240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
This collection of original essays focuses upon Roman Italy where, with over 400 cities, urbanization was at the very centre of Italian civilization. Informed by an awareness of the social and anthropological issues of recent research, these contributions explore not only questions of urban origins, interaction with the countryside and economic function, but also the social use of space within the... Read more
Do theories of the ancient city matter?, C.R. Whittaker; Max Weber and the ancient city, L. Capogrossi; warfare and urbanization in ancient Italy, Tim Cornell; the urban texture of Pompeii, A.F. Wallace-Hadrill; the organization of space in Pompeii, R.M. Laurence; the idea of the city and the excavations at Pompeii, M. Goalen; slouching towards Rome - Mussolini's imperial vision, L. Quartermaine; urban elites and acculturation in southern Italy, Kathryn Lomas; rusticity and religion - city and countryside in Roman Italy, John North; three Ostian houses - urban development and the building trade, J. DeLaine; villa economies and the city, N. Purcell.
Biography
Cornell, Tim J.; Lomas, Kathryn
