The Bath-gymnasium Complex at Sardis (Archaeological Exploration of Sardis Monographs): 3 (Archaeological Exploration of Sardis Reports) - Hardcover

Yegül, Fikret K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0674063457 ISBN 13: 9780674063457

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1986

Synopsis

The Bath-Gymnasium at Sardis is the most important known example of a complex that combines the gymnasium, a Greek institution, with the Roman bath, a unique architectural and cultural embodiment comparable in size and organization to the great Imperial thermae of Rome. The restoration by the Harvard-Cornell Expedition of the "Marble Court" or Imperial cult hall provides a rare opportunity to appreciate firsthand the scale and elegance of the major Imperial monuments. In this fully illustrated volume Fikret Yegul describes the complex from the palaestra of the east through the richly decorated Marble Court to the vast swimming pool, lofty halls, and hot baths, including analysis of the excavation, evidence for structural systems, roofing, vaulting, and decoration, and the significance of building inscriptions. The author traces the building history from its completion in the second century through five centuries of renovation and redecoration. Mehmet Bolgil, a practicing architect who was in charge of the restoration at Sardis, contributes a clear description of the reconstruction process.

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The Bath-Gymnasium Complex of Sardis is a fairly common architectural type in Asia Minor combining a Roman bath with its vaulted halls with the colonnaded palaestra of a Hellenistic gymnasium. Starting in the middle of he first century A.D., many examples of this middles of the first century A.D., many examples of this type were constructed in numerous Roman cities of the western and southern coastal regions of Anatolia as well as some inland sites such as Ankyra in Galatia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0674063457
• ISBN 13: 9780674063457
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232