The Geography of Urbanism in Roman Asia Minor

Rinse Willet

ISBN 10: 1781798435 / ISBN 13: 9781781798430

Editore: Equinox Publishing Ltd, 2020

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Riassunto:

The Geography of Urbanism in Roman Asia Minor investigates how Roman urbanism manifested itself in Asia Minor during the first three centuries CE, particularly with regards to its spatial patterning over the landscape and the administrative, economic and cultural functions cities fulfilled, and how cities developed in terms of size and monumentality. It also addresses to what extent this was a result of political and socio-cultural and economic context and to what extent 'structural determinants', such as the physical topography, agricultural potential and climate (including the shifts/changes therein) influenced the observed patterns. As Asia Minor was already dotted by cities long before the Romans got a hold on this area during the second century BCE, this work compares urbanism of the first three centuries CE with the patterns of cities during the first millennium BCE (Classical and Hellenistic period particularly) and the Byzantine and Ottoman patterns, creating a long term perspective. The book contains an appendix with the information for the 500 cities and 1000 villages in Asia Minor.

Informazioni sull?autore: Dr. Rinse Willet is an archaeologist at the University of Leuven.

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Titolo: The Geography of Urbanism in Roman Asia Minor
Casa editrice: Equinox Publishing Ltd
Data di pubblicazione: 2020
Legatura: HRD
Condizione: New