The City in the Roman West, c.250 BC-c. AD 250.

The City in the Roman West, c.250 BC-c. AD 250.

Up-to-date and well-illustrated overview of the development of cities in the Western Roman provinces.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Laurence, Ray
Other Authors: Esmonde Cleary, A. S. (A. Simon), Sears, Gareth
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Cities and towns > Rome.
Urbanization > Rome.
Sociology, Urban > Rome.
City planning > Rome.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Cities and towns
City planning
Sociology, Urban
Urbanization
Stadt
Städer > historia > Romerska riket.
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich > Westprovinzen
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; The City in the Roman West, c. 250 BC
  • c. AD 250; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; THE CITY AND ROMANISATION; THE URBAN PRODUCTION OF ROMAN CITIZENS; THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE ROMAN CITY; A DISTINCTLY ROMAN CITY; 1 The creation of an urban culture; THE ROMAN STATE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF URBANISM; URBANISM IN ITALY 200-80 BC; URBANISM BEYOND ITALY: SPAIN; THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CONCEPT OF URBANISM; 2 Colonisation and the development of Roman urbanism; COLONIES AT THE EDGE OF CIVILISATION: CREMONA AND PLACENTIA; A TALE OF TWO COLONIES: PAESTUM AND COSA.
  • LAND HUNGER AND THE ARMIES OF THE CIVIL WARSTWO AUGUSTAN TOWNS: AOSTA AND MÉRIDA; THE COLONIES AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ROMAN URBANISM; THE END OF COLONISATION; THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ROME'S COLONIES; 3 City foundation, government and urbanism; CATEGORIES OF TOWNS; THE CREATION OF CITIES AND CITY GOVERNMENT; THE URSO CHARTER; THE TOWN AS A MARKET; ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE; TAXATION AND ARMY RECRUITMENT; REGIONAL CENTRES; THE ELITE AND URBANISM; 4 The reception of Roman urbanism in the West; TEXTS AND TOWNS; CITY FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT; ARE LEGIONARY FORTS CITIES?
  • ROMAN URBANISM IN THE PROVINCIAL CONTEXT5 Town planning, competition and the aesthetics of urbanism; FROM 'TOWN PLANNING' TO A NEW URBAN AESTHETIC: ARMATURE; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXAMPLES OF THE EARLY APPEARANCE OF ARMATURE; URBAN COMPETITION AND THE AESTHETICS OF URBANISM; THE SEVERAN CITY; THE NORTH AFRICAN CITY; 6 Defining a new town: walls, streets and temples; UNDERSTANDING THE UTILITY OF STREET GRIDS; CITY WALLS AND URBAN LAYOUT 1: ITALY; CITY WALLS AND URBAN LAYOUT 2: GAUL; CITY WALLS AND URBAN LAYOUT 3: NORTH AFRICA; THE LAYOUT OF THE ROMAN CITY IN THE WEST.
  • 7 Assembling the city 1: forum and basilicaTHE FORUM IN TEXTS; THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FORUM AND THE BASILICA IN ITALIAN TOWNS; THE IMPERIAL FORA IN ITALY: THE CREATION OF SACRED SPACE; THE FORUM AND THE CITY IN BARBARIAN EUROPE; FORUM AND BASILICA IN THE AFRICAN PROVINCES; AN IMPERIAL SPACE; 8 Assembling the city 2: baths and urban life; THE TRAJECTORY OF BATH-DEVELOPMENT IN ITALY; BATHS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN SPAIN, GAUL, GERMANY AND BRITAIN; BATHS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE AFRICAN PROVINCES; CONCLUSION: URBAN LIFE AND BATHING; 9 Assembling the city 3: theatres and sacred space.
  • THE ITALIAN TRADITIONTHE BUILDING OF THEATRES; THEATRE AND TEMPLE IN NORTH AFRICA; SACRED SPACE AND THE LEARNING OF URBANNESS; 10 Assembling the city 4: amphitheatres; THE NEED FOR AN AMPHITHEATRE; THE BUILDING OF AMPHITHEATRES; AMPHITHEATRES AND THE CITY; AMPHITHEATRES AND URBAN CULTURE; AMPHITHEATRES AND SACRED SPACE; 11 The Roman city in c. AD 250: an urban legacy of empire?; THE PATTERN OF URBANISM; A DESIRABLE URBAN HABITUS; A NEW URBANISM?; PATTERNS OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND URBAN RECESSION; THE CITY AND THE CENTRE OF POWER; BACK TO THE CITIES; FROM STRUCTURE TO AGENCY; Bibliography.

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