The Shape of the Roman Order : The Republic and Its Spaces /

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"Rather than trying to understand the [Roman] Empire through the lens of modern organizations and institutions, Gargola looks at the idiosyncratic way the elite viewed the geographical world around them and how it fundamentally informed the way they ruled over their dominion. From what geometri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gargola, Daniel J. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2017]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Space perception.
Public spaces.
Politics and government.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Reference.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Essays.
Espaces publics > Rome > Histoire.
Perception spatiale > Rome > Histoire.
Public spaces > Rome > History.
Space perception > Rome > History.
Rome (Empire)
Rome > Politique et gouvernement.
Rome > Politics and government.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Rather than trying to understand the [Roman] Empire through the lens of modern organizations and institutions, Gargola looks at the idiosyncratic way the elite viewed the geographical world around them and how it fundamentally informed the way they ruled over their dominion. From what geometrical patterns they preferred to how they constructed their hierarchies in space, Gargola brings together a wide body of disparate materials to demonstrate how spatial orientation dictated action"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (304 pages).
ISBN:9781469631844

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