Roman urban street networks: streets and the organization of space in four cities
Auteur :
Kaiser, Alan
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780415886574
Date de publication :
22 févr. 2011
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
660 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book explores how Roman perceptions of streets influenced their decisions about where to place urban buildings. Using textual evidence as well as the physical evidence from Pompeii, Ostia, Silchester, and Empúries, Alan Kaiser argues that ideals about the arrangement of space united the phenomenon of Roman urbanism.