Roman City and Its Periphery - From Rome to Gaul

Informationen zum Autor Penelope Goodman Klappentext The only monograph available on the subject, this book presents archaeological and literary evidence to provide students with a full and detailed treatment of the little-investigated aspect of Roman urbanism - the phenomenon of suburban development. Zusammenfassung The only monograph available on the subject, this book presents archaeological and literary evidence to provide students with a full and detailed treatment of the little-investigated aspect of Roman urbanism – the phenomenon of suburban development. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Exploring the Edges of a Roman City 2. The Urban Periphery in Roman Thought 3. The Archaeology of the Urban Periphery 4. Gaul in the High Empire: Major Administrative Cities 5. Gaul in the High Empire: Secondary Agglomerations 6. Gaul in Late Antiquity 7. Some Wider Questions

Product details

• Authors: Penelope Goodman, Penelope (University of Leeds Goodman, Penelope J. Goodman, Goodman Penelope
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.04.2012
• EAN: 9780415518444
• ISBN: 978-0-415-51844-4
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, HISTORY / Ancient / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Archaeology by period / region, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, Urban communities / city life