Since the last quarter of the fourth century BC, after the fall of Cyrene under the Ptolemies’ influence, the direct contact with the Alexandrine world paved the way for a new era in the history of cyrenaican architecture. In this respect, the third century BC was crucial in that it laid the foundations of the Cyrene’s urban and architectonic development until Romanization. The agora was enlarged northwards owing to the construction of new stoai, such as the Portico B5 and the Portico O2, in which the combination between Doric and Ionian order was applied for the first time. New public structures were built, such as the Nomophylakeion, the Archeion and the Prytaneion; furthermore, the main urban and extramural sanctuary of the colony grew and significantly developed. An architecture and sculpture school appeared, under which several monumental and decorative innovations refreshed the city plan between the third and the beginning of the second century BC, unquestionably the richest and the most fruitful period of the urban and monumental development of the colony, to such an extent that it was called the “High Cyrenean Period”.
Architettura pubblica a Cirene nel III secolo a.C.
MEI, OSCAR
2017
Abstract
Since the last quarter of the fourth century BC, after the fall of Cyrene under the Ptolemies’ influence, the direct contact with the Alexandrine world paved the way for a new era in the history of cyrenaican architecture. In this respect, the third century BC was crucial in that it laid the foundations of the Cyrene’s urban and architectonic development until Romanization. The agora was enlarged northwards owing to the construction of new stoai, such as the Portico B5 and the Portico O2, in which the combination between Doric and Ionian order was applied for the first time. New public structures were built, such as the Nomophylakeion, the Archeion and the Prytaneion; furthermore, the main urban and extramural sanctuary of the colony grew and significantly developed. An architecture and sculpture school appeared, under which several monumental and decorative innovations refreshed the city plan between the third and the beginning of the second century BC, unquestionably the richest and the most fruitful period of the urban and monumental development of the colony, to such an extent that it was called the “High Cyrenean Period”.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
