The city in the Roman West, c.250 BCc-c. AD 250 /

"The city is widely regarded as the most characteristic expression of the social, cultural and economic formations of the Roman Empire. This was especially true in the Latin-speaking West, where urbanism was much less deeply ingrained than in the Greek-speaking East but where networks of cities...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Laurence, Ray, 1963-
Other Authors: Esmonde Cleary, A. S. (A. Simon), Sears, Gareth, 1977-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Cities and towns > Rome.
Urbanization > Rome.
Sociology, Urban > Rome.
City planning > Rome.
Urbanisation > Rome.
Sociologie urbaine > Rome.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Cities and towns.
City planning.
Sociology, Urban.
Urbanization.
Städer > historia > Romerska riket.
Rome (Empire)
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. The creation of an urban culture
  • 2. Colonisation and the development of Roman urbanism
  • 3. City foundation, government and urbanism
  • 4. The reception of Roman urbanism in the West
  • 5. Town planning, competition and the aesthetics of urbanism
  • 6. Defining a new town: walls, streets and temples
  • 7. Assembling the city: forum and basilica
  • 8. Assembling the city: baths and urban life
  • 9. Assembling the city: theatres and sacred space
  • 10. Assembling the city: amphitheatres
  • 11. The Roman city in ca. AD 250: an urban legacy of Empire?
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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