphaea to Rome; 7. Imperial patronage and urban display of Roman monumental fountains and nymphaea.

Promotional Information

In this book, Brenda Longfellow examines one of the features of Roman Imperial cities, the monumental civic fountain.

About the Author

Brenda Longfellow is Assistant Professor of Ancient Art at the University of Iowa, where she was awarded the James N. Murray Faculty Award for teaching, research, and service. She has received fellowships from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and the Loeb Classical Library Foundation. Her work has been published in The Art Bulletin.

Reviews

'Through an exhaustive and accurate review of archaeological, literary and numismatic evidence, Longfellow has demonstrated the tremendous importance of emperors in the dialectic exchange between local communities, local patrons and their rulers.' Bryn Mawr Classical Review

'Lively, well-written accounts of individual monuments include examples that deserve to be better known, such as the fountain in the Terrace of Domitian, or Sagalassos' newly reconstructed nymphaeum of Tiberius Claudius Piso. The bibliography on fountain architecture and art is thorough and up-to-date.' American Journal of Archaeology