ARCHITETTURA TEMPLARE E ORDINE CORINZIO NEL MEDITERRANEO SUDORIENTALE DAL III SECOLO A.C. AL II SECOLO D.C.

Abstract

In the south-eastern Mediterranean, the Egyptian, Cyrenaean and Cypriot areas can be distinguished
by their common Alexandrian matrix and also by the parallel development of architecture
and architectural decoration from the 2nd century B.C. to the entire 2nd - early 3rd century A.D. A
similar phenomenon occurs, but to a lesser extent, in Palestine, in the territories of the Nabataean
kingdom and in Cilicia. In the following pages, an attempt is made not so much to disentangle the
interplay of influences as to highlight the specificities of the capitals and other architectural elements
of these regions that would allow one to speak of autonomous, though not independent, forms.

Keywords: Corinthian capitals; south-eastern Mediterranean areas; Alexandrian matrix; Early and
middle imperial architecture.