Ludovicus Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 (edited) The Forum of Trajan in Rome: A Study of the Monuments in Brief, by James E. Packer http://www.amazon.com/Forum-Trajan-Rome-St...ed_oe_p_bargain I'm interested in this title available from Amazon.com at the hefty price of $40, used. Has anyone read this book? If so, I'd like to know your opinion of it. The Forum of Trajan has always intrigued me. It was one of the last imperial forums to fall into disuse. There is evidence that it continued as a public venue until one of the disastrous earthquakes of the 9th century took it down. Aside from an image on the front cover, there's no info. or review of the book. Edited January 14, 2009 by Ludovicus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 If I'm not mistaken the book had the misfortune of being outdated days after it was published when a international team of archeologists showed there was no temple at the end of the forum complex ( behind the colum ) as Packer believed and tried to defend in the following months. But my teacher also said the book was lavishly illustrated and was a beautifull edition. Just not up to date anymore... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludovicus Posted January 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 If I'm not mistaken the book had the misfortune of being outdated days after it was published when a international team of archeologists showed there was no temple at the end of the forum complex ( behind the colum ) as Packer believed and tried to defend in the following months. But my teacher also said the book was lavishly illustrated and was a beautifull edition. Just not up to date anymore... Thanks for your reply. I'm wondering if there's any information in the book on the fate of Trajan's Forum in the early Middle Ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Komet Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 If I'm not mistaken the book had the misfortune of being outdated days after it was published when a international team of archeologists showed there was no temple at the end of the forum complex ( behind the colum ) as Packer believed and tried to defend in the following months. But my teacher also said the book was lavishly illustrated and was a beautifull edition. Just not up to date anymore... I'd like to see some evidence of this. I have studied Trajan's forum as recently as two years ago, and there was no mention of this revelation in my class. James Packer is one of the most esteemed Roman architectural historians. I'd like to know who challenged him. As of the Giuseppe Grande map of about 2005, the Temple of Saturn is still there: link This is the most accurate topographical map of ancient Rome published so far, including many pieces of the Forma Urbis. For more info about Packer's book, part of it is available on google books: http://books.google.com/books?id=aT7WobHFY...BupDnBA#PPP1,M1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludovicus Posted January 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Komet, Thanks for your comments! I see via Google Books that there is some material on Trajan's Forum outside antiquity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryaxis Hecatee Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 I'd like to see some evidence of this. I have studied Trajan's forum as recently as two years ago, and there was no mention of this revelation in my class. James Packer is one of the most esteemed Roman architectural historians. I'd like to know who challenged him. As of the Giuseppe Grande map of about 2005, the Temple of Saturn is still there: My teacher told us about that fact in april 2007 and it was quite recent news then. The research was done by a team of italian archeologists I think, but since she told us at a time we were looking on the forum I had nothing to write with me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.