Mary T. Boatwright

Hadrian and the city of Rome

A new interdisciplinary approach to an analysis of the emperor Hadrians building and urban development or transformation projects in ancient Rome. It combines the testimony of archaeology, literary accounts, epigraphy, numismatics, and art and architectural history. There are 8 chapters: the Princeps and the City; Campus Martius; the Imperial Fora; the Forum Romanum, Romes traditional center; Imperial Residences; Hadrians Mausoleum and the Pons Aelius; Missing and Misidentified Buildings; conclusions. Appendix: the Obeliscus Antinoi; catalogue, bibliography. Indices.

Women and Gender in the Forum Romanum

This article explores the evidence for women and gender in the Forum Romanum, investigating (primarily through literary sources) womens use of this space, and (primarily archaeologically) historical womens signification there by images and structures. The illustrated analysis proceeds chronologically from the Republic to the early third century C.E. Authors report womens presence in the civic Forum as abnormal, even transgressive through the Julio-Claudian period. The paucity of womens depictions and patronage here until the second century C.E. echoes constructs of Livy, Seneca the Younger, Tacitus, and others. The mid-imperial Forum, however, marks changes in Roman ideology as well as topography.

Theaters in the Roman Empire

The impressive remains of theaters in the Roman domain, as at Sepphoris, Caesarea and Jerusalem in Roman Palestine, are brought to life by innumerable references to theaters and theatrical events in literature, epigraphy, Roman law and the visual arts. Theaters showcased more than plays and ballets, however, such as musical and athletic festivals, gladiatorial and wild beast fights, aquatic displays, sacrifices, debates and even trials.

Hadrian in London

The British Museums stunning exhibition Hadrian: Em pire and Conflict aims to illuminate the extent and diversity of the far-flung Roman empire during Hadrians rule from 117 to 138 C.E. Its subtitle, Life, Love, Legacy, indicates equal attention to Hadrians own life, including his open affection for his young male lover, Antinous, and to Hadrians lasting impact. The exhibition highlights two types of achievements for Hadrian. His architectural legacy is represented by mod ern models, ancient architectural elements, and construc tion materials from structures in and around Rome?in