Running Rome and its empire : the places of Roman governance / edited by Antonio Lopez Garcia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

López García, Antonio, 1986- editor.

Series:

Studies in Roman space and urbanism.

Studies in Roman Space and Urbanism Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rome--Politics and government.

Rome.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (331 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, England : Routledge, [2024]

Summary:

This volume explores the transformation of public space and administrative activities in Republican and Imperial Rome through an interdisciplinary examination of the topography of power.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

1 An Introduction to the Places of Roman Governance

Part I Theory and Methodology

2 The Administrative Topography of Rome: Mapping Administrative Space and the Spatial Dynamics of Roman Republicanism

3 Models of Administrative Space in the Roman World: Between Public and Private

Part II The Space of the Magistrate and Politics

4 Legislative Voting in the Forum Romanum

5 Where's Vestorius? Locating Rome's Aediles

6 Moving Magistrates in a Roman City Space: The Pompeian Model

Part III The Space of the Institutions

7 The Rise and Consolidation of a Bureaucratic System: New Data on the Praefectura Urbana and Its Spaces in Rome

8 Scholae and Collegia: Spaces for 'Semi-Administrative' Associations in the Imperial Age

9 Civic Archives and Roman Rule: Spatial Aspects of Roman Hegemony in Asia Minor from Republic to Empire

10 Between Private and Public: Women's Presence in Procuratorial Praetoria

Part IV Displaying Authority Over the Public Space and Religious Space

11 From Honour to Dishonour - The Different Readings of Columna Maenia

12 A Measure of Economy? The Organisation of Public Games in the City of Rome and the Development of the Urban Cityscape

13 The Administration of the Imperial Property Under Constantine in the Light of His Donations to the Church of Rome

14 Topography of Power in the Conflict of the Basilicas Between Valentinian II and Ambrose of Milan in A.D. 385/6

Part V Coda

15 Afterword: Space and Roman Administration

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

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Other Format:

Print version: Lopez Garcia, Antonio Running Rome and Its Empire

ISBN:

1-003-81396-8

OCLC:

1407313196