Cities in Transition: Urbanism in Byzantium between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages (AD 500-900)

ISBN-13: 9781407306070 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 216 str.

Luca Zavagno

Opis

In this work the author analyses how the nature and characteristics of urbanism in Byzantium changed between the sixth and the eighth century AD. By use of a multifunctional approach the work offers a methodological path to assess the future contributions of urban Byzantine archaeology and to interpret other possible models of Byzantine urbanism. Contents: 1) The Byzantine city and its historiographical tradition; 2) Athens; 3) Gortyn; 4) Ephesos; 5) Amastris; 6) Conclusions.