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City boundaries and urban development in Roman Italy / by Saskia Stevens.
Author
Stevens, Saskia, 1976-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Leuven : Peeters, 2017.
Description
xii, 323 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
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Marquand Library - Remote Storage (ReCAP): Marquand Library Use Only
HT169.R57 S74 2017
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Cities and towns
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Rome
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City planning
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Rome
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Rome
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Social life and customs
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Series
Interdisciplinary studies in ancient culture and religion ; 16.
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Interdisciplinary studies in ancient culture and religion ; 16
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Summary note
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.
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ISBN
9789042933057 ((pbk.))
9042933054
LCCN
2017385361
OCLC
969981256
International Article Number
9789042933057
Other standard number
13264971
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