Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 The creation of an urban culture
- 2 Colonisation and the development of Roman urbanism
- 3 City foundation, government and urbanism
- 4 The reception of Roman urbanism in the West
- 5 Town planning, competition and the aesthetics of urbanism
- 6 Defining a new town: walls, streets and temples
- 7 Assembling the city 1: forum and basilica
- 8 Assembling the city 2: baths and urban life
- 9 Assembling the city 3: theatres and sacred space
- 10 Assembling the city 4: amphitheatres
- 11 The Roman city in c. AD 250: an urban legacy of empire?
- Bibliography
- Index
Illustrations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 The creation of an urban culture
- 2 Colonisation and the development of Roman urbanism
- 3 City foundation, government and urbanism
- 4 The reception of Roman urbanism in the West
- 5 Town planning, competition and the aesthetics of urbanism
- 6 Defining a new town: walls, streets and temples
- 7 Assembling the city 1: forum and basilica
- 8 Assembling the city 2: baths and urban life
- 9 Assembling the city 3: theatres and sacred space
- 10 Assembling the city 4: amphitheatres
- 11 The Roman city in c. AD 250: an urban legacy of empire?
- Bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The City in the Roman West, c.250 BC–c.AD 250 , pp. vi - xiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011