Regional urban systems in the Roman world, 150 BCE-250 CE / edited by Luuk de Ligt, John Bintliff.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ligt, L. de, editor.

Bintliff, J. L. (John L.), editor.

Series:

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 0169-8958 431.

Mnemosyne, bibliotheca classica Batava. Supplementum ; 431. 0169-8958

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Rome.

Cities and towns.

Rome--History--Republic, 510-30 B.C.

Rome.

Rome--History--30 B.C.-476 A.D.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

Summary:

The focus of Regional Urban Systems in the Roman World is on urban hierarchies and interactions in large geographical areas rather than on individual cities. Based on a painstaking examination of archaeological and epigraphic evidence relating to more than 1,000 cities, the volume offers comprehensive reconstructions of the urban systems of Roman Gaul, North Africa, Sicily, Greece and Asia Minor. In addition it examines the transformation of the settlement systems of the Iberian Peninsula and the central and northern Balkan following the imposition of Roman rule. Throughout the volume regional urban configurations are examined from a rich variety of perspectives, ranging from climate and landscape, administration and politics, economic interactions and social relationships all the way to region-specific ways of shaping the townscapes of individual cities.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright Page

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

Introduction / Luuk de Ligt and John Bintliff

A World of 200 Oppida: Pre-Roman Urbanism in Temperate Europe / Manuel Fernández-Götz

The Size Distribution of Self-governing Cities in the North-Western Provinces: Trends and Anomalies / Frida Pellegrino

The Roman ‘Small Towns’ in the Massif Central (civitates of the Arverni, Vellavii, Gabali, Ruteni, Cadurci and Lemovices): Methodology and Main Results / Florian Baret

Towns, Roads and Development Dynamics in the Territory of the Arverni in Roman Times (Auvergne, France) / Frédéric Trément, Florian Baret, Marion Dacko, Jérôme Trescarte, Maxime Calbris, Lise Augustin and Guy Massounie

Urbanisation of the Iberian Peninsula during the Roman Period: Choices, Impositions and ‘Resignation’ of the Newcomers / Oliva Rodríguez Gutiérrez

The Urban Landscape of Roman Central Adriatic Italy / Frank Vermeulen

The Impact of Roman Rule on the Urban System of Sicily / Luuk de Ligt

Roman Towns and the Settlement Hierarchy of Ancient North Africa: A Bird’s-Eye View / Matthew Hobson

A Diachronic and Regional Approach to North African Urbanism / David Stone

Micro-regional Urbanism: An Ancient Urban Landscape in Roman North Africa / Paul Scheding

Urbanisation and Population Density: The Case of the ‘Small Municipia’ in the Balkan and Danube Provinces / Damjan Donev

Between the River and the Fort: Applying Critical Regionalism to Roman Towns in the Pannonian Basin / Dragana Mladenović

Urban Networks in Early Roman Macedonia and Aegean Thrace / Michalis Karambinis

Regional Perspectives on Urbanism and Settlement Patterns in Roman Asia Minor / Rinse Willet

From Mountain to Coastal Plain: Settings of Settlements and Stages of Urbanisation in Ancient Lycia / Frank Kolb

Back Matter

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-41436-3

OCLC:

1132417164

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004414365 DOI