Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 February 2015
This paper, like those of Purcell (1995) and Dunbabin (1996), was originally presented in April 1990 at the First Williams Symposium (on the Roman villa) at the University of Pennsylvania and, like them, was meant to be published in the proceedings of that gathering. Much has been written on the topic of the symposium since then, and I have not been able to take account systematically of even the best of it, but I have tried to mention important new evidence, where relevant, and, where possible, to add updated bibliographical references. Among many friends who provided helpful comments at the symposium and on a subsequent written version of the manuscript, I must thank in particular Bettina Bergmann, Andrea Carandini, Kathleen Coleman, Nicholas Horsfall, Giuseppe Pucci, Richard Sailer, and Susan Treggiari.
* This paper, like those of Purcell (1995) and Dunbabin (1996), was originally presented in April 1990 at the First Williams Symposium (on the Roman villa) at the University of Pennsylvania and, like them, was meant to be published in the proceedings of that gathering. Much has been written on the topic of the symposium since then, and I have not been able to take account systematically of even the best of it, but I have tried to mention important new evidence, where relevant, and, where possible, to add updated bibliographical references. Among many friends who provided helpful comments at the symposium and on a subsequent written version of the manuscript, I must thank in particular Bettina Bergmann, Andrea Carandini, Kathleen Coleman, Nicholas Horsfall, Giuseppe Pucci, Richard Sailer, and Susan Treggiari.