City and country in the ancient world / edited by John Rich and Andrew Wallace-Hadrill.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rich, John, 1944-

Wallace-Hadrill, Andrew.

Series:

Leicester-Nottingham studies in ancient society ; v. 2.

Leicester-Nottingham studies in ancient society ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns, Ancient--Greece.

Cities and towns, Ancient.

Cities and towns--Rome.

Cities and towns.

Physical Description:

xviii, 305 p. : ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume of papers by influential historians and archaeologists explores the city-country relationship in the ancient Greco-Roman world and its impact on social, political, economic and cultural conditions in classical antiquity.

Contents:

chapter 1 Archaeology and the study of the Greek city / A.M.SNODGRASS

chapter 2 The early polis as city and state / IAN MORRIS

chapter 3 Modelling settlement structures in Ancient Greece: new approaches to the polis / T.E.RIHLL AND A.G.WILSON

chapter 4 Surveys, cities and synoecism / W.G.CAVANAGH

part 5 Pride and prejudice, sense and subsistence: exchange and society in the Greek city / ROBIN OSBORNE

chapter Acknowledgements

chapter Introduction

chapter Samnium

chapter Lycia

chapter Conclusions

chapter 7 Roman towns and their territories: an archaeological perspective / MARTIN MILLETT

chapter 8 Towns and territories in southern Etruria / T.W.POTTER

chapter 9 City, territory and taxation / MIREILLE CORBIER

chapter 10 Elites and trade in the Roman town

chapter 11 Spatial organisation and social change in Roman towns

chapter List of Contributors.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-89127-X

1-134-89128-8

1-138-41101-9

0-203-41870-0

1-280-10620-4

9780203418703

OCLC:

76966395