Rome, Ostia, Pompeii : movement and space / edited by Ray Laurence and David J. Newsome.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Laurence, Ray, 1963-

Newsome, David J. (David John)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social archaeology--Rome.

Social archaeology.

Social archaeology--Italy--Ostia (Extinct city).

Social archaeology--Italy--Pompeii (Extinct city).

Spatial behavior--Rome.

Spatial behavior.

Spatial behavior--Italy--Ostia (Extinct city).

Spatial behavior--Italy--Pompeii (Extinct city).

Rome--Civilization.

Rome.

Rome (Empire).

Civilization.

Rome--Social life and customs.

Manners and customs.

Italy--Pompeii (Extinct city).

Italy--Ostia (Extinct city).

Physical Description:

xv, 444 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Corby : Oxford University Press, 2011.

Summary:

Rome, Ostia, Pompeii" captures how studies of the Roman city are currently shifting away from architecture towards a dynamic understanding of activities within the urban space. This is becoming a defining feature of new and innovative research on the nature of ancient urbanism and is underpinned by an understanding of the relationship between space and society - the two sides of the core dialectic of the 'Spatial Turn' in cultural studies. In this volume a new generation of scholars provide detailed case studies of the three best known cities from antiquity, Pompeii, Ostia, and Rome, and focus on the movement or flow of a Roman city's inhabitants and visitors, demonstrating how this movement contributes to our understanding of the way different elements of society interacted in space.

Contents:

Part I Articulating Movement and Space

1 Movement and the Linguistic Turn: Reading Varro's De Lingua Latina / Diana Spencer Spencer, Diana 57

2 Literature and the Spatial Turn: Movement and Space in Martial's Epigrams / Ray Laurence Laurence, Ray 81

3 Measuring Spatial Visibility, Adjacency, Permeability, and Degrees of Street Life in Pompeii / Akkelies van Nes Nes, Akkelies van 100

4 Towards a Multisensory Experience of Movement in the City of Rome / Eleanor Betts Betts, Eleanor 118

Part II Movement in the Roman City: Infrastructure and Organization

5 The Power of Nuisances on the Roman Street / Jeremy Hartnett Hartnett, Jeremy 135

6 Pes Dexter. Superstition and the State in the Shaping of Shopfronts and Street Activity in the Roman World / Steven J. R. Ellis Ellis, Steven J. R. 160

7 Cart Traffic Flow in Pompeii and Rome / Alan Kaiser Kaiser, Alan 174

8 Where to Park? Carts, Stables, and the Economics of Transport in Pompeii / Eric E. Poehler Poehler, Eric E. 194

9 The Spatial Organization of the Movement Economy: The Analysis of Ostia's Scholae / Hanna Stöger Stöger, Hanna 215

Part III Movement and the Metropolis

10 The Street Life of Ancient Rome / Claire Holleran Holleran, Claire 245

11 The City in Motion: Walking for Transport and Leisure in the City of Rome / Elizabeth Macaulay-Lewis Macaulay-Lewis, Elizabeth 262

12 Movement and Fora in Rome (the Late Republic to the First Century ce) / David J. Newsome Newsome, David J. 290

13 Movement, Gaming, and the Use of Space in the Forum / Francesco Trifilo Trifilo, Francesco 312

14 Construction Traffic in Imperial Rome: Building the Arch of Septimius Severus / Diane Favro Favro, Diane 332

15 Movement and Urban Development at Two City Gates in Rome: The Porta Esquilina and Porta Tiburtina / Simon Malmberg Malmberg, Simon, Hans Bjur Bjur, Hans 361.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [402]-440) and index.

ISBN:

9780199583126

0199583129

OCLC:

706648691