Roman roads : new evidence - new perspectives / edited by Anne Kolb.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kolb, Anne, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roads, Roman.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (VIII, 434 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This volume aims to present the current state of research on Roman roads and their foundations in a combined historical and archaeological perspective. The focus is on the diverse local histories and the varying degrees of significance of individual roads and regional networks, which are treated here for the most important regions of the empire and beyond.The assembled contributions will be of interest to historians, archaeologists and epigraphers, since they tackle matters as diverse as the technical modalities of road-building, the choice of route, but also the functionality and the motives behind the creation of roads. Roman roads are further intimately related to various important aspects of Roman history, politics and culture. After all, such logistical arteries form the basis of all communication and exchange processes, enabling not only military conquest and security but also facilitating the creation of an organized state as well as trade, food supply and cultural exchange. The study of Roman roads must always be based on a combination of written and archaeological sources in order to take into account both their concrete geographical location and their respective spatial, cultural, and historical context.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Via ducta - Roman Road Building: An Introduction to Its Significance, the Sources and the State of Research

Roads in the Roman World: Strategy for the Way Forward

Roots to Routes: Gandhara's Landscapes of Mobility

Rom und die Fernhandelswege durch Arabien

Le livre de poste de Turbo, curateur du praesidium de Xèron Pelagos (Aegyptus)

Travelling between the Euphrates and the Tigris in Late Antiquity

Milestones near Roman Army Installations in Desert Areas of the Provinces of Palaestina and Arabia

Römische Straßen und Meilensteine im Ebenen Kilikien

CIL XVII, 5, 3: Neue Meilensteine und Straßen aus der Cilicia Aspera

Via publica vel militaris: Die Bernsteinstraße in spätantoninischer und severischer Zeit

The Peutinger Map, the Roman Army and the First Military Roads in Dacia

Roman Roads in Moesia Superior at Six Points

Some Considerations about the Roman Road Network in Central Balkan Provinces

Du premier milliaire au dernier palimpseste: cinq siècles et demi de présence romaine en Grèce

Miliaria in der Provinz Lusitania

Road Network and Roman Frontier in Numidia: the Region of Tobna

Twin Roads: the Road Carthage-Theveste and the via nova Rusicadensis; some Observations and Questions

Miliari e viabilità dell'Etruria romana: un aggiornamento e alcune considerazioni

Excavations in the North of Italy along the via Claudia Augusta

Autorenliste

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110638332

3110638339

9783110636314

311063631X

OCLC:

1110713377