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1 online resource (viii, 301 pages) |
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Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 72
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Archaeopress Roman archaeology ; 72.
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| Summary |
This study investigates the development of urbanism in the north-western provinces of the Roman empire. Key themes include continuity and discontinuity between pre-Roman and Roman 'urban' systems, relationships between juridical statuses and levels of monumentality, levels of connectivity and economic integration, and regional urban hierarchies. |
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Contents Page -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The study of the urbanisation of the North-Western provinces -- Chapter 1 Object and Aims -- 1.1 Ancient cities: ancient definitions -- Figure 1: The north-western provinces of the Roman Empire: Gaul Narbonensis, the Western Alps -- i.e. the provinces of Alpes Graiae, Alpes Cottiae, and Alpes Maritimae -- the Three Gauls, Germania Inferior, and Britannia. -- Introduction -- 1.2 The object of research -- 1.2.1 A juridical definition -- 1.2.2 Morphology and size -- 1.2.3 A functional definition |
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1.2.4 A three-fold definition -- Chapter 2 The Dawn of Urbanism -- Introduction -- 2.1 The process of urbanisation -- 2.1.1 Iron Age 'oppida': terminology and problematics -- Figure 2: Map showing the large variety of pre-Roman sites in temperate Europe (Buchsenschutz 2004: 339). -- 2.1.2 The process of urbanisation -- Figure 3: The polyfocal complex of Aulnat/Corent (Poux 2014: 164). -- Figure 4: The polyfocal site of Camulodunum (Fulford 2015: 61). -- Figure 5: Reconstruction of the oppidum of Bibracte (Fernández-Götz et al. 2014b: 5). -- 2.2 The development of urbanism in southern Gaul |
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2.2.1 The foundation of Marseille -- Figure 6: Main agglomerations in Southern Gaul (Garcia 2002: 97). -- 2.2.2 Urban concentration (4th to 2nd centuries BC) -- 2.2.3 The Romans and the construction of a province -- Figure 7: Possible reconstruction of the territory of main ethnic groups in pre-Roman southern Gaul (Nuninger 2002: 12). -- Figure 8: The civitates of Gaul Narbonensis (Garcia 2002: 99). -- 2.3 The development of urbanism in the rest of Gaul and Germania Inferior -- 2.3.1 The Late Iron Age |
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Figure 9: A reconstruction of the fortified farm and its settlement at Paule (Yves Menez Drac Bretagne / Laurence Stéphanon, AGP) (http://kreizyarcheo.bzh/sites-archeologiques/sites-caracteristiqu es/camp-de-saint-symphorien [last accessed: 15/03/2020]). -- 2.3.2 The oppidum -- Figure 10: Left: Plan of the Titelberg plateau: 1: Rampart enclosing the public space -- 2: Excavation of the monumental centre -- 3: Inhabited centre -- 4: Military Roman area (Metzler et al. 2006 : 200) -- 5: Oriental gate -- 6: Occidental gate. Right: Monume |
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Figure 11: A reconstruction of the monumental centre of the oppidum of Corent (Poux 2014: 163). -- 2.3.3 Regional differences in character and distribution of Late Iron Age oppida -- Figure 12: The distribution and size of Late Iron Age oppida in temperate Europe (Collis 2014: 20). -- Figure 13: The nucleated, multi-phase farmsteads (a) from the 1st century BC to the 1st century AD at Weert, situated within (b) a 2nd-century-BC enclosure (Gerritsen et al. 2006: 263). -- 2.3.4 The process of 'centralisation' |
| Local Note |
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Urbanization -- Rome -- Provinces.
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City and town life -- Rome -- Provinces.
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Roman provinces -- History.
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Classical Greek & Roman archaeology. |
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- Rome. |
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Roman provinces |
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History
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Print version: Pellegrino, Frida. Urbanisation of the North-Western Provinces of the Roman Empire : A Juridical and Functional Approach to Town Life in Roman Gaul, Germania Inferior and Britain. Oxford : Archaeopress, ©2020 |
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1789697751 (electronic book) |
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9781789697759 (electronic bk.) |
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