Roman Urbanism : Beyond The Consumer City

ISBN-13: 9780415117715 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 227 str.

Helen M. Parkins

Opis

The study of Roman towns and cities has long been dominated by the consumer city model set out by Moses Finley in the 1970s, which characterizes ancient cities as sites of consumption, not production. Archaeologists and ancient historians are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the limitations of this model, and with its narrowly economic perspective. This work raises questions about how Roman cities are perceived by experts in the 1990s. The contributors use a variety of new approaches and methodologies. They consider the various social implications of Roman urbanism and the organization of urban space. By diverting attention away from the consumer city, this collection re-contextualizes the Roman town where it belongs: in the realms of social and political relationships.

Recenzje

'Routledge are to be congratulated for adding to their already impressive list of authoritative surveys of Roman material culture.' - JACT Review

Spis treści

List of Figures List of Contributors Introduction by Helen Parkins Abbreviations 1. Writing the Roman Metropolis Ray Laurence 2. The Idea of a City: Elite Ideology and the Evolution of Urban Form in Italy, 200 BC - AD 100 Kathryn Lomas 3. Cities in Context: Urban Systems in Roman Italy Neville Morley 4. Mobility and Social Change in Italian Towns During the Principate Henrik Mouritsen 5. The 'Consumer City' Domesticated? The Roman City in Elite Economic Strategies Helen Parkins 6. Roman Households: An Archaeological Perspective Penelope M. Allison 7. Ritual and Power in the Romano-Egyptian City Richard Alston 8. Ideology and Reception: Reading Symbols of Roman Cyrene Eireann Marshall 9. Beyond Belief? Drawing a Line Beneath the Consumer City David J. Mattingly Indexes compiled by Graham Shipley

O autorze

Helen Parkins