Alan Kaiser

Gebundenes Buch

Roman Urban Street Networks

Streets and the Organization of Space in Four Cities

Beschreibung

This book explores how Roman perceptions of streets influenced their decisions about where to place urban buildings. Using textual evidence as well as the physical evidence from Pompeii, Ostia, Silchester, and Empúries, Alan Kaiser argues that ideals about the arrangement of space united the phenomenon of Roman urbanism.

Autor

Alan Kaiser is an Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Evansville and author of The Urban Dialogue: An analysis of the use of space in the Roman city of Empúries, Spain. He has participated in archaeological projects in Spain, Italy, Greece, England, Nevis, and the United States.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 543g
• ISBN-13: 9780415886574
• ISBN-10: 0415886570
• Artikelnr.: 30517464

Rezensionen

'[Kaiser's] data create a conversation among these four cities through the comparisons drawn between and among them that is the most valuable feature of the book.' - Classical Journal

'Kaiser's strongest contributions come from his comparative analyses of Roman cities. Individual chapters will help scholars specializing in each city, but the book as a whole reveals urban dynamics that might otherwise have gone unnoticed.' - Classical Journal

'Kaiser brings a new and scientific approach to these cities and offers other scholars of Roman urbanism a strong set of tools for exploring other street networks and the placement of buildings along them.' - Classical Journal