City boundaries and urban development in Roman Italy / by Saskia Stevens.

Author
Stevens, Saskia, 1976- [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Leuven : Peeters, 2017.
Description
xii, 323 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.

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    In Roman cities, boundaries were an important way of defining spaces. The significance of such boundaries was mediated by specific cultural rules. Besides physical boundaries, such as city walls and gates, also immaterial ones, such as the pomerium, demarcated an urban context. Certain civic boundaries were highly visible and relevant to everyone, while other were important to only a small number of people. This book takes a new approach to Roman urban boundaries and city planning by exploring the dynamics and interaction between urban development processes, city limits and the law. As a result, Roman attitudes towards the symbolic meanings of civic boundaries can be better understood. Not only landownership influenced and determined the use of urban space and its boundaries; also conflicts and constant negotiations between law, culture and tradition, politics, and the dynamics of everyday urban life were important for the way the Romans approached urban limits.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-297) and index.
    Contents
    • Defining the urban limit : the pomerium and the sulcus primegenius
    • Marking and shaping the urban edge
    • The transformation of city boundries and urban space
    • The aftermath of the social war until the reign of Augustus (89-27 BC)
    • City boundaries and the realm of the dead
    • Exploring the edge : the dynamics of three Roman city wall quaters
    • Conclusion.
    ISBN
    • 9789042933057 ((pbk.))
    • 9042933054
    LCCN
    2017385361
    OCLC
    969981256
    International Article Number
    • 9789042933057
    Other standard number
    • 13264971
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