«Colonia Augusta Emerita». Creating a city at the time of Augustus

Abstract

La fundación de la colonia Augusta Emerita en el año 25 a. C. se plasma en varios de los proyectos de estos primeros tiempos augusteos en la ciudad: su ordenación urbana, las obras d infraestructura, los edi?cios de espectáculos, teatro y an?teatro, así como sus primeros recintos religioso-administrativos, los foros. A los factores de carácter utilitario y de praxis constructiva se unen los aspectos ideológicos augusteos.The founding of the colony of Augusta Emerita in 25 B.C. is re?ected in several of the projects of the initial Augustan period in the city: its urban layout, its infrastructure works, its spectacle buildings (the theatre and amphitheatre), as well as its ?rst religious and administrative complexes, its forums. In these projects functional factors and construction techniques were combined with Augustan ideological elements

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