Suchergebnisse

Written space / Ray Laurence and Gareth Sears -- Writing in Roman public space / Mireille Corbier -- Reading epigraphic culture, writing funerary space in the Roman city / Peter Keegan -- Movement, rhythms, and the (re)production of written space / David Newsome -- Time in written spaces / Robert Hannah -- Graffiti's engagement. the political graffiti of the late roman republic / Tom Hillard -- Writing in public space from child to adult : the meaning of graffiti / Renata Senna Garraffoni and Ray Laurence -- Inscribed in the city: how did women enter "written space"? / Emily Hemelrijk -- Slaves and children in a Roman villa: writing and space in the villa San Marco at Stabiae / Eamonn Baldwin, Helen Moulden and Ray Laurence -- Text, space, and the urban community: a study of the platea as written space / Francesco Trifilò -- Writing up the baths : reading monumental inscriptions in Roman baths / Alison Cooley -- A new era? Severan inscriptions in Africa / Gareth Sears -- The city as preferred written space: the case of Aquitania / Simon Esmonde Cleary -- The written city : political inscriptions from Roman Baetica / Louise Revell -- Afterword / Peter Keegan

"The city is widely regarded as the most characteristic expression of the social, cultural and economic formations of the Roman Empire. This was especially true in the Latin-speaking West, where urbanism was much less deeply ingrained than in the Greek-speaking East but where networks of cities grew up during the centuries following conquest and occupation. This up-to-date and well illustrated synthesis provides students and non-specialists with an overview of the development of the city in Italy, Gaul, Britain, Germany, Spain and North Africa, whether their interests lie in ancient history, Roman archaeology or the wider history of urbanism. It not only accounts for its geographical and temporal spread and its associated monuments (such as amphitheatres and baths), but also seeks to account for its importance to the rulers of the Empire as well as the provincials and locals"--

The city is widely regarded as the most characteristic expression of the social, cultural and economic formations of the Roman Empire. This was especially true in the Latin-speaking West, where urbanism was much less deeply ingrained than in the Greek-speaking East but where networks of cities grew up during the centuries following conquest and occupation. This up-to-date and well-illustrated synthesis provides students and specialists with an overview of the development of the city in Italy, Gaul, Britain, Germany, Spain and North Africa, whether their interests lie in ancient history, Roman archaeology or the wider history of urbanism. It accounts not only for the city's geographical and temporal spread and its associated monuments (such as amphitheatres and baths), but also for its importance to the rulers of the Empire as well as the provincials and locals