The Gardens of Sallust: A Changing Landscape

Abstract

* Acknowledgments * Introduction * Part I. Topography and History * Location and Topography * Boundaries * The Original Owner: C. Sallustius Crispus * Inheritors of Sallust's Gardens * Imperial Properties * Plantings in Garden Estates * The Hortus as Self-Display * Post-antique Period * The Ludovisi * Josef Spithoever * The 1880's Building Fever and Its Aftermath * Part II. The Architecture of the Gardens * The Destailleur Plan and Pertinent Ancient Remains * The Vestibule in the Piazza Sallustio * An Obelisk * Wall(s) of Niches * A Cryptoporticus * The So-called Circus of Flora * Temples of Venus * Part III. Sculptural Finds * Artemis, Iphigenia, and a Hind * Niobids * Gauls * The World of Dionysos * Nymphs and Candelabra * The Ludovisi and Boston Thrones * Ludovisi Throne: Discovery and Early Theories * Boston Throne: Discovery and Early Reports * Use and Reuse * Egyptian Sculptures * Sculptures Found in 1888 Near the Via Boncompagni * Orestes and Electra * Addendum: The Templum Gentis Flaviae and the Three Temples of Fortune * Afterword * Notes * Abbreviations of Periodicals and Series * Bibliographic Abbreviations * Illustration Credits * Index

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