Urbanisation of the North-Western Provinces of the Roman Empire - A Juridical Functional Approach to Town Life in Roman Gaul, Germania

This study investigates the development of urbanism in the north-western provinces of the Roman empire. Key themes include continuity and discontinuity between pre-Roman and Roman 'urban' systems, relationships between juridical statuses and levels of monumentality, levels of connectivity and economic integration, and regional urban hierarchies.

About the author

Frida Pellegrino graduated with honours in 2008, after completing a BA course in Archaeology at the University of Padua. She then enrolled in the MA course at the University of Padua and spent a year abroad, studying at Southampton University (UK), with the Erasmus project. She graduated summa cum laude in 2011, specialising in Roman archaeology. She completed her PhD at the University of Leiden in 2018.

Summary

This study investigates the development of urbanism in the north-western provinces of the Roman empire. Key themes include continuity and discontinuity between pre-Roman and Roman ‘urban’ systems, relationships between juridical statuses and levels of monumentality, levels of connectivity and economic integration, and regional urban hierarchies.

Product details

• Authors: Frida Pellegrino
• Publisher: Archaeopress bar
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2020
• EAN: 9781789697742
• ISBN: 978-1-78969-774-2
• No. of pages: 314
• Series: Archaeopress Roman Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity