Traffic Systems of Pompeii

The Traffic Systems of Pompeii is the first sustained examination of the development of road infrastructure in Pompeii--from the archaic age to the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE--and its implications for urbanism in the Roman empire.

List of contents

• List of Figures


• List of Tables


• Preface


• Acknowledgements


• Chapter One: Introduction


• Chapter Two: The Development of Pompeii's Urban Street Network


• Chapter Three: Surfaces of the Street


• Chapter Four: Architecture of the Street


• Chapter Five: Evidence of Traffic


• Chapter Six: The Traffic Systems of Pompeii


• Chapter Seven: World of the Mulio


• Chapter Eight: Traffic in the Roman World


• Chapter Nine: Conclusion


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Eric E. Poehler is Associate Professor of Classics, Director of the Five Colleges Blended Learning and Digital Humanities programs, and Co-Director of the Pompeii Quadriporticus Project at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He has published widely on Roman urbanism, infrastructure, and architectural history.

Summary

The Traffic Systems of Pompeii is the first sustained examination of the development of road infrastructure in Pompeii--from the archaic age to the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE--and its implications for urbanism in the Roman empire.

Additional text

This is the strangest and most delightful history of the city of Pompeii that you'll ever read.

Product details

• Authors: Eric E. Poehler, Eric E. (Associate Professor of Classics Poehler
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2020
• EAN: 9780197541395
• ISBN: 978-0-19-754139-5
• No. of pages: 296
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, TRANSPORTATION / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Classical texts, Archaeology, Ancient Rome, Social and cultural history, Transport: general interest, European history: the Romans, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Pompeii