Naples, from Roman town to city-state : an archaeological perspective / Paul Arthur.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arthur, Paul (Paul R.)

Contributor:

British School at Rome.

Università degli studi di Lecce. Dipartimento di beni culturali

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Archaeological monographs of the British School at Rome ; no. 12.

Archaeological monographs of the British School at Rome ; no. 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Excavations (Archaeology)--Italy--Naples.

Excavations (Archaeology).

Naples (Italy)--Antiquities.

Naples (Italy).

Italy--Naples.

Physical Description:

xv, 197 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 30 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Published by the British School at Rome, London in association with the Dipartimento di Beni Culturali, Università degli Studi di Lecce, 2002.

Contents:

Chapter 1 From town to city-state 1

The classical legacy 2

Late antiquity 10

The Gothic War and Byzantine Naples 12

Independence 16

Chapter 2 Social transformation 21

Population 21

Social status 25

Health and diet 27

Chapter 3 Urban transformation 31

Harbour works 33

Defences 34

Streets and communications 38

Public buildings 40

Public spaces 42

Water supply 44

Houses and gardens 46

Cemeteries and burials 56

Chapter 4 The role of the Church 59

History and the physical evidence 59

The cathedral and ecclesiastical building up to the duchy of Naples 62

Ecclesiastical building under the independent duchy 66

Diaconiae 68

Monasteries and convents 69

Extra-urban churches and monasteries 74

Chapter 5 Territory 83

The Phlegrean Fields 84

The land from Atella to Liternum 90

Territorium Cymiterense et Nolanum, around Cimitile and Nola 91

Territorium plagiense, extending along the coast south of Naples, past the river Sebeto, as far as the river Sarno 92

The environs of Naples 94

The Surrentine peninsula, including Sorrento and, for a time, both Amalfi and Salerno 95

The islands, being principally Ischia and Capri 97

Gaeta 98

Chapter 6 Economy 109

Agrarian production and animal husbandry 109

Urban manufacture 118

Ceramics 122

Coinage: production 133

Coinage: circulation 136

Commerce and exchange 139

Chapter 7 The birth of a capital 145

Appendix I Excavations conducted in and around Naples during the 1980s 153

Appendix II Ecclesiastical building in Naples up to 1140 159

Appendix IV Chronology of the dukes and the bishops of Naples 167.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-186) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

0904152383

OCLC:

51107768