How were space and movement in Roman cities affected by economic life? What can the study of Roman urban landscapes tell us about the nature of the Roman economy? These are the central questions addressed in this volume.
How were space and movement in Roman cities affected by economic life? What can the study of Roman urban landscapes tell us about the nature of the Roman economy? These are the central questions addressed in this volume.
Frank Vermeulen is a professor of Roman archaeology and archaeological methodology at the Department of Archaeology of Ghent University, Belgium. Arjan Zuiderhoek is an associate professor of ancient history at the Department of History of Ghent University, Belgium.
Inhaltsangabe
PART I: Introducing the themes 1. Introduction: space, movement and the economy in Roman cities 2. Economic space and movement between Roman towns, their suburbia and territories: the regional perspective PART II: Spaces 3. Beyond Pompeii and Ostia: commerce and urban space in Roman Italy 4. Market buildings in Asia Minor: old assumptions and new starting points 5. Do economic activities impinge on Roman urban matrices in Asia Minor? A new style/ function debate 6. Elites and economic space in Roman Imperial Asia Minor 7. Making space for commerce in Roman Britain: reevaluating the nature and impact of the forum/ basilica complex 8. The Roman colony of Sena Gallica: urban space and economic activities 9. Aquileia's market spaces PART III: Movement 10. Finding your way towards the Macellum : the spatial organization of a Roman type of market building 11. How open was the Roman city? Movement and impediments to movement in the street system 12. Transport and trade: an energy expenditure approach for the distribution of marble in Central Adriatic Italy in Roman times 13. "This mule will ruin me": the economy of mobility in Roman towns 14. Munigua's place in the operational chain: some considerations regarding the movement of people and goods and the division of labour in the lower Guadalquivir Valley during the Roman period 15. Understanding Rome as a port city 16. Space, accessibility and movement through the Portus Romae PART IV: Conclusion The economics of space and mobility in Roman urbanism
PART I: Introducing the themes 1. Introduction: space, movement and the economy in Roman cities 2. Economic space and movement between Roman towns, their suburbia and territories: the regional perspective PART II: Spaces 3. Beyond Pompeii and Ostia: commerce and urban space in Roman Italy 4. Market buildings in Asia Minor: old assumptions and new starting points 5. Do economic activities impinge on Roman urban matrices in Asia Minor? A new style/ function debate 6. Elites and economic space in Roman Imperial Asia Minor 7. Making space for commerce in Roman Britain: reevaluating the nature and impact of the forum/ basilica complex 8. The Roman colony of Sena Gallica: urban space and economic activities 9. Aquileia's market spaces PART III: Movement 10. Finding your way towards the Macellum : the spatial organization of a Roman type of market building 11. How open was the Roman city? Movement and impediments to movement in the street system 12. Transport and trade: an energy expenditure approach for the distribution of marble in Central Adriatic Italy in Roman times 13. "This mule will ruin me": the economy of mobility in Roman towns 14. Munigua's place in the operational chain: some considerations regarding the movement of people and goods and the division of labour in the lower Guadalquivir Valley during the Roman period 15. Understanding Rome as a port city 16. Space, accessibility and movement through the Portus Romae PART IV: Conclusion The economics of space and mobility in Roman urbanism
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