Ricardo Gonzalez-Villaescusa

Cities and Territories of the Western Roman Empire

4th Century BC to the 3rd Century AD

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book showcases the unique shape of urban development that spread out from the Mediterranean across Europe during the Roman Empire, offering a fresh perspective on the cities and territories of the Roman West.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 102
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 129mm x 198mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 138g
• ISBN-13: 9781032586267
• ISBN-10: 1032586265
• Artikelnr.: 70049797

Autorenporträt

Ricardo González-Villaescusa is a former member of the School of Higher Hispanic Studies at Casa de Velázquez; he worked as a full professor at the universities of Reims - Champagne Ardenne, and Nice-Sophia Antipolis (France). Since 2019, he has been Professor of Archaeology in the Gaul and North-West Europe and member of UMR 7041 ArScAn - Archaeology and Sciences for Antiquity.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the English edition, by M. Philippe Leveau
Author's Foreword
Introduction
1. From City-State to Empire
2. The Western Territories of Roman Expansion
3. The Colonial Myth
4. The Empire's Urban Relays
5. Economic Autonomy
6. The City and Its Spaces
7. Life and Death in the City
Epilogue: The End of the Civitas.