{"product_id":"from-the-mountains-to-the-sea-the-roman-colonisation-and-urbanisation-of-central-adriatic-italy-9789042934702","title":"From the Mountains to the Sea: The Roman","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Mountains to the Sea proposes an innovative synthesis of        recent archaeological research on town formation and urbanisation, and        connected Roman colonisation, of the central part of Adriatic Italy.        Frank Vermeulen analyses the formation and character of Roman towns in        this still somewhat understudied area of central Italy, thus        contributing to a better understanding of the lasting Roman impact on        conquered societies in Italy as a whole. During the past decade much        archaeological fieldwork has been conducted on urban sites in this area,        including exciting field surveys, and it is now high time for a        geographical and historical contextualisation of the more than 40 Roman        urban sites known in this area, based on a careful review of the        scholarly tradition and the bringing together of much new, often        unpublished or preliminary published, field data. The result is the        first comprehensive synthesis of the urban phenomenon in a region        characterized by one of the most dense town networks of the Roman        Empire. Some of the main sub-themes to discuss when dealing with        Roman-inspired urbanism are present in this book, including: town        formation, town planning, the structural relationship town-territory,        religious aspects and urban sanctuaries, public buildings (fora,        basilicae, baths, porticoes, theatres, amphitheatres,        macella, etc.) and domestic architecture. But beyond the mostly        archaeologically-driven investigation of architectural features of the        colonies and all other towns in the study region, there is an attempt to        understand the disposition and functioning of all the individual town        centres in their wider context of territory, region and state. An        additional important feature of the book is the gazetteer of urban sites        which forms a starting point for all those working in Roman Italy.","brand":"Peeters Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49546318479703,"sku":"9789042934702","price":84.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-the-mountains-to-the-sea-the-roman-colonisation-and-urbanisation-of-central-adriatic-italy-9789042934702","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}