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Die Ostgiebelgruppe
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ISBN: 3406062717 9783406062711 Year: 1974 Volume: 1 Publisher: München: Beck,


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Spolia in fortifications and the common builder in late antiquity
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ISBN: 9789004288003 9789004289673 9004288007 9004289674 Year: 2016 Volume: 389 Publisher: Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill,

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Through intensive surveys of three fortifications in late Roman Greece, Frey reveals the untapped potential of spolia in demonstrating the critical role played by non-elites in bringing about the architectural and social changes that mark the end of classical antiquity. As his analysis demonstrates, when studied less as displaced objects to be classified by type and more as evidence for the construction process itself, spolia offer a unique opportunity to examine the ways in which common builders met the challenge of using pre-existing building materials to meet their contemporary architectural needs. This “bottom-up” approach offers an alternative to the traditional view that attributes change and innovation only to the genius of prominent individuals known to us in historical sources.

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Fortification --- Aegina Island (Greece) --- Isthmia (Greece) --- Sparta (Extinct city) --- History --- Antiquities --- Building materials --- Greece --- Recycling --- History, Military --- Fortifications grecques --- Egine (Grèce : Ile) --- Isthmia (Grèce) --- Sparte (Ville ancienne) --- Fortification. --- Aigina (Greece : Municipality) --- Isthmía (Greece) --- Sparta (Extinct city). --- Histoire militaire. --- Egine (Grèce : Ile) --- Isthmia (Grèce) --- Antiquities. --- Fortifications --- Construction --- Recycling. --- Histoire --- Matériaux --- Recyclage --- To 1500. --- Greece. --- Grèce --- Fortification, Greek --- Matériaux --- Grèce --- Antiquités --- Histoire militaire --- Architectural materials --- Architecture --- Building --- Building supplies --- Buildings --- Construction materials --- Structural materials --- Materials --- Fortification, Primitive --- Forts --- Military engineering --- Siege warfare --- Isthmía (Greece) --- Lacedaemon (Extinct city) --- Lakedaímon (Extinct city) --- Sparta (Ancient city) --- Kirás Vrísi (Greece) --- Aigina Island (Greece) --- Dímos Aíginas (Greece) --- Egina (Greece : Municipality) --- Engia (Greece : Municipality) --- Nísos Aígina (Greece) --- Nísos Aíyina (Greece) --- Αίγινα (Greece : Municipality) --- Fortification - Greece - History - To 1500 --- Aegina Island (Greece) - Antiquities --- Isthmia (Greece) - Antiquities --- Building materials - Recycling - Greece - History - To 1500 --- Greece - History, Military - To 146 B.C.

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