City and Country in the Ancient World

Zusatztext '... an invaluable summary of current research/opinions on the topic'- JACT Review Informationen zum Autor John Rich is Lecturer in Classics at the University of Nottingham. Archaeology in the University of Cambridge. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill is Professor of Classics at the University of Reading. Klappentext The ancient Greco-Roman world was a world of citie, in a distinctive sense of communities in which countryside was dominated by urban centre.This volume of papers written by influential archaeologists and historians seeks to bring together the two disciplines in exploring the city-country relationship. Zusammenfassung This volume of papers by influential historians and archaeologists explores the city-country relationship in the ancient Greco-Roman world and its impact on social, political, economic and cultural conditions in classical antiquity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction1. Archaeology and the study of the Greek city 2. The early polis as city and state 3. Modelling settlement structures in Ancient Greece: new approaches to the polis 4. Surveys, cities and synoecism 5. Pride and prejudice, sense and subsistence: exchange and society in the Greek city 6. Settlement, city and elite in Samnium and Lycia 7. Roman towns and their territories: an archaeological perspective 8. Towns and territories in Southern Etruria 9. City, territory and taxation 10. Elites and trade in the Roman town 11. Spatial organisation and social change in Roman towns

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Preface Introduction1. Archaeology and the study of the Greek city 2. The early polis as city and state 3. Modelling settlement structures in Ancient Greece: new approaches to the polis 4. Surveys, cities and synoecism 5. Pride and prejudice, sense and subsistence: exchange and society in the Greek city 6. Settlement, city and elite in Samnium and Lycia 7. Roman towns and their territories: an archaeological perspective 8. Towns and territories in Southern Etruria 9. City, territory and taxation 10. Elites and trade in the Roman town 11. Spatial organisation and social change in Roman towns

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'... an invaluable summary of current research/opinions on the topic' - JACT Review

Product details

• Authors: John Rich, John Wallace-Hadrill Rich
• Assisted by: John Rich (Editor), Andrew Wallace-Hadrill (Editor), Wallace-Hadrill Andrew (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.1992
• EAN: 9780415082235
• ISBN: 978-0-415-08223-5
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Leicester-Nottingham Studies i; Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society; Leicester-Nottingham Studies in Ancient Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Ancient / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Rural, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Urban communities / city life, Rural communities / rural life